Whats the COST???

Ok, I figured I would pose this question to the experts on this site. And I do mean that, I truely value all of your thoughts, opinions and infornation I get from here everyday. But what is the cost difference in producing a movie on Blu Ray and SD DVD?

A lot.

Opinion: New media/format costs more because it's new, because of royalties? Because it hasn't been widely adopted and there isn't much supply for the less demand...go figure, it all comes down to screwing our pockets...

you have to build new production equipment, hd is alot more difficult to transfer to disc than sd. but you want the exact cost? i would guess between $12.654389-$13.1123456 bucks for new releases, and a little bit less for legacy titles. yeah, it's kinda a spin job. studios figure that you will buy more new releases, than older movies.

The sham is that Blu-Ray costs the same as DVD. It's like that whole anology with the US government. The governement is making money that didn't even exist when the stock market started to fall in the first place. IF the market falls, on money that didn't exist in the first place, how can the market be failing?

Wait I think I had to many Stella's tonight...

Ignore this post. I'm starting to sound like blade after a hard night...

"STELLA!!!"



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As blade suggests, it isn't the cost of pressing the Blu-ray discs or the cost of the materials involved that is any more than that of regular DVDs, but it's covering the cost of the new manufacturing lines. A BD pressing facility must make up the money it has invested in new equipment by charging studios more to produce the new discs. That cost is passed along to the consumer.

For an actual breakdown in prices for BDs and DVDs (and HD DVDs), try a search at AVS Forums. I recall a few insiders over there throwing numbers around a while back.

John

well, the cost of making a BD disc may not be much more than the cost of making a DVD, but prices for new technologies are always high because companies are trying to recover their research-and-development costs from several years in a row before a new thing is introduced to the market.

it all comes down to the shooting format. Basically it's the 1st thing under logistics you sit down and discuss during pre-production.

Now, You're asking the cost of a production for blu or dvd. The thing is, adobe cs3,4 and final cut, programs you probably already use, can export to h.264, more specifically, Encore can author a blu-ray for you out of the box.

The question you should be asking is wether or not you should be shooting in HD or SD. cause between authoring a blu-ray and a dvd is 2 clicks and 500dollars (for a recorder) different.

I still know many people that shoot in DV for documentaries, tv, shorts and even features. but most of them do it more for style nowdays instead of cost efficiency.

HDV and HD rental prices are quite low. You ask any dp to choose from the two (considering there are no specific style requirements) and he'll opt for HD due to the increased latitude from dv.

Plus, hd makes your product future-proof (at least for the near future...)

If it's home videos you're talking about shot on small tapeless camcorders and stuff, i have to say that the difference is not that noticeable, in HD or SD. It's not worth the upgrade expenses.

Needless to say, if you do shoot on dv and print on blu it won't make any difference, it will still look like S*it.

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[Post edited by S_Coaster on Oct 21, 2008 - CDT 8:21 AM]

Coaster, I have the Canon HV20 camcorder which is an HDV unit that records up to 1080i on tape. The reason I got tape is because it is still clearer than hard drive or even flash memory camcorders due to them using AVCHD which compresses the video to 1440 resolution.

I can tell you the difference between DV and HDV is clear to me. It's not shocking but it is very clear on a 50" plasma and I assume it would be clearer on a bigger screen.

As far as the original topic, who knows what the final cost is for a studio to author a regular DVD and a bluray disc. I'm guessing the cost is lower than it first was in 2006 but then again you have royalties, R&D costs and whatever else you can think of.

I'm still getting 3 blurays for $50 brand new and sealed with no tax so I don't think it can be that expensive.