What would you say to fans outside America - who probably have all the VHSs - about buying the DVDs too?
Well, obviously you’ve got the quality of DVD which is the first and foremost thing in terms of audio and video. Tapes degrade over time - if somebody is a die hard fan of the series they’ll want to get it in what is basically an archivable format.
Then the other benefit of DVD is the added features that you can put on, that you couldn’t put on to VHS tapes. Things like the commentaries and the extra material that we put on DVDs. The talent involved in the production of the shows wouldn’t really be interested in doing [those] for a VHS release. DVD has changed the way they perceive the home entertainment market.
Then the other thing is that you can have the entire season in a box as opposed to a 'best of', or a themed series, or "Here’s six tapes of the 12 shows of a season which had 24 shows in it" - it’s incomplete.
There’s something nice and complete about having it [all]. I’ve got the entire season one Buffy in front of me in a box that’s less than an inch thick, that takes up hardly any shelf space compared to the same thing on VHS [which] would take up nearly a foot. So there’s a number of reasons. I’m a big fan of the DVD format.
What would you say to fans outside America - who probably have all the VHSs - about buying the DVDs too?
