Collector on DVD when?

Remember the days of VHS? It was standard procedure back then for movies to wait no less than 6 months to a year from the time they were in the theater to the time they hit video stores. Hell, they even pulled the ol’ “available to rent, but not to buy” stunt for years. But now, with the invention of DVD, the time between theaters and DVD is about…3 months, give or take?

So when a movie takes around 8 months to go from theaters to DVD, it’s kind of a big deal. Case in point is the recently announced DVD release for THE COLLECTOR, a film that hit theaters back in July 2009–and is currently scheduled to hit DVD in April 2010. Wow… just WOW…

I can’t say I understand the reasoning behind such a move, and maybe the date won’t last, but according to VideoETA, the non-committed April 2010 is the date to watch out for.

Movies, either good or bad, don’t take that long to hit DVD these days. And yet there you go, 8 months from theater to DVD. Incredible. But hey, with such a long break, they could probably get away with pimping it out as a new film when it hits video. We shall see. Stick around for the ‘official’ DVD release date, which should likely be announced in the next few weeks.