How much do you charge for a Blu-ray copy?

[Jeff Kellam]

Originally Posted by James Strange

Hi guys,

Just wondering how much you charge for a blu-ray copy?

I started offering Blu-rays this year, had 25 weddings so far, and 3 ordered Blu-rays.

I charge £30 (30 UKP) for a Blu, I'm wondering if this is too muhc, or if the majority of people just aren't interested in Blus

Of those 25 weddings however, 2 did ask for a HD 'digital copy'. 1 asaked for an mp4 (for his media centre pc, and the other asked for a copy in the .wmv (HDwmv) format for playback on his xBox 360.

I deliverd both of these on a usb stick, and charged £30 per.

Whats your thoughts? How much do you guys charge for a Blu or a HD digital file copy?

I was bored and marketed some of my old clients to see if there was interest in a Blu-Ray disc of their weddings. It was a resounding no interest. Apparently people either adopt HD fairly early or they have no interest at all as far as I can tell. One couple even emailed back they had never figured out how to hook up their DVD player (they had a HDTV) and had only watched (the NTSC widescreen DVD) on the computer.

For the Blu-Rays I have authored, I figure my hard costs at $10USD for 2 discs, and packaging + 2.5 hours labor. In Vegas Pro you have to set the project properties and all the individual title & photo properties to 1920X1080 before the render. I also rescale and reinsert any images from 720X480 to 1920X1080.