Warner Bros Launches

News Reader · Post by **News Reader** » March 27th, 2009, 16:00

Warner Bros Launches "Made-to-Order" DVD Service
Warner Bros has come up with a pretty cool way to sell its older movies, a DVD on demand service. While it would be cool to be able to totally customize the DVD (special features, etc.) this is still a nifty idea.

The Warner Bros film archive has 6,800 titles. Since it entered the DVD market in 1997, the studio has released only around 1,200 of those titles from the vault. By comparison, the company expects by the end of the year to have more than 300 titles available via the DVD-on-demand service.

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Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » March 28th, 2009, 1:00

This looks rather jolly

Not much that appeals to me yet, but if it expands, i'll be very happy.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » March 28th, 2009, 1:16

I wonder what the lead time will be on ordering to the manufacture of the doovds.

I can't imagine they'll do anything than a bi monthly (or monthly) batch of each specific dvd to fill the orders, as it would become very expensive them to produce the individual dvds actually on demand.

Post by **HereComesPete** » March 28th, 2009, 1:20

If they take the time to make some films look a bit shinier then this would be excellent, I hate sweeping old vhs encoded onto a pc films because they look worse than cam releases.

There's also massive potential in this for presents for men who might otherwise get a few bottles of beer and a Terry's chocolate orange.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » March 28th, 2009, 1:42

HereComesPete wrote:There's also massive potential in this for presents for men who might otherwise get a few bottles of beer and a Terry's chocolate orange.

I dunno, the beer and a chocolate orange combo is a difficult one to top.

Post by **HereComesPete** » March 28th, 2009, 13:53

Indeed, but when it's the same three bottles and choccy from 10+ rellies it does get a bit boring.

It's like mentioning you're running low on smellies just before xmas in front of your gran, stupidest thing ever really.

MORDETH LESTOK · Post by **MORDETH LESTOK** » March 29th, 2009, 2:09

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Not much that appeals to me yet, but if it expands, i'll be very happy.

TWSS

Post by **FatherJack** » March 29th, 2009, 3:29

Good wrote:"I think ultimately the odds are very good that every film ever made will be available on this kind of basis, because why not?"

Bad wrote:Warner Bros. said that each month it will make about 20 films and television programs from its archive available for purchase through this DVD-on-demand program.

My advice:

Do it full on, or don't bother. The cost of listing is negligible surely, compared to the purchase price they recoup from even one purchase. Don't dick around with Films Of The Month or Speshul Deels - put the lot up and let us choose what we want.

As online buyers we hate limits - we want it all and we want it now. Give us an utterly overwhelming smorgasborg of filums and be bookmarked as 'win' for years.