Pink Floyd - The Later Years (1987-2019) [CD/DVD/Blu-Ray Box Set]

[LuvMyQuad]

Probably because there are people (stereophiles) out there who still think they are listening to an SACD even when they pop the disc into a CD player. I kid you not.

Yeah, I've seen that too. And they think you are the one who doesn't know what they are talking about when you try to set them straight.

 

[Clement]

​ 420 indeed​ Can't see this email? View in Your Browser ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Time for Pink Floyd to ditch the DVD In 2011, Pink Floyd released both The Dark Side Of The Moon and Wish You Were Hereas 'immersion' box sets. As well as the CDs, both super deluxe editions included content-packed blu-ray discs with 5.1 mixes, quad mixes, concert films and more. But there was also two DVDs in each box which simply replicated all that blu-ray content. This repetition was probably justified because the blu-ray format was relatively new at this point in time (it had only been three years since blu-ray had 'won' the format war with the HD-DVD format) and the box was 'only' about £75 at the time, and with so much other content (books, coasters... marbles!) it didn't feel like too much of a rip-off. Eight years on, and Pink Floyd Records are up to the same old tricks. We are in an era where even the blu-ray format is struggling to stay relevant, with hi-res streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime, but Pink Floyd apparently still love DVDs – the format you you'll find clogging up cardboard boxes at car boot sales and the shelves of many a charity shop! I am referring to the newly announced The Later Years 1987-2019 box set. "18 discs" boasts the press release... but hang on a second, five of the discs - the DVDs - simply repeat five of the six blu-ray discs. If you have a blu-ray player you are unlikely to EVER play the DVDs so what are they doing in the box in the first place? You really have a 13-disc box set, not an 18-disc one. It's even worse if you don't have a blu-ray player, because you have only a 12-disc box with the six blu-rays effectively worthless. Some informal research by SDE in 2018 suggested that 79% of fans would prefer blu-ray over DVD and with blu-ray players so affordable (starting at around the £50 in the UK) why are Pink Floyd still messing around with a format that lost its lustre a long time ago? With a whopping price tag of £430, the band should really lose the five DVDs and reduce the price of the box set accordingly, but it's as if they need the disc count to help justify the cost. Apple, Universal Music and The Beatles took the leap. The 2017 Sgt. Pepper box included both DVD and blu-ray, but DVD was quietly dropped for last year's White Albumsuper deluxe and the forthcoming Abbey Road set, due later this month. It's a bit much to charge over £400 for any box set when you know that at least five discs of music/video - nearly a third of the optical disc count - are effectively redundant from the get-go. Read more about The Later Years box and join in the debate, here. Have a great week, ​ ​ 1 September 2019 Paul Sinclair. Editor, SuperDeluxeEdition. [email protected]

 

[4-earredwonder]

Probably because there are people (stereophiles) out there who still think they are listening to an SACD even when they pop the disc into a CD player. I kid you not.

If you read the Amazon reviews over the years, there has always been confusion about Hi Res formats NOT being compatible with the 'average joe's' players.....but the flip side....Dutton Vocalion has purposely priced their 'hybrid' QUAD SACDs/two~fers at competitive RBCD prices so their base, no matter if they have SACD players or NOT, can continue to play them in their 'existing' CD/DVD players.

 

[Perp]

What would make this box cheaper for all of us, just to get the surround mixes? Two QQ members can make an agreement where one of them purchase the set for the lowest price, such as importcds, and the other would agree to purchase the DVDs only, cutting the cost down for the original purchaser who doesn’t want / need those discs.

 

[4-earredwonder]

What would make this box cheaper for all of us, just to get the surround mixes? Two QQ members can make an agreement where one of them purchase the set for the lowest price, such as importcds, and the other would agree to purchase the DVDs only, cutting the cost down for the original purchaser who doesn’t want / need those discs.

But who would want the [presumably] LOSSY DVDs, Perp? Certainly, not I! I do have a feeling this set will be broken down to more affordable sub sets once the dust settles. Patience.

 

[Perp]

But who would want the [presumably] LOSSY DVDs, Perp? Certainly, not I! I do have a feeling this set will be broken down to more affordable sub sets once the dust settles. Patience.

