With the recent bare bones release of the R3 DVD Copy of THE AVENGERS by Disney/VIVA, its sad and frustrating paying full price with a minuscule Special Feature.
First and foremost, this is not VIVA's fault although many comments on their Facebook page are putting the blame. Its Disney's fault. Studio are too selfish nowadays and forcing people and home video consumers to shift to Blu-ray which is very unfriendly and really made me angry. I know Blu-ray is the most popular home video disc on America but many people in the world still doesn't own one. Look at Warner for example, they got too many complains after their horrible DVD transfers. I think they learn their lesson because the DVD transfer of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 was good on HDTV.
You know, as of 2011, DVD sales are actually 75 percent of all home video consumer sales. So DVD isn't going anywhere.
I think the last DVD I bought with almost no Special Features at all was the original old release of Gone With the Wind. And the last DVD I saw with Special Features that exactly the same was The Hunger Games and The Tree of Life.
If you want to see more, try clicking this link:
http://www.ifc.com/fix/2011/11/what-happened-to-dvd-special-f