^You may have read something out of context. The raw file is for me to do a sort of quality control scan on, no more, no less. The 700 MB .avi is made from that file, so people will basically see the same thing anyway. The ultimate objective will always be the full DVD with menus near the end of the year.
I do think the donation thing is a little bit early to talk about as well. ;) If it becomes necessary, we'll see when the time comes. Probably won't even be necessary in the end.