NICE. I wish I owned Fringe. I really need to get on that while the show is young. On that front, I really think tv show seasons shouldn't cost as much; soooo many more people would be able to buy them, I think they'd still make money on it. Oh wells.
Fringe is being moved to the Friday night death slot, and while fans will likely follow, I still think it may be axed at the end of this season. Which will be one of the saddest things ever. For TV, anyway. :(
On that front, I really think tv show seasons shouldn't cost as much
Yeah, you know the irony is that TV seasons are SO MUCH CHEAPER in the US, vs. Australia where they're commonly split into two halves and then you pay twice as much (at least) for a whole season. Usually there's about a $25 USD difference in cheapness between ordering over there vs. buying locally.
I don't mind paying between $30-70 for around 12+ hours of TV, when I willingly pay around $25-30 for a single movie. Seems like a good deal to me for sometimes up to 20 times more information/time and so on, especially as it is usually so much cheaper when ordered from the USA (that's inc. shipping, too).
I *loathe* Australia's need to sell TV series for a ridiculous amount. Something like half a season of The Office can retail at $50.00 in some places.
Yeah, I'm really worried about that. FOX is completely bombastic about their shows; they're always messing them up when it comes to airing them. Even Fringe had an episode malfunction in the first season, if I remember correctly; they "forgot" an episode and aired it several weeks later, at least for US. =/
I agree on that front; I always hate buying movies 'cause they're so expensive for the run-time. But still, not many people these days can drop 60-70 bucks USD on a tv show season when the money is necessary elsewhere and it could probably be found online. That's ridiculous of AU, though!
haha Looks like my house! I love it :D Michael just yesterday said to me "Now that we're coming to the end of Enterprise... what are we going to buy to watch next???" haha I was like "OMG who can AFFORD to buy anything else at the moment?!?!"
I agree, series are waaaay too expensive over here. I usually wait until things come down or JB Hi-Fi has their buy 2 get 1 free sale...
Huzzah! Glad I'm not the only one who's a TV fanatic. And yeah, series are way too expensive. I'd seriously recommend getting a DVD player where you can hack the regional code to make it multi-regional, and then purchasing stuff from overseas.
My mum has a DVD player that plays both regions, which is pretty cool. When I moved back from America I brought a DVD player and my DVDs with me! So I have two players hooked up (one with a power converter obviously) and can watch both regions; this is great because some of the movies I liked as a kid you can't even get on DVD in Australia now, but I find them on eBay all the time in US Region and I'm like "Cool!"
It reminds me of my several full bookcases (and I still have books which aren't shelved!) but I'm guilty of having quite a huge DVD collection of (mostly) Science Fiction and Fantasy stuff as well but we don't have a TV which actually works properly and what is on TV at the moment tends to be rubbish so I watch what I want to instead.
I've just finished re-watching DS9 in it's entirety. I waited 6 weeks before I could bring myself to watch the final movie-length episode, simply because I didn't want it to be over.
I also picked up several series at JB during one of their sales, namely The Tudors, Mad Men and Rome. Haven't gotten to any of them, besides some of Mad Men. Looking forward to finishing them.
I only own seasons of maybe ten shows at the moment, but I'm looking forward to spending (what will hopefully be) the year off from school catching up on all the great things happening on TV lately, some of which I notice on your shelves.
As per the pricing in Australia: SAD. Are the shipping charges terrifying from Amazon.com (or hell, even Amazon.ca)?
Amazon.com is not too bad, though I always order multiple things at a time to save on postage costs. Amazon.uk is probably the least cost effective (though still sometimes better than Australian shops), and never tried Amazon.ca.
The thing I like about Amazon.com is that packages arrive even faster than those sent from amazon.uk (the difference can be up to a month in transit time), and that's on regular USPS and not priority or anything. Usually I'm waiting a max of two weeks once shipment has been announced.
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Date: 2010-11-24 04:17 am (UTC)On that front, I really think tv show seasons shouldn't cost as much
Yeah, you know the irony is that TV seasons are SO MUCH CHEAPER in the US, vs. Australia where they're commonly split into two halves and then you pay twice as much (at least) for a whole season. Usually there's about a $25 USD difference in cheapness between ordering over there vs. buying locally.
I don't mind paying between $30-70 for around 12+ hours of TV, when I willingly pay around $25-30 for a single movie. Seems like a good deal to me for sometimes up to 20 times more information/time and so on, especially as it is usually so much cheaper when ordered from the USA (that's inc. shipping, too).
I *loathe* Australia's need to sell TV series for a ridiculous amount. Something like half a season of The Office can retail at $50.00 in some places.
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Date: 2010-11-24 04:26 am (UTC)I agree on that front; I always hate buying movies 'cause they're so expensive for the run-time. But still, not many people these days can drop 60-70 bucks USD on a tv show season when the money is necessary elsewhere and it could probably be found online. That's ridiculous of AU, though!
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Date: 2010-11-24 05:48 am (UTC)I agree, series are waaaay too expensive over here. I usually wait until things come down or JB Hi-Fi has their buy 2 get 1 free sale...
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Date: 2010-11-24 12:55 pm (UTC)I've just finished re-watching DS9 in it's entirety. I waited 6 weeks before I could bring myself to watch the final movie-length episode, simply because I didn't want it to be over.
I also picked up several series at JB during one of their sales, namely The Tudors, Mad Men and Rome. Haven't gotten to any of them, besides some of Mad Men. Looking forward to finishing them.
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Date: 2010-11-24 06:47 pm (UTC)I'm just not seeing it.
Rock on for having House, and kudos for NCIS!
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Date: 2010-11-24 10:22 pm (UTC)Hee!
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Date: 2010-11-25 03:23 am (UTC)I only own seasons of maybe ten shows at the moment, but I'm looking forward to spending (what will hopefully be) the year off from school catching up on all the great things happening on TV lately, some of which I notice on your shelves.
As per the pricing in Australia: SAD. Are the shipping charges terrifying from Amazon.com (or hell, even Amazon.ca)?
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Date: 2010-11-25 04:54 am (UTC)The thing I like about Amazon.com is that packages arrive even faster than those sent from amazon.uk (the difference can be up to a month in transit time), and that's on regular USPS and not priority or anything. Usually I'm waiting a max of two weeks once shipment has been announced.