Warner Bros Offering Made-to-order DVDs from Its Film Archive
Warner Bros Offering Made-to-order DVDs from Its Film Archive
Posted 03/30/2009 at 1:37pm
| by Pulkit Chandna
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The economy is tanking and so is the market for film DVDs. All slumps warrant that businesses make the most of their resources. Warner Bros has resolved to do exactly that: it is going to milk old movie titles in its archive for some extra cash. The film studio has begun selling 150 old movies as part of its new DVD-on-demand service. Movie buffs can choose between made-to-order DVDs and digital downloads.
It plans to add 20 movies and TV shows to its DVD-on-demand service every month. The new service will let Warner Bros squeeze some extra cash from its film archive without having to worry about the demand. As DVDs will only be produced when demanded, there is no risk of superfluous production.
Each made-to-order DVD will set you back by $19.95 (exclusive of shipping charges). If you have altogether abolished the old-fashioned habit of purchasing DVDs, you can download these movies for $15 per title.
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Keith E. Whisman
March 31, 2009 at 9:10am
Aren't these the movies that are in the $5 dollar bargain bin at walmart? Abott and Costello? At WalMart. The Three Stooges? At WalMart.
bandeezee
March 30, 2009 at 3:11pm
Anyone know what file format it comes in if you buy the download? Just wondering if I would be able to burn my own DVD copy or if they lock it somehow. Thanks in advance.
jcollins
March 30, 2009 at 4:15pm
Their site says you need Windows Media Player, so I am assuming the videos are in DRM'ed WMV format. Probably standard definition as well. They have some sort of media manager they want you to download too.
They say you can burn DVD's, but it looks, flaky. They say that you can burn a storage copy (which sounds like burning the WMV to DVD), and apparently you have to buy some special burner to burn a DVD you can watch on your TV.
Seems like a lot of work to get an electronic copy of a movie that's not much cheaper than a DVD. However, if it's the only way to get certain movies that you want to see...
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