nolan@umbc3.umbc.edu (02/04/91)
I called Direct Cinema about the Pixar videos shown at Usenix 91. They informed me that KnickKnack was available for $75 and the other three (Luxo, Jr., Tin Toy, and Red's Dream) were availabe at the combined bargain price of $175. When you consider the total length of the videos, the combined price is quite a ripoff. I was prepared to pay (out of pocket) perhaps $50 for all, not $250. Get real.
net@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Oliver Laumann) (02/05/91)
In article <4944@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> nolan@umbc3.umbc.edu (Mr. John Nolan) writes: > I called Direct Cinema about the Pixar videos shown > at Usenix 91. They informed me that KnickKnack was > available for $75 and the other three (Luxo, Jr., > Tin Toy, and Red's Dream) were availabe at the > combined bargain price of $175. Huh? I have a blurb from Direct Cinema (business reply card) that lists the following prices: Luxo Junior USD 14.95 Red's Dream USD 19.95 Tin Toy USD 24.95 Knick Knack USD 24.95 Luxo Junior + Red's Dream + Tin Toy USD 49.95 plus shipping and, for poor Europeans like me, a significant extra charge for PAL conversion. Anyway, I find these prices still too high for videos of three minutes duration (or even less). -- Oliver Laumann, Technical University of Berlin, Germany. net@tub.cs.tu-berlin.de net@tub.UUCP ol@ai.mit.edu