(OT)Undergrads DVD

On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 23:22:19 +0000, Ethan Hammond wrote:

Crap. Undergrads comes out on DVD but MTV Networks insists that Daria, MTV Oddities: The Maxx and MTV's Downtown had too little of an audience to put it out on DVD. This really, really sucks, man.

If MTV Networks wants to see an end to trading episodes on Kazaa and their like, they should put EVERYTHING out on DVD or farm it out to a third party (Time-Life, Anchor Bay Entertainment or their like) to put it out. Daria, The Maxx, Downtown, and Aeon Flux all deserve a DVD release.

Besides, I will share a little secret with you...Undergrads blew goats. Almost as bad as Clone High which is saying a lot.

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"Michelle Klein-Hass" writes:

I think you just hit on one reason why they *aren't* in a hurry to get the older shows on DVD. Nowadays every show that airs is immediately recorded and passed around in high-quality copies on the net, so if they hope to make money on a DVD release, they'd better hurry up and get it out before every fan of the show has his own copy from Kazaa or wherever.

Older shows like The Maxx and Aeon Flux (and to a lesser extent, Daria, which is newer) aren't as easily available in high-quality pirated copies, so there's less urgency in making a DVD. If you can find those shows on the net at all, they're likely to be poor-quality copies, even taken from VCR tapes. (A couple of B&B eps I downloaded were terrible quality -- obviously via VCR -- and incomplete.) So those pirated copies won't keep serious fans from buying the DVD -- whenever it happens to come out.

I'm not saying that's the main reason, but it could enter into why some shows are considered more profitable as DVDs than others.

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The problem is that the relative slow release of DVD/VHS releases can also perpetuate services such as Kazaa. This is especially the case where the show has a following outside the US (in the case of a US made show such as Daria) where a DVD release in the US can lead to pirates overseas, thus destroying the market there, one reason amongst many were the continued use of region locking and export restrictions would seem counter-productive.

Certainly the apathy of MTV/Viacom only perpetuates the pirate market. If you can't get it legally because the company can't be bothered, then does the company really have a reason to gripe over copyright infringement? If the market is there...

"Michelle Klein-Hass" wrote in message news:...

I wondered what happened to Clone High. I never caught an episode, but what commercial glimpses I saw revealed pretty nasty animation. It could kill the appeal of some of the best quality writing...

"Kara Wild" wrote in message

It was just terrible, is all.

On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 08:06:21 -0700, "Michelle Klein-Hass" wrote:

Which is funny cause while I might use the Undergrads DVD as a coaster I'd actually buy Daria on DVD.

"Chibi-Light" wrote in message

Bad Chibi!!!! *GETS OUT THE DUCT TAPE!!!!*

"Michelle Klein-Hass" wrote in message

*shrugs* I like what I have seen on Comedy Central. I dunno why MTV won't release the other shows. It does not blow goats, DOES NOT!!!! *SHAKES FIST*