Yes. yes they are. especially for non-Japanese movies.
To think an average Simpsons DVD costs the equivalent of 50-60 dollars, while in North America you'd never dream of it going more than $24.99 or so. A micro SD movie to put on your phone isn't such a bad idea. It still takes a long time to encode a movie on h.264 in high quality (at least 2+ hours from dvd rip to playing it in your portable device, never mind using the more advanced encoding options). To save the time, it's not such a bad idea.
While its tablet world topping pixel density, Tegra 2 silicon, and fresh to death OS certainly sound awesome, we had to get our grubby mitts on one to see if it's as good as its spec sheet would have us believe.
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Japan is still paying ~$40 for a DVD?
Yes. yes they are. especially for non-Japanese movies.
To think an average Simpsons DVD costs the equivalent of 50-60 dollars, while in North America you'd never dream of it going more than $24.99 or so. A micro SD movie to put on your phone isn't such a bad idea. It still takes a long time to encode a movie on h.264 in high quality (at least 2+ hours from dvd rip to playing it in your portable device, never mind using the more advanced encoding options). To save the time, it's not such a bad idea.