Remember around a year ago? No new UFC DVD’s had come out for about 6 months? Remember that? No? OK. Apparently I’m the only one without a life here…..
But if you DO remember that long lull in the pre-recorded action, you were probably quite excited when you FINALLY found a brand spankin’ new UFC DVD release sitting on the store shelf come the turn of the year.
And if you are anything like me, you were probably pretty disappointed when you watched the fights on said brand spankin’ new UFC DVD……
Not disappointed in the fights themselves, but in the quality of the recorded material which had so thrilled you many months before. Face it. After the break in releases, the frame rate and image quality came down to just a notch above bootleg quality.
So what happened? Why the crappy quality? The UFC has been making more money than ever before, since early 2005. If anything the quality should be better than it was.
And what the hell was with that long-ass delay between releases? Did they feel the need to build the tension for 8 months? Well, I don’t have a solid answer for you as to why the quality plummeted but it may be related to the reason for the delay…….
Back in early 2006, Ventura Distribution was purchased by a company called First Look Studios. Shortly afterward Zuffa, parent company of the UFC brought forth allegations of accounting violations against Ventura (now First Look) which caused said delay.
Now, I’m not a betting man but given the fact that after the delay, it was First Look Studios who was distributing the DVD’s instead of Venture. I’d be willing to wager that they are the culprit for the crapiness of the recent batch of DVD’s.
If you too are sick of watching Randy knock the crap out of Tim Sylvia at a reduced frame rate with a blurry picture, UFC-FIGHTS.com will be your voice! To let your voice be heard, simply leave your name in a comment on this article by clicking the “comments” link above (duh). Once we have collected a reasonable number, we will send the link to First Look Studios directly to tell them to clean up their act!
Watch this space for updates.
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