Forum:Cost and Availability

There are around 546 episodes as of writing this and I believe only the first 205 are available on DVD.

DVD collections are available in Ameriaca (NTSC) containing 26 episodes for $20. Thats 8 collections for a total of $160 when they are all released up to the 205th episode (Currently they have only released collections 1 to 6). DVD collections are available in Australia (PAL) containing 13 episodes for $50. Thats 16 collections for a total of $800.

So why is Australia being ripped off and in such an extreme manner? Why arn't they releasing any more to DVD, having stopped at episode 205 for some time now? Any talk about Bluray? Any talk about a boxed set?

I just want to get into this series after seeing a few epsisodes on TV a while back, but the cost and availability seem very inconsistent.