tenia wrote:But again, you might argue that in one case, the specific DVD release got OOP while in the other case, well, there was no specific DVD release in the first place to let go of. Or, say in a different way, in one case Criterion chose not to continue printing the DVD release, while in the other one, they chose not to start printing one.
I understand your point, but the practical point of view and the editorial one might be different in such a case (hence our precisions).
I think this will become more common, particularly DVDs that are expensive to do a print run.
If after ten years on the market the dvd set is selling one to every ten Blu-ray editions and the print run is exhausted it would be silly to reprint the dvd edition, the dvd only and institutional customers (libraries and schools) probably already have bought it if they’re going to buy it, and the dvd only customer base is only shrinking not growing.
The title technically stays in print via Blu-ray. I would expect this to happen with three colors next, Blu-ray stays in print dvd goes oop.
Didn’t vampyr go out of print for a few months because they didn’t want to reprint it on dvd with the costly book?
I would expect this to be more Rare for a regular dvd edition just because the cost of reprinting is so marginal, however they might want to do it even then simply because they would save on warehouse costs. Would everyone be really heartbroken if el Norte and dozens of other titles had its dvd go out of print but kept the Blu-ray in print? (Chose el Norte as an example, because it’s early Blu-ray and seems to sell extremely slow since it still doesn’t have a keep case.)
Stronger sellers will probably continue to have dvd reprinting but I think this is a trend that will only grow
