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In article <2746@uswnvg.uswnvg.com> cjackso@uswnvg.com (Clay Jackson) writes:
>:A while back I asked about it, and the quote for it was something like 
>:450.00.  Not sure if that is cheap or expensive, but for a student member
>:that is certainly very expensive.
>
>: Any thoughts?
>: 
>: Marc
>
>Well, since you asked - $450 is a crying shame!  It's also a ripoff, AND
>(IMHO) an indication of a lot of what's wrong with ACM these days.  Hey
>folks - ACM members HELPED PAY for the production of this thing - WHY 
>does it have to cost so much?  Please don't give us any nonsense about 
>copyrights, or costs of production, or whatever -  this was produced
>by (supposedly) PUBLIC TV, with DONATED (supposedly) funds.  If Disney
>can sell it's classics for roughly $10/hour (a typical Disney movie
>runs about 2 hours, and costs about $20), WHY is this thing so special
>that it costs more than 4 TIMES that amount (don't get me wrong, I think
>it was a great show, and I would love to have a "real" copy.
>
Well, the amount being charged is by the video company producing the tapes.

I DO agree it's overpriced.  You can get Nova and National Geographic videos
in many stores for around $20 each.  Heck I can get the entire 9 episode
Civil Wars seris in a boxed set for a bit over $100 bucks.  $450 for 5 1hr
videos is outrageous.

Michael Brown
Former Chair, FAU Student Chapter ACM


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