Comment Re:why do cds cost as much as DVDs? (Score 1) 799
sorry to nit-pick, but Econ101 lesson:
profit = revenue - expense
(advertising is an expense)
the cost to the consumer of CD's and DVD's is a function of what price the market will bear.
This is not an analysis of supply and demand since at this point of history little plastic discs aren't a limited resource.
To buy a DVD off of Amazon costs me $27USD, to buy the same DVD from my local Rogers Video (in Canada) is $27CAD .. Hmm .. Logically the DVD I bought from the US is worth around $40CAD, but you won't see anyone buying a DVD for that locally because gee .. it seems too expensive! I rarely pay more than $22CAD unless it's a really good movie.
IMNSHO They would make more profit if they fired Jack Valenti (big expense) before he pisses off all producers and consumers that his industry relies on.
The only thing CD's have going for them, and why perhaps they maintain a higher price while DVD's seem to go down, is you listen to the same CD many times whereas for DVD's how often do you watch the same movie over and over.
later.....
profit = revenue - expense
(advertising is an expense)
the cost to the consumer of CD's and DVD's is a function of what price the market will bear.
This is not an analysis of supply and demand since at this point of history little plastic discs aren't a limited resource.
To buy a DVD off of Amazon costs me $27USD, to buy the same DVD from my local Rogers Video (in Canada) is $27CAD
IMNSHO They would make more profit if they fired Jack Valenti (big expense) before he pisses off all producers and consumers that his industry relies on.
The only thing CD's have going for them, and why perhaps they maintain a higher price while DVD's seem to go down, is you listen to the same CD many times whereas for DVD's how often do you watch the same movie over and over.
later.....
