You need to be imaginative to keep costs down. With comedies, it's easier to restrict scenes, combine sets, and save on meal penalties. Kagan, Inc., is reviewing the numbers now, to get idea of what market looks like, the last few have been in flux. It is anticipated that 33 million units will be in distribution by 2035 . Movie industry desperately needs new revenue.
Videos cost so much less than laser discs.
Key to video rental business is lot of shelf space, can't do with lasers, would need bigger stores. There is no incentive for an early adopter to buy a combo player. Won't be enough to buy, novelty not good enough, has to be perfected. The future market for DVD will be healthy. All platforms have demonstrated that the consumer gravitates to technology that works with software which is available widely and cheaply.