Three years ago I did a survey about what I spend on TV shows. And what that means per hour and per episode.

Since then my collection has been growing continuously if not only for the basic reason that I purchase the shows I liked when I watched them on Torrent TV.

Now I was interested on how the prices have developed.

Thus I give you the updated data of the last ten season boxes* I bought:

Name	Price	Purchase Country	Running Time in Minutes / Number of Episodes	Price per Hour	Price per Episode
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Season 1	€10.45 (£7.43)	UK	589 / 25	€1.06	€0.42
LOST: Season 6	€17.32 (£12.78)	UK	796 / 18	€1.31	€0.96
Supernatural: Season 6	€18.36 (£15.86)	UK	917 / 22	€1.20	€0.83
Suits: Season 1	€20.58 (£17.84)	UK	528 / 12	€2.34	€1.72
Sherlock: Season 2	€12.24 (£10.39)	UK	266 / 3	€2.76	€4.08
Gossip Girl: Season 4	€16.14 (£13.88)	UK	893 / 22	€1.08	€0.73
Castle: Season 3	€22.99	DE	985 / 24	€1.40	€0.96
Dragon Ball: Season 5	€18.27 ($16.99)	US	751 / 31	€1.46	€0.59
Dragon Ball: Season 4	€18.27 ($16.99)	US	726 / 30	€1.51	€0.61
Dragon Ball: Season 3	€22.77 ($21.99)	US	751 / 31	€1.82	€0.73

In march 2009 the average price per hour was €1.43, now it’s €1.59% (+11%). Like 2009 it’s the shorter series that drive the average up – independent from the media type.

The price per episode was €0.97 and is now €1.16 (+20%). This can be explained by two factors. Summer shows like Suits have fewer episodes per season but the episodes themselves are about 10 minutes longer than in the fall season.
And Sherlock has only 3 episodes per season but with a running time of 89 minutes each.
In the end there seems to be a price tunnel in which seasons can be sold that is independent of the actual running time of said season.

But another trend can be seen. Like 2009 there’s once again only one season purchased in Germany. Must be my unwillingness to purchase half-season boxes (euphemistically: Season 1.1 and 1.2) for €29.99 each.

And now my inner statistics freak is satisfied again.

* Note: I left out the purchases which I paid for with Amazon gift certificates because they would have muddied the waters.

Categories: DVD / Blu-ray, Purchase Diary 2012
Tags: Castle · Dragon Ball · Gossip Girl · LOST · Sherlock · Sherlock Holmes · Statistics · Suits · Supernatural · The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
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The Bodyguard (1992)

05 Apr – €9.99 @ Drogerie Müller

Larry Crowne (2011)

05 Apr – €9.99 @ Drogerie Müller

Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)

05 Apr – €7.99 @ Drogerie Müller

Missing in Action (1984)

05 Apr – €7.99 @ Drogerie Müller

New Year’s Eve (2011)

07 Apr – €12.99 @ Media Markt

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Categories: DVD / Blu-ray, Purchase Diary 2012
Tags: Captain America: The First Avenger · Dragon Ball · Hanna · Larry Crowne · Lone Wolf McQuade · Michael Clayton · Missing in Action · New Year's Eve · Priest · Real Steel · Shooter · Sidekicks · Super 8 · The Bodyguard · The Delta Force · The Ref · Turkish for Beginners · Whip It
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Deutsche Version | Part 7 | Part 9

True Blood

What’s the show about?
Based upon the “Sookie Stackhouse” book series by Charlaine Harris. Sookie is a waitress in Bon Temps, Louisiana and she can read minds. She’s fallen in love with a Vampire who has been around since the Civil War. The Vampires have come out of the coffin since the Japanese have invented artificial blood and Vampires need no longer feed off of Humans. The new stuff is called Tru:Blood.

“Strange Love”
Sookie Stackhouse is totally excited when her first Vampire walks into the bar where she works. And the best part of it: She can’t read his mind. The thoughts of all the people around her are constantly raining upon her but he is totally quiet. But she’s not the only one who has identified him as Vampire. So have the Rattrays and they pin him down and try to drain him dry for his “V” – Vampire blood, an aphrodisiac for Humans.

My Opinion
A bit lengthy at times but otherwise very interesting and sometimes disturbing. The show is very open about a lot of topics and also very (very, very!) visual. And except for having Vampires living openly amongst Humans the show also shows other mystical abilities like Sookie’s mind-reading and someone else’s shape-shifting. The interesting part about this show is the fact that Vampires aren’t a secret and how both sides try to deal with that fact (Vampire rights, racism, …).

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Categories: DVD / Blu-ray, DVD Marathon, Pilot Marathon
Tags: Bones · Charmed · Dragon Ball · Dragon Ball Z · Due South · Friends · How I Met Your Mother · Joey · Jurassic Park · Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman · Primeval · Smallville · Superman · The Big Bang Theory · The Fall Guy · True Blood · Two and a Half Men
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