I don't believe I can be lumped into some mass group who is "wrong". Right and wrong is a subjective opinion and can not be backed up with any objectivity.
I am by far not part of this mass group of "wrong people" seeing as how in R1 I own 5 TV series, 7 OVA's, and 8 movies while barely having any HK's. I know that's small compared to some people's collections but it's what I can afford. I have a large TV and home theater system so quality is important to me and the R1's will be my first choice every time. The Pioneer release of the Ah My Goddess movie is my favorite DVD to watch simply because of the crystal clear picture and amazingly perfect 5.1 mix that blows out the neighborhood anime style.
So I guess I was wrong for having the couple HK's in my collection, slap on the hand for me. I was not planning to buy them in R1 in the first place, I just wanted to see the series if I could and if I couldn't then I wouldn't have bothered. I can understand there being a group of people who by all HK instead of R1 and in that case there is a loss. However no one can measure what real losses are incurred because it all depends on if those specific people would have otherwise been willing to buy the R1 or not.
I agree on the series you mentioned that are priced competitively in the TV series market. I was thrilled to get the R1 Outlaw Star for $40, Nadesico for $60, and even Eva for $90 was good. I totally dig that pricing and definitely will go R1 all the way since I can afford that. But there are still many series that are locked into unaffordability for myself at least. All businesses know economics and they know a higher price point will give lower transaction sell-through volume. So they know they won't be getting my business as well as many others but feel the higher price will yield a higher profitability for the business they do get. That's fine, that's their choice and how they wanted to sell that specific series. I will look elsewhere to get the series if I can, and if it's not out there in a lower quality and less expensive format, then I'll just forget about it.
I am by far not part of this mass group of "wrong people" seeing as how in R1 I own 5 TV series, 7 OVA's, and 8 movies while barely having any HK's. I know that's small compared to some people's collections but it's what I can afford. I have a large TV and home theater system so quality is important to me and the R1's will be my first choice every time. The Pioneer release of the Ah My Goddess movie is my favorite DVD to watch simply because of the crystal clear picture and amazingly perfect 5.1 mix that blows out the neighborhood anime style.
So I guess I was wrong for having the couple HK's in my collection, slap on the hand for me. I was not planning to buy them in R1 in the first place, I just wanted to see the series if I could and if I couldn't then I wouldn't have bothered. I can understand there being a group of people who by all HK instead of R1 and in that case there is a loss. However no one can measure what real losses are incurred because it all depends on if those specific people would have otherwise been willing to buy the R1 or not.
I agree on the series you mentioned that are priced competitively in the TV series market. I was thrilled to get the R1 Outlaw Star for $40, Nadesico for $60, and even Eva for $90 was good. I totally dig that pricing and definitely will go R1 all the way since I can afford that. But there are still many series that are locked into unaffordability for myself at least. All businesses know economics and they know a higher price point will give lower transaction sell-through volume. So they know they won't be getting my business as well as many others but feel the higher price will yield a higher profitability for the business they do get. That's fine, that's their choice and how they wanted to sell that specific series. I will look elsewhere to get the series if I can, and if it's not out there in a lower quality and less expensive format, then I'll just forget about it.