Why would I care if the DVDs end up being a lossy format?

 

[4-earredwonder]

Why would I care if the DVDs end up being a lossy format?

Because, Perp, both the documentaries and concert footage will likewise be 480p! Unacceptable. Wanna start an argument ...... I'll meet you OUT BACK!

480p vs. 1080p .....Lossy vs. Lossless [Place your bets]

 

[Perp]

Because, Perp, both the documentaries and concert footage will likewise be 480p! Unacceptable. Wanna start an argument ...... I'll meet you OUT BACK!

480p vs. 1080p .....Lossy vs. Lossless [Place your bets]

Again....why should I care? The videos I may watch once. Or, once in a blue .

 

[Perp]

As you can see, this is both David Gilmour and Nick Mason looking for Roger Waters wondering when he’s coming back to the band. Richard Wright is like, right! Like, I give a $hit!

 

[drphibes]

I have a question spurred on by IMachine's comment that the retail price is not set by the band.

If we put blu-rays and DVDs that cover the same material in a set, what is the principle impact on the retail price? The physical cost of manufacturing the disks, or fees and licensing cost on the music?

Put another way: could leaving the DVDs out of the set greatly lower its retail price?

 

[rtbluray]

The price on amazon.com dropped to $341.33
It's still a lot higher than it should be, but it's a lot better than the original price it started out at.
I went ahead and preordered it knowing that I can always cancel between now and release date, plus the price might drop even further in the next three months.

 

[rontoon]

The price on amazon.com dropped to $341.33
It's still a lot higher than it should be, but it's a lot better than the original price it started out at.
I went ahead and preordered it knowing that I can always cancel between now and release date, plus the price might drop even further in the next three months.

Thanks for the update. Better, but still over priced and now I'm concerned about discs corrupting.

 

[Scott65]

Thanks for the update. Better, but still over priced and now I'm concerned about discs corrupting.

Maybe that's why they include the DVDs - you can play them after the blu rays fail....

 

[Muppet69]

Amazon Canada price drop to $486.65 down from $563

 

[IMachine]

I have a question spurred on by IMachine's comment that the retail price is not set by the band.

If we put blu-rays and DVDs that cover the same material in a set, what is the principle impact on the retail price? The physical cost of manufacturing the disks, or fees and licensing cost on the music?

Put another way: could leaving the DVDs out of the set greatly lower its retail price?

The price is too high anyway. It‘s the greedy nature of every industry. Every! The discs themselves have a value about...50-60€ perhaps!?
(Value = Discs + authoring + mixing costs)
The remove of DVDs will not change anything!
The price is set!
What makes me much more angry about is the waste of resources. We need environment..we should all take care more then we do now.
Therefore I will definately not buy this box!

 

[Snood]

Amazon dropped to 341.00 https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07X2M3...olid=1QGTR1U0KGNR2&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

 

[edisonbaggins]

This release just makes no sense to someone like me. Just considering the enjoyment I stand to gain from it, my jump in price is essentially something like $150.
And that's a stretch.

 

[windhoek]

This release just makes no sense to someone like me. Just considering the enjoyment I stand to gain from it, my jump in price is essentially something like $150.
And that's a stretch.

A big stretch!

 

[4-earredwonder]

This release just makes no sense to someone like me. Just considering the enjoyment I stand to gain from it, my jump in price is essentially something like $150.
And that's a stretch.

This is hardly PF's most prolific period and it's priced for rabid fans who covet EVERYTHING PF! When this set trickles down to subsets [like all former overpriced PF boxsets], I'm sure I'll bite. I still haven't waded through all the RBCDs and DVDs of previous box set acquisitions and this, IMO, would constitute MASSIVE overkill....at least for me.

 

[DuncanS]

The price on amazon.com dropped to $341.33
It's still a lot higher than it should be, but it's a lot better than the original price it started out at.
I went ahead and preordered it knowing that I can always cancel between now and release date, plus the price might drop even further in the next three months.

This morning on amazon.co.uk it was £429 now its dropped to £382.99, its heading the right way