[Official Message] Blu-ray DISCS [2011.7.20 in stores]

[brener]

Originally Posted by nick

One of my rare visits...
I am a bit sorry to 'spoil the party' here - but avex policies on releasing the stuff were annoying me for a VERY long time and while I still collect ayu stuff, there is simply no way in the world that I am going to pay THAT much money for the stuff I already have. Don't get me wrong - just an hour ago I've just paid nearly that much for a dinner in one of the Abu Dhabi poshiest restaurants, so can afford it perfectly well. But enough is enough.
I reckon that even if ayu will retire eventually - avex will still suck the huge $$$ from the fans. I actually remember posting on this here forum about two years back that the release of old concerts on blu-rays at horrible prices is just a matter of time. Please do remember for the future: there WILL be a compilation of all PV's (that so far have not even been released in 5.1 audio format yet - except very limited MY STORY dvd audio that I really enjoy putting into my home theatre thingy) - like five blu-ray disc set or something for some hundreds of dollars.
Well, I'd rather give $500 to a charity or something...
cheers
nick

you got a point... but well, it's a fan thing, this not only happens with avex, you can see a lot of fans from all over the world spendin their money on rare and expensive cds, dvds, blu-rays, t-shirts.. etc
it always depends in your point of view if spendin money on something specific is worthy or not (=

[adantatu2]

Well, if you are a fan, you can choose if you are gonna buy something or not.
i'm a fan, but i'm not rich, i choose what i want to buy.
i don't buy the 543213458679760543 versions of one single or album, i just buy one, because i wanna support the artist.
there are fans who can buy a lot of stuff, and i'm happy for them

[pommy48]

It's not like you have to buy everything at once >_>

[perfectodub]

i was waiting for blu-ray editions for the last couple of years...so i'm very happy with the release.. i think is great compared with some western artists that release just a few items, i remember when i was a madonna fan, i had to wait 20 year to see a semi-full video collection on DVD

[zellyx]

how exactly does hmv special buy work?
like you buy the two dvds together for a total of 5,712 yen or.. 5,712 PER dvd..?

I know, really dumb question... flame me now..

[perfectodub]

Originally Posted by zellyx

how exactly does hmv special buy work?
like you buy the two dvds together for a total of 5,712 yen or.. 5,712 PER dvd..?

I know, really dumb question... flame me now..

the normal price for one blu-ray is: 7,140 yen

buying more than 1 blu-ray the price falls to 5,712 per item

[Aderianu]

still no pre-order links for mu-mo?

[Aderianu]

http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ayu/jp/discography/index.html

New buttons with links to stores

[InorganicRosiel]

Did anyone else order from amazon.jp?
I just pre-ordered CDL~Do It Again~ and Arena Tour 2006 for ￥4988 each (Even lower than the posted price)
Shipping is about ￥2000 for me.

[kumiko.koda]

I can't wait to buy the CDL~Do It Again~ Blu-ray ^^

[isthisLOL?]

Originally Posted by nick

One of my rare visits...
I am a bit sorry to 'spoil the party' here - but avex policies on releasing the stuff were annoying me for a VERY long time and while I still collect ayu stuff, there is simply no way in the world that I am going to pay THAT much money for the stuff I already have. Don't get me wrong - just an hour ago I've just paid nearly that much for a dinner in one of the Abu Dhabi poshiest restaurants, so can afford it perfectly well. But enough is enough.
I reckon that even if ayu will retire eventually - avex will still suck the huge $$$ from the fans. I actually remember posting on this here forum about two years back that the release of old concerts on blu-rays at horrible prices is just a matter of time. Please do remember for the future: there WILL be a compilation of all PV's (that so far have not even been released in 5.1 audio format yet - except very limited MY STORY dvd audio that I really enjoy putting into my home theatre thingy) - like five blu-ray disc set or something for some hundreds of dollars.
Well, I'd rather give $500 to a charity or something...
cheers
nick

With this I don't agree AT ALL.
Since she started shooting her tours completely in HD back in 2005(before she used HD-SD mixes like in ST 2002 but mostly not HD) we knew there would some day be rereleases, it's not like these came surprising to anyone. A few years ago it did NOT make sense to release these, she could have started 2009 or 2010 but even then blurays did not sell well enough to produce them, so what did you want them to say? "Hey guys, you can buy this DVD now and in 4 years if you like you can get it on bluray!!!" - these were meant to be on bluray or another HD format from the moment the cameras were chosen but it did not make sense to release them back then, especially as in 2005 to my knowledge blurays weren't even out yet?
this is not a later decision, these are NOT upscales as shown from the TV special some time ago, and this is not unfair to people that bought the DVDs because they most likely did not have the hardware neccessary to play these until a year or 2 max.
Even now instead of complaining like you I would be happy we get them, because honestly I didn't really expect them until sometime 2012 when she releases PoM tour.
It's understandable they didn't release these earlier because every time you release something in a format that is not yet wellknown enough, no matter how good that is, you make a minus. Look at her DVD-As, it's amazing what she did to MY STORY but I doubt they actually made any profit because they had to mix them again, master new DVDs, promote them, produce them, get stores to sell them...and then VERY few people are able to properly play them on their devices...and that's probably the reason they didn't do it again: noone buys it.
The same would have happened to blurays until 1 or 2 years ago, they only just now got succesful enough, many people still do not even know what bluray is.

And I honestly doubt this compilation will come. You do realize the reason 50 singles live collection or whatever it's called was NOT released on bluray is most likely that those simply are not HD recordings? They would have to upscale around half of them and by that produce an inferior product. Now some people DO that, like Nightwish who released a horrible quality bluray of their farewell concert, but avex and Ayumi so far have not done anything like that, or at least not that I can think of. Same goes for her PVs, most if not all have probably been shot in SD and releasing them on bluray would be putting out an inferior product.

Yes, they like to milk us, that's what companies are ALL ABOUT. But they never lied about it, they never release an inferior product just to milk us and they never forced anyone to buy all of it. These blurays are an option for people who want to watch it in higher quality, not a must buy, so why the hell are you complaining? Don't like to be milked for your money? Then either buy the most simple versions or don't buy anything at all. And yes, these are expensive, but they are the normal bluray concert prices, did you expect them to sell them for 50% of that?
Just be hapopy we get these...

[Aderianu]

CDL 2010-2011 COVER

[rakeru]

Originally Posted by Aderianu

CDL 2010-2011 COVER

I'm quite fond of that, actually. Very dramatic. I feel like it should belong to a full tour, not just a CDL.

[brener]

Originally Posted by Aderianu

CDL 2010-2011 COVER

best CDL cover ever!!!

[(AYU)Marionette]

Countdown Live 2010-2011 A -do it again- [Blu-ray]
Release Date 2011/08/24


why

[kumiko.koda]

^ were do you have the info from ?

I want the blu-ray beeing released in July....

[Aderianu]

^from TeamAyu

release date changed only for CDL 2010-2011

[Suteisi]

So it's ONLY CDL 10-11 that is delayed?

I ordered mine with AT09... so I guess my Blu-ray order will wait til CDL comes out to be shipped :S

[Misa-chan]

Free Gifts Update from TA

□TeamAyu Bonus Gift：Original Key Charm（One for each product）
□mu-mo Shop Bonus Gift：Original Jacket Logo Sticket Set（One for each product）

Order from
TeamAyu: http://shop.mu-mo.net/st/fc/HAYU.html
mu-mo Shop: http://shop.mu-mo.net/avx/sv/list1?artist_id=HAMAS

[Aderianu]

I want to know how gifts looks like -_-