Moderators PowerButchi Posted March 1, 2017 Author Moderators Posted March 1, 2017 To buy a VHS over here was like 80 quid at first. Hence the success of video rental. And as a knock on effect the success of video nasties as they were far cheaper.
kostan Posted March 1, 2017 Posted March 1, 2017 80 GBP is even more insane...imagine nowadays paying 80 for a dvd, lol.
RIDDUM_N_STYLE Posted March 1, 2017 Posted March 1, 2017 80 GBP is even more insane...imagine nowadays paying 80 for a dvd, lol. People do for out of print DVDs and multi disc box sets
kostan Posted March 1, 2017 Posted March 1, 2017 Yeah, but what Im referring to back then was a newly released latest WWF PPV.
Paid Members Cod Eye Posted March 1, 2017 Paid Members Posted March 1, 2017 Wasn't the cost of manufacturing the actual tapes a lot more expensive for niche titles? Can't imagine WWE would produce huge numbers of product compared to say, a Hollywood blockbuster, which would translate in much higher overheads? I'm not saying this is the case by the way, just making a (slightly) educated guess...
WyattSheepMask Posted March 1, 2017 Posted March 1, 2017 Bruce Prichard was talking a bit about the subject of the videos on the recent Something To Wrestle With. He made point that the first real affordable VHS was the first Batman film at $10. Was it a case of Home Video not having really taken off by that point?
MVP RULZ Posted March 1, 2017 Posted March 1, 2017 Isn't it a similar deal with Video Games? Games nowadays are actually cheaper then they were 25+ years ago
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted March 1, 2017 Paid Members Posted March 1, 2017 Cost of manufacture was big back then. Distribution smaller too so bigger costs per run. It was even bigger for longer tapes hence some WWF PPVs being released edited down to two hours.
Otto Dem Wanz Posted March 2, 2017 Posted March 2, 2017 I've been listening to my Throwback Thursday playlist on Spotify and Who's That Girl by Eve came up. I had the immediate thought that Sasha Banks needs to use it as her theme song once she's fed up of her CFO$ effort, it would fit her to a tee.
Sheffbag Posted March 2, 2017 Posted March 2, 2017 What always surprises me is when I see those old Coliseum Video advertisements in WWF magazine from the 80s. A videocassette of a WWF PPV in 1988/1989 cost $ 39,95 (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). Even in 2017 that is a LOT of money for a dvd, let alone thinking about how much it must have been back in the 80s. How can this be justified? Ive got an old PWI from around the time of WM7 and it was on about cost of PPV's. Some companies wanted nearly $70 for WM7 to watch it. Crazy figures
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted March 2, 2017 Paid Members Posted March 2, 2017 Bruce Prichard was talking a bit about the subject of the videos on the recent Something To Wrestle With. He made point that the first real affordable VHS was the first Batman film at $10 Might have been in the U.S. , but I was buying VHS tapes before 1990. For a useless bit of trivia, "Batman" was the first film rated "12" in the UK.
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted March 2, 2017 Paid Members Posted March 2, 2017 There was always a scam going on in Sunderland back in the late 80s/early 90s. Nobody was in work and it was every man for himself, so the video man and the Ice Cream man used to rent films and wrestling tapes from the video shop, copy them and then flog them for a few quid. The logic is, if you want to earn some extra money, rip off a local business who is just trying to made a few quid himself. Steal from the poor to give to the poor. Pretty terrible in a way, but owning SummerSlam 88 and Superman 3 for rewatch value diminished the guilt somewhat.
Van Dammer Posted March 2, 2017 Posted March 2, 2017 Serves the video shop right for not taking the tab out!
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