I would like to easily see if a movie has already been released in DVD (blu-ray). For example, the same way there is a "Release Date" field, there could be a DVD Release date field when known.
Right now I end up having another tab open with Amazon.com to see if it's available.
Right now I end up having another tab open with Amazon.com to see if it's available.
Posted 7 years ago
Emperor, Champion
I'd love this feature. I've just moved all of my ratings over from Flixster and this feature was there. Made it really easy when buying DVD's off your watchlist as they came out.
bluesmanSF, Champion
Glad you bumped up this "idea." I notice I hadn't +1'd it first time around. I do the open Amazon tab thing too...it'd be nice not to have to do that.
bluesmanSF, Champion
To add to this, MayorDefacto, added this info:
...it should be noted that they've been there, done that. Up until Summer of 2011, there was a DVD details link on each title page that led to a page like this:What usually dictates whether features are moved, removed or changed, is popularity of the feature (as in clicks to the pages). Mayor believes that was mentioned as a reason the feature did not return...
https://web.archive.org/web/20110505094420/www.imdb.com/title/tt006864 6/dvd
and
https://web.archive.org/web/20110202135053/www.imdb.com/title/tt012090 3/dvd
and
https://web.archive.org/web/20100804061758/www.imdb.com/title/tt012033 8/dvd
The information was scraped directly from Amazon so it didn't require much staff involvement beyond the initial programming. It was removed just as Amazon, a firm based in Washington, balked at collecting sales taxes for the State of California. I still think the removal was an attempt to sever as many links as possible between Amazon and IMDb (which had/has offices in Studio City), in order to make their case that Amazon had no legal nexus in CA. Some six months later Amazon and California worked out their differences, but the DVD details pages were not reinstated.
