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Viz Media in their new shop has Death Note vol.1 for preorder with a special edition Ryuk figurine/bust it is available for $45.95 but i havce no idea when it comes out. It is bilingual with eng subs and contains uncut episode 1-4

I'm going to respond specifically to your comments, since you seem misinformed on a few points.

First, you've obviously never seen Bandai Visual's prices. The cheapest DVD thay've put out was $20 for one episode, no dub and a concert (and from what I hear, there's more concert footage than there is anime). They're usually more around $40-50 for two episodes, again with no dub. ...That's an entirely different discussion, though, and to be honest they're the exception, not the rule. Most companies will charge about $30 for bilingual DVDs (up to about $40 with a box, the prices vary more with additional pack-ins), and Media Blasters charges closer to $20 for a subtitled-only release.

Back on the Death Note DVDs, there's going to be a standard version of each DVD for $25 (cheaper than many bilingual anime DVDs, and that's before it's been discounted by various stores) and a special edition of each for $40 that comes with a figure (the price in the first post is off; Viz has it for $40). Checking online helps a lot; RightStuf has the standard versions listed for $19 and the special versions for $30, and I'm pretty sure other places will carry them for lower prices, as well.

If the Ebay DVDs work in a normal DVD player, they're bootlegs. The only authentic Death Note DVDs out right now are the Japanese ones, and they would only work on a regionless DVD player and probably don't have subtitles. I also don't think they've gotten to episode 30 in the DVD releases, although I could be wrong.

The price of the official DVDs are expensive, yes, but you have to pay more to get authentic DVDs. Personally, I'd rather have the official DVDs and pay more, but I know there are people on both sides of that debate. Also, I've never compared a fansub to a DVD release, so I'm not going to talk about the quality, although I'd definitely hold the translation of a professional who's been paid to do the job as better than a fan who does it for free.

Baubles: The first DVD comes out in November. The DVDs will be released monthly after that.

I can top that. I've got the entire series downloaded through torrents onto my computer. Picture quality is good, Subs only. I've burned the first 8 onto disk so far. As I watch them I'll clear them off my hard drive. I figure when I'm done I'll have about 10- 15 bucks invested in disks. rofl

Seriously though. I'll probably buy the Viz release when it comes out. I just hate that they'll be releasing them so slowly. They did the same thing with Eureka Seven and they still haven't finished that DVD series. I think their on disk 8 now.

At only 4 or 5 eps per disk it will be 2009 before the set it finally finished. crying Should I really spend around $200 for the whole set? Just to hear the Canadian voice actors?