Are DVDs still relevant?

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spitalfield

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I just finished up a new movie and want to distribute it, but I'm not sure if I should spend the money on DVDs. I was going to get them made to order by Burnpost because I wouldn't have to order them in bulk but I'm curious to know how everyone else prefers to distribute their films.

Do you find that your DVD sales still do well?

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DVDs still hold a stronger selling point over blu-rays, they're cheaper.
So I would certainly say they are relevant, and I know around here, there are more people with DVD players than Blu-ray players.
Do your research, find out from your target audience which one they prefer to use.
 
Your costs on DVD will probably be an order of magnitude less than Blu Ray... Even though Blu Ray shows that you are taking your film seriously, that extra money might be better spent elsewhere. How are you marketing your project?
Most people I talk to do not see a huge difference between SD/DVD and Blu Ray. If there is a strong, compelling reason for them to buy your film they will probably do it, Blu Ray or not. Therein lies the rub.....
Good luck and keep us posted.
 
I still deliver DVD and BluRay to wedding clients. They all happy to relate their own weddings to Hollywood movie (from filming to editing, authoring layout to DVD insert design). Delivery content in HD in Bluray is a big selling point.
 
MOST people still do not have HD TVs much less Blu Ray players. Blu Ray (I work for a distributor) has not penetrated they way they hoped it would. Regular DVD out sells Blu Ray by orders of magnitude.
 
It could be a regional thing. All people I know in Los Angeles, they all have HDTV. Blu-Ray player does not. Many still think BluRay player is $300. In fact, the basic bluray player is like $70 these days. Also, don't forget Play Station can play BD movies too.
 
Good thread, something I've been wondering about as well. I agree that if a person is interested in your film, they are likely to purchase it whether it is Blu-Ray or not. I don't have a Blu-Ray player, but my DVD player is up-converting and I'm more than happy with that. That said, I am watching much more instant streaming than I am DVD. But if your film is one that people will want to own and keep, I can see them buying the DVD. Streaming and download is great, if your customer will have access to the film in perpetuity.
 
I read today a post talking about DVD being obsolete due to the fact that it was not included with the new-ish Mac Airbook, and they mentioned another one. Yet on another article of theirs they mentioned how important it is to know your customer base and they went on to explain how product producers need to actually spend time in customers homes before launching a product.

Now, I realize that Dvd' are older tech, but I find that I am very often surprised at the lack of tech when I venture out. Oh sure, everyone seems to have a smartphone and so forth, but for instance at the local University, all of the offices I have been into are running XP and have a whopping 512MB of Ram and so forth, dual cores are the latest there. And I don't know about you, but when I talk to a client about some tech thing having to do with accessing my photos or something Online, they behave as if the Internet is just a mystery to them (which I find really, really strange!). What I'm getting at is, a lot of the Online tech community is removed from it's client base. They don't really know what's in the clients home, or what they prefer, or even how really tech savvy the client is. And what was that in the latest tech news: Folks only use about 20% of their tech-gadgets usefulness.

I think this says Dvd's are still relevant. Why, because even though folks have to have new tech, they also rely on older tech for everyday tasks. Even though stores like Block-Buster are closing doors left and right, I believe that is more because of their failure to know what the client base needed.

Tech is ahead, as it has been and will be..it's the communities that have to catch up, the infrastructure and so forth.

Lastly Dvd's are relevant because I have a contract to produce them for this School year at that same local University. :)
 
tom_wise said:
I think this says Dvd's are still relevant. Why, because even though folks have to have new tech, they also rely on older tech for everyday tasks. Even though stores like Block-Buster are closing doors left and right, I believe that is more because of their failure to know what the client base needed.
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It's hard when illegal downloading is on an epic rise.
 
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