Make your own DVD release?

The Following was found on IMDB.com:



Can't Find a DVD? HP Will Make It
Hewlett-Packard has signed a deal with Sony Pictures to turn out DVDs from the studio's library whenever customers request them, the Los Angeles Times reported today (Thursday). The deal will allow consumers to order movies that ordinarily would not be stocked by dealers because they are too obscure or too old. HP indicated that it expects to sign similar deals with other studios. "We're hoping this provides another option to make available products that wouldn't necessarily garner widespread retail shelf space," Jason Spivak, head of strategic development at Sony Home Entertainment, told the Times.Added Doug Warner, head of HP's digital content business, "If studios can sell more catalog than previously, they can generate more money."

This is really intriguing, but it dies pose some questions, such as:

A) Just what does Sony have in its library?
B) How much will it cost per Movie/TV Show/TV episode?
C) How long will it take?
D) Just what kind of shape are the prints in?

Still, the possibility for good outweighs the bad. My belief is the more stuff the public has available, the more titles will turn out to be popular. And then those titles might get some decent treatment. Then all title might get decent treatment because, hey, who knows what will develop a cult following in the next few years?

Heck, maybe home computers and movie fans will get to the point where they can restore movies themselves.

In any case, I'm keeping an eye out.