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Old 1st May 2013, 11:49 PM
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Have they gone dormant due to low sales of their blu-rays? Probably help if they released uncut features in the format.
I think it's more the uncertainty of HMV's future that would have made them reticent in any further releases for the time being. The majority of their sales come from the high street
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Old 1st May 2013, 11:54 PM
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I think it's more the uncertainty of HMV's future that would have made them reticent in any further releases for the time being. The majority of their sales come from the high street
That makes sense, I forget that people still buy things from brick n mortar places (and at those prices!). Arrow seem to be doing the opposite these days with releases speeding up.
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Old 1st May 2013, 11:57 PM
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That makes sense, I forget that people still buy things from brick n mortar places (and at those prices!). Arrow seem to be doing the opposite these days with releases speeding up.
I know. It might not have been the case recently but there was definite confirmation from Almar on here who said that's where most of their revenue comes from. I was incredibly surprised although I could imagine the eye-catching covers inspiring a blind buy
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Old 2nd May 2013, 07:23 AM
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I know. It might not have been the case recently but there was definite confirmation from Almar on here who said that's where most of their revenue comes from. I was incredibly surprised although I could imagine the eye-catching covers inspiring a blind buy
The same thing happened with the gaudy VHS covers when I was young 'un looking around the local video shop so I can see this!
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Old 2nd May 2013, 01:02 PM
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It seems the HMV website will be up and running soon so you never know, Shameless might rise from their slumber.
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Old 2nd May 2013, 06:32 PM
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It does seem strange that most of Shameless's revenue comes from highstreet sales, in this day and age almost everyone I know buys their DVD's and Blu's online. I always kinda thought people would do the same with Shameless and Arrow titles, if only to avoid 'those' looks from the counter staff. It's like buying an adult title and saying it's for a friend!
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Old 2nd May 2013, 08:32 PM
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You're not wrong there! For me though the incentive for online buying is the massive price difference between online and in store. I've always found it easy to resist impulse buys in hmv because of that.

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I always kinda thought people would buy their Shameless and Arrow titles online , if only to avoid 'those' looks from the counter staff.
I know what you mean, but I remember buying Strip Nude For Your Killer and they just grinned at me - maybe that's worse though!
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Old 2nd May 2013, 09:04 PM
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I know what you mean, but I remember buying Strip Nude For Your Killer and they just grinned at me - maybe that's worse though!

I remember eye rolling from the shop assistant when I bought Oasis of the zombies and Zombie Lake dvds so I can imagine the grin when buying that!

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Old 2nd May 2013, 09:25 PM
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Ha!
I remember buying Silence of the Lambs and Child's play on vhs in Virgin in Stirling when I had my eldest daughter in the buggy...the look I got from the sales assistant....
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