Comments on: Norm’s Going Digital http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/24/norms-going-digital/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:37:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Tony Clifton http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/24/norms-going-digital/#comment-262820 Tony Clifton Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:34:08 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/24/norms-going-digital/#comment-262820 The ridiculous situation with the DVD sets is hardly a NYW innovation; look at another of my favorite shows, Good Eats. Food Network will probably never offer that show in season sets, but only in lame "theme sets". To be fair, I don't think $25 is too much when getting a single episode with the plans; I figure they already did most of the hard stuff (for me at least) by doing all of the engineering work already. This isn't really the right forum to discuss this, but it's really too bad that some media companies just don't get that many people want television DVDs to be organized and presented as the shows originally aired. The ridiculous situation with the DVD sets is hardly a NYW innovation; look at another of my favorite shows, Good Eats. Food Network will probably never offer that show in season sets, but only in lame “theme sets”.

To be fair, I don’t think $25 is too much when getting a single episode with the plans; I figure they already did most of the hard stuff (for me at least) by doing all of the engineering work already.

This isn’t really the right forum to discuss this, but it’s really too bad that some media companies just don’t get that many people want television DVDs to be organized and presented as the shows originally aired.

]]> By: robd http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/24/norms-going-digital/#comment-262717 robd Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:10:48 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/24/norms-going-digital/#comment-262717 No please start shooting in 720p or better. Two of the OTA HDTV stations are PBS, both get NYW, and neither air it on their HD feeds. And yes, I've told NYW. No please start shooting in 720p or better. Two of the OTA HDTV stations are PBS, both get NYW, and neither air it on their HD feeds.

And yes, I’ve told NYW.

]]> By: Zathrus http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/24/norms-going-digital/#comment-262703 Zathrus Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:39:54 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/24/norms-going-digital/#comment-262703 Oh wow... they're on DVD now? Just in time for the HiDef format wars to end... whee! And, as Eric and nudd mentioned, they should really sell plans and such as well. As for the pricing; it's pretty silly. SF geeks were willing to pay inflated prices for non-season sets for shows like Star Trek and Farscape (and then pay again for the season sets with extra features); pretty much nobody else is willing to go through the silliness. Oh wow… they’re on DVD now? Just in time for the HiDef format wars to end… whee!

And, as Eric and nudd mentioned, they should really sell plans and such as well.

As for the pricing; it’s pretty silly. SF geeks were willing to pay inflated prices for non-season sets for shows like Star Trek and Farscape (and then pay again for the season sets with extra features); pretty much nobody else is willing to go through the silliness.

]]> By: ned.ludd http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/24/norms-going-digital/#comment-262629 ned.ludd Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:20:54 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/24/norms-going-digital/#comment-262629 @Tony Clifton: You can thank Russell Morash for everything that's wrong with the TOH enterprise on PBH. Norm seems like a genuinely good guy, but this mainstream DIY content being shoveled out by Mr Morash just gets lamer every year. Imagine the volume they'd sell charging $30 for a season's worth of DVDs, then farming out the plan + measured "drawrings" to a print-on-demand service. Hit the price point where the product becomes something that you can't afford not to buy, and make it something that a kid could buy his dad for father's day. That's what I'm talking about. Or just do like Roy and stream all of your woodworking goodness off of your website for free. @Tony Clifton: You can thank Russell Morash for everything that’s wrong with the TOH enterprise on PBH. Norm seems like a genuinely good guy, but this mainstream DIY content being shoveled out by Mr Morash just gets lamer every year.

Imagine the volume they’d sell charging $30 for a season’s worth of DVDs, then farming out the plan + measured “drawrings” to a print-on-demand service. Hit the price point where the product becomes something that you can’t afford not to buy, and make it something that a kid could buy his dad for father’s day. That’s what I’m talking about.

Or just do like Roy and stream all of your woodworking goodness off of your website for free.

]]> By: Eric Dykstra http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/24/norms-going-digital/#comment-262626 Eric Dykstra Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:20:11 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/24/norms-going-digital/#comment-262626 I wonder if netflix will stock them. Next maybe they'll offer pdf of the projects too. One step at a time norm, one step at a time. I wonder if netflix will stock them. Next maybe they’ll offer pdf of the projects too. One step at a time norm, one step at a time.

]]> By: Tony Clifton http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/24/norms-going-digital/#comment-262595 Tony Clifton Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:52:19 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/24/norms-going-digital/#comment-262595 *sigh* Unsurprisingly, they don't get that some of us want to just watch the episodes- I'd probably pick up the first couple of seasons just to watch if they bothered to offer season sets. *sigh* Unsurprisingly, they don’t get that some of us want to just watch the episodes- I’d probably pick up the first couple of seasons just to watch if they bothered to offer season sets.

]]> By: Matt http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/24/norms-going-digital/#comment-262564 Matt Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:23:19 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/24/norms-going-digital/#comment-262564 YEAH! YEAH!

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