“the torch” #39 – Bonus material on your DVD - does it add up?

Really, how versatile is that disc you just bought? A legitimate question, for sure, and one that has every content shopper scrupulously studying the back cover of whatever DVD they think about purchasing – if they are smart enough to consider before leaving their cash to the counter. The flipside to our products’ packaging is a selling point, whichever way you look at it. And to investigate as to what we want – and what we get – as consumers of films, is worthy of taking a moment to deliberate on. No battle over formats sees the movie-lover as winner, unless there is bonus material included to match expectations. The option is on the table for any producer and designer to make their costumers happy – if only they bothered to care about demand; which should be in their own best interest, should it not? Let’s compile a list, then, of what makes for real added value in a hard copy release, so that next time we will truly enrich ourselves (and not just the shops and companies) when buying another item for our private film library. First attempt you will find: here.

(pic©mo)