The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread

[Markgway]

Yeah, I forgot that the BD is supposedly poor also.

[saltysam]

£6.99 for a blu-ray is hardly "risk taking" -you'd sell/trade it at virtually no loss. ie Bought Street Kings from Amazon marketplace for £4.24-watched sold it on ebay,got my money back plus some on top.

[romerojpg]

Still miles better than the dvd but hell £6.99 aint cheap , if it was £1 or 2 then thats a bargain price.

£7 just sounds a lot to take a chance on some films, but you are easily able to get rid of it for more than that second hand if you dislike it, as Salty said also

[bradavon]

Chocolate's a rental, I sold my BD (partly due to the bad artefacting).

Does anyone actually rent any more? , when they say this. I've not for, well I've no idea:

1. Cinema
2. Buy
3. TV
4. Download - Very rarely

£6.99 for a blu-ray is hardly "risk taking"

For me: £4.99 it's worth it but £6.99 it's a risk too much.

-you'd sell/trade it at virtually no loss

I'm about to list 100 DVDs. I have more than enough to list .

[saltysam]

For me: £4.99 it's worth it but £6.99 it's a risk too much.

do you only buy films you've seen then?otherwise any title you buy is a "risk" whatever the price is you pay!!

[Shingster]

Chocolate's a rental, I sold my BD (partly due to the bad artefacting).

Does anyone actually rent any more?

With the dawn of Blu-ray renting is as important as ever for many like myself who prefer to watch in 1080p. It's not like you can simply download every Blu-ray release out there, and when you can download them it's usually a 720p re-encoded mkv. I prefer to watch the discs themselves.

[bradavon]

do you only buy films you've seen then?otherwise any title you buy is a "risk" whatever the price is you pay!!

No. Like everyone else, I calculate the risk .

Fair enough Shing. I tend to buy more than I can find the time to watch, as it is. Do you notice a big difference between 720p MKVs and 1080p BDs? I've never seen the former myself. I'm guessing the audio is only ever DD5.1 too.

[gasteropod]

OK, to be fair I never rent, but after briefly owning Chocolate on BD it's what I'd classify it as

[Markgway]

I still rent DVDs. £1.45 per night from my local library. Unfortunately they only have a limited selection and at present don't do Blu. Places like Blockbuster are far too expensive in my opinion.

Most films I watch I wouldn't keep and I can't afford to buy everything I might want to see (unless it's about £3) and right off the difference. £6.99 for an average film like Chocolate just to see it once then sell is a needless risk. Maybe 'risk' isn't the right word but Sam used it and I'm sure you guys know what I mean.

If it was a film that I thought there was an above average chance of me keeping then £6.99 for a BD is perhaps worth a shot in the dark. Otherwise I'd say no. Rent or download the film and then if it's good go get the BD for your collection.

[Yi-Long]

How is the making-off for Chocolate!? If that's as good as the making-off of Ong-Bak, it's an interesting puchase.
For 7 pounds I'm tempted to buy the blu-ray anyway, simply cause I don't own it on DVD yet.

[saltysam]

Apocalypto £5.99-Bargain!

http://www.play.com/DVD/Blu-ray/4-/3357 ... ource=9593

[saltysam]

Eden Lake £5.99

http://www.play.com/DVD/Blu-ray/4-/7767 ... ource=9593

Dirty Dancing £5.99

http://www.play.com/DVD/Blu-ray/4-/3436 ... ource=9593

[romerojpg]

Eden Lake frucking rocks!

[Markgway]

I'd quite like to see that.

Am hoping it shows up on Film 4 soon.

[romerojpg]

Treat yourself to HD, it looks nice as well

[Markgway]

Limited chance of me keeping it though.

[saltysam]

Mutant Chronicles £5.97

http://www.nixelectronics.co.uk/epages/ ... onicles%22

[romerojpg]

Not quite salty

[bradavon]

Ha ha, oops.

[saltysam]

oops...link fixed

[bradavon]

and if anyone wants some music with their Blu Rays

Shakira Oral Fixation Tour £4.99 a little cheaper with Quidco
http://www.play.com/DVD/Blu-ray/4-/4321 ... ource=9593

Did anyone else order this? Mine still hasn't despatched. Useless Play.com!

[saltysam]

Basic Instinct BD £4.93 Delivered-this weekend only

http://www.thehut.com/hut/9981941.product

[bradavon]

I cannot believe Motorcycle Diaries is less than £8. I paid £15 for the HD-DVD .

[saltysam]

Battle Of Wits £6.99...is this worth seeing?

http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDet ... sku=909021

[Markgway]

I thought it was good.