Bluray discs unneccessarily splitting content 'because people like it' :(

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Bluerays are cool and have the capability of holding all the lord of the rings Jackson films on one disc.

Doing this they could offer cool features like 'watch the whole lot (9 hours odd) without credits in between them'. If you are so inclined. Or more reasonably 'only look after one disk, and don't change the disc when you're changing films it's all in one place mate' and 'don't clog up your limited shelf space with a massive box' feature! Hoorah.

However the marketing men say that people simply wouldn't pay as much for 1 disk as they don't feel they are getting as much, it's a psychological thing. So for NO FUNCTIONALITY REASON AT ALL, NO EXTRA CONTENT AT ALL they're splitting it over 5 disks. :( A bigger box, a bigger 'shelf-presence', and in theory the customers (you and me) think 'wow look at the number of blu-ray disks you get, that's gotta worth £50 ain't it, boy you get a lot of disks it's the - I dunno - 'ULTIMATE BOX SET AWESOMENESS''??

So just a quick question. You lot are more technically savvy than the average plums. Would you either

1) Spend £50 and get 1 disk, 1 normal size box, easy mcsqueezy

or

2) Spend £50 and get 5 disks, including a seperate disk for .. I dunno .. the 'see how they did golums makeup' special feature film (20 minutes long, about 0.1% of disc space used). It comes in a blimin' huge 4 inch wide box wow how awesome and has a big picture of a Nazgul on the front wow wow wow?


I'd definately go for the one disk small box. But I showed my mate mock-ups of both boxes and he says 'NO WAY he'd pay £50 for the 1-disc version as it looks like a rip-off'

!!!!!

So - over to you - same price, same content - would you buy big fancy pants lots-o-discs version, or 1 disc jobs'a'good'un version? Both £50?


EDIT_ THIS IS A THEORETICAL QUESTION for if they COULD fit the films on to one disk without losing any content or quality.
 
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You know, if it's £50 I'm more inclined for the multi-disk thing. I always buy special editions, even though I rarely have time to watch them.

Plus, £50 for one disc feels very wrong.
 
That's not true though, a shorter film like Monsters Inc takes up 22gb, so you'd never fit 3 films plus additional features on a 50gb disc, it'd be 90gb alone for the LOTR films...
 
I don't understand, on a Blu-Ray disc you could hold all the dvds on it due to the larger capacity, but not all the films in high definition?
 
I think I'd get the box set with all the fancy box etc... as you're paying for all the artwork on it etc. It's like the presentation of it too, like getting a meal that's really nice but in a horrible place, or a meal that's really nice in a really nice place :)
 
Human beings are stupid and are more impressed by bigger numbers than smaller ones. Makes them think they get more for their money.
 
You're wrong.

With the current theatrical BD releases the films alone are each around 40GB and these aren't very good transfers.

So you're talking a load of nonsense that you made up.
 
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You're wrong.

With the current theatrical BD releases the films alone are each around 40GB and these aren't very good transfers.

So you're talking a load of nonsense that you made up.
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OK let me rephrase. Would you rather buy 5 * 10gb content on bluray, or 1*50gb content on bluray? If the 5*10gb content had a big old box with a nazgul on the front but all the grief of switching disks etc??
 
I'd be happy with one disk, as I have a brain, and don't automatically think "OMG I'M NOT GETTING 7/8 DISKS, I'M BEING RIPPED OFF".
 
HD Audio takes up most of the disk space and for 3 hour'ish films its impossible to fit on one disk.

So yeah, your wrong. But i'm not really sure if your question was hypothetical or you thought there was legitimate evidence behind it.

If your question is simply 1 disk with all 3 films at exact same quality etc as the individual disk's then yes I would (and think most people would) go for the 1 disk version as long as you didn't lose anything.
 
I think those commemorative boxes are for collecters, there'll be plenty of LOTR nutters out there who would want one. Just like those who like a particular game may purchase a 'special edition' box that comes with toy or some other crap.

Gotta confess I have a Transformers tin which almost as big as a Cadbury's Roses box.
 
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