Let's look at it this way. NBC currently charges $1.99 per episode for a show on iTunes. Heroes, an NBC show, has 23 episodes. $1.99 * 23 episodes = $47.77 I just bought the first season from Target last night, which includes an un-aired pilot episode bringing the episode total to 24 in the box set, for $37.99. Even leaving out the pilot, $37.99 / 23 episodes = $1.65 per episode.
So CURRENTLY, I can get the full season of Heroes on DVD with an extra pilot episode and additional bonus features, without DRM that as severly limits where I can play it. All that for $9.78 LESS then getting them on iTunes. The only benefit iTunes was giving me was that I don't have to wait. So ok, cool. I pay an extra $0.34 to not wait. I can buy into that.
NOW, they want to jack the price up to $4.99, so I am paying $3.34 for the convenience of not waiting. And with the DRM issue they have, I will probably have to buy it again later on DVD since they are probably trying to limit where I can play the iTunes videos.
Yeah. I'm gonna suggest that there is no way I am going to side with NBC on this.
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Let's look at it this way. NBC currently charges $1.99 per episode for a show on iTunes. Heroes, an NBC show, has 23 episodes. $1.99 * 23 episodes = $47.77
I just bought the first season from Target last night, which includes an un-aired pilot episode bringing the episode total to 24 in the box set, for $37.99. Even leaving out the pilot, $37.99 / 23 episodes = $1.65 per episode.
So CURRENTLY, I can get the full season of Heroes on DVD with an extra pilot episode and additional bonus features, without DRM that as severly limits where I can play it. All that for $9.78 LESS then getting them on iTunes. The only benefit iTunes was giving me was that I don't have to wait. So ok, cool. I pay an extra $0.34 to not wait. I can buy into that.
NOW, they want to jack the price up to $4.99, so I am paying $3.34 for the convenience of not waiting. And with the DRM issue they have, I will probably have to buy it again later on DVD since they are probably trying to limit where I can play the iTunes videos.
Yeah. I'm gonna suggest that there is no way I am going to side with NBC on this.