I think the thing trying to be said is... if everyone bought HK's there would be no dubbing, and no HK's for people to buy (this for most people who are waiting for the dubbed vesions of shows, i.e. why this started). If you like the series, you should support the company that brings it to you, even if once in a while. Personally, at first all I bought was hk sets, but now for all but three of the hk sets I own, I have the r1's that correspond to that set. I only started to really purchase any form of anime within the last 2 months, and in that time I've dumped about $1,000 on r1's and such this month, because of the fact that I like the shows and I want to support the company.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not spending $29 or 22 a disk either, for most of the disks I now have, I've gotten them for around $8 to $13, so it is possible to get r1s for cheap, comparable to the price per disk of a hk set. I'll still buy HK's because they're cheaper, and those are the sets I'll loan out (nobody be touchin my r1's), but I'll still be buying r1s because the people who bring this stuff here, deserve to be paid.
On the other side though, the prices for r1s can conceivably come down considerably, and its the r1 companies and retailers who in a way dig this hole for themselves, and why some people buy HKs solely. I can guarantee you when rightstuf has some of their really good bargains for $8 a disk, or other retailers of the sort, they're not loosing money, but just making less of a profit. If companies lowered their prices, they may not make as much of a profit per disk, but they'd be able to move more volume, and makeup profit that way.
But anyways, this was just to say, you should buy r1s atleast once in a while, least to say thanks for bringin a series over, for all those hks one buys; and not be surprised when people get annoyed when you say "Oh yeah, can't wait for it to be dubbed so I can pick up the hk set!". A short series such as this one probably is going to end up being (disk wise) is a good time to do so.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not spending $29 or 22 a disk either, for most of the disks I now have, I've gotten them for around $8 to $13, so it is possible to get r1s for cheap, comparable to the price per disk of a hk set. I'll still buy HK's because they're cheaper, and those are the sets I'll loan out (nobody be touchin my r1's), but I'll still be buying r1s because the people who bring this stuff here, deserve to be paid.
On the other side though, the prices for r1s can conceivably come down considerably, and its the r1 companies and retailers who in a way dig this hole for themselves, and why some people buy HKs solely. I can guarantee you when rightstuf has some of their really good bargains for $8 a disk, or other retailers of the sort, they're not loosing money, but just making less of a profit. If companies lowered their prices, they may not make as much of a profit per disk, but they'd be able to move more volume, and makeup profit that way.
But anyways, this was just to say, you should buy r1s atleast once in a while, least to say thanks for bringin a series over, for all those hks one buys; and not be surprised when people get annoyed when you say "Oh yeah, can't wait for it to be dubbed so I can pick up the hk set!". A short series such as this one probably is going to end up being (disk wise) is a good time to do so.