Reddit reviews Star Trek The Next Generation - The Complete First Season

As Clowncopter points out, if you can already record something because you already legally have access to it, the idea of paying say $10 for a season is a bit absurd. I'm not even "stealing" it IMO because I already have access for it, the only thing at that point I'm actually doing is consuming it on my own terms.

For me to even think about paying for a season, I'd need to be able to select 420p / 720p / 1080p, there would need to be a discount for something I already have access to and downloads would need to not count against my monthly cap.

Commercials are going to be a tricky topic. They would be unlikely to offer them without commercials unless the source was commercial free, and even then they might decide to add them. If they did, I'd expect this to figure into the price as well. Like Gabe says, its a service problem. You can't rape me up the ass with a locked down DRM riddled download that has commercials I cant skip that costs so much I might as well buy the DVD when I can just go download it commercial free in any resolution I want.

On top of that, older seasons should cost less money. Nothing pisses me off more than seeing seasons available on DVD / BluRay that cost $50. Give me a break. I'd rather see a pricing model that recognizes this. Current season? $10. Older seasons? $2.50. Also, if I'm paying $10 for the current season I expect that to be permanent (in other words, "this is a digital rental that expires in 1 month" just doesn't fly).

Nothing is more irritating than saying "Hey, I'd like to watch this show lets see what it would cost to make that happen." and finding out that its just not reasonable. For example, I didn't start watching House until the end of season 5. If its going to cost me anywhere from $18 to $60 for a season, that's going to dramatically lower my willingness / ability to start watching the show. I don't see how pricing things at "fuck it, we won't bother" helps them make more money.

The market is there, they just need to tap it. I think the reason they don't is that it is a direct threat to their cable service. The bottom line is that I'm going to consume it on my own terms no matter what they do, they can fight it but spending millions of dollars criminalizing the people that want to watch their shows does not strike me as the best approach.