The General DVD/HD Disc Bargains Thread!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 20 Aug 2007, 21:11

Ah of course, my mistake.

romerojpg wrote:I am wondering why Sendit has droped the price so rapidy, very odd for them. Maybe they know somehting we dont.

To get a few thousands pre-orders in nice and quick.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 21 Aug 2007, 01:11

romerojpg wrote:Its got Far more resolution and you Can sit closer, if you sit close with standard dvds you start to see flaws and awful mess to be honest, thats why people dont sit so close with them.

What bollocks. I occasionally watch DVDs upscaled to 1680*1050 on my 22" LCD monitor and it looks fine when I'm sitting ~60cm away. I use the Nvidia Purevideo MPEG2 codec, which is probably like a 100x better than the shit upscalers in most TVs and set-top players.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 21 Aug 2007, 01:53

Seriously Romero I doubt many people notice the number of flaws you do. As long as a transfer is overall good and doesn't have a glaring problem then I'm pretty much happy.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 21 Aug 2007, 17:11

EvaUnit02 wrote:
romerojpg wrote:Its got Far more resolution and you Can sit closer, if you sit close with standard dvds you start to see flaws and awful mess to be honest, thats why people dont sit so close with them.
What bollocks. I occasionally watch DVDs upscaled to 1680*1050 on my 22" LCD monitor and it looks fine when I'm sitting ~60cm away. I use the Nvidia Purevideo MPEG2 codec, which is probably like a 100x better than the shit upscalers in most TVs and set-top players.

Becuase thats 22 inches thats why!!!

watch a DVD on a 10 foot projector screen, too close and you wold know what I mean, a little compression on a 22 inch screen is not noticable at all as thats far to small. Even on a 32 inch screen its not a "big" thing, going past say 40 inches makes a bigger difference and going over 60 well even the best transers have problems you would not see on a tiny 22 incher.

But blown up to BIG screen they are like lego blocks, if you cannot notice flaws on dvds good for you.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 21 Aug 2007, 17:23

new price for Matrix trilogy

http://www.sendit.com/video/item/7001000138446

still £23.99 at play,who usually honour misprices

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 21 Aug 2007, 18:07

£62.99

hahahah NO SALE FOR ME

thats insane. Under £30 seemed good, anything over is crap for me.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 21 Aug 2007, 18:38

order it from play,they usually honour misprices.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 21 Aug 2007, 18:58

Yup will do

with my 2% Quidco discount

Only reason I will cancel, is if I find out they are CUT! no way I want cut film! I like Headbutts.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 21 Aug 2007, 22:12

I'm waiting to see what they do with the Ultimate Collection for BRD, they stuffed up the HD-DVD release by releasing The Animatrix in SD.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 21 Aug 2007, 22:24

Apprently they are Re-Releasing The Animatrix

I checked it out with my Blood Diamond HD DVD Online only extras, there was a poll only open to HD DVD users (I think it was only HD DVD) and you can vote which title you want most, that was top of the list by a mile.

So expect another re-release of The Animatrix! but in HD next time! Blu Ray may well get the HD version first in this case. Swindling more cash from HD DVD users, way to go. Saying that they may do it to Blu Ray forst as well.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 21 Aug 2007, 22:46

Oh yes please, I hope you're right and they do put out a HD version of Animatrix, regardless of format. It must have the original Japanese audio though, otherwise I won't touch it.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 21 Aug 2007, 22:52

I will see how the poll went I am sure its on a forum somewhere taling about it. I am not sure its up anymore as I am never again plugging my HD DVD player onto the net, as the HD online extras are basically shit

worthless in fact, all that fuss over nothing at all!

Wow download a trailer haha amazing, take part in a poll! wow exclusive HD online content that.

I am sure they will announce it one day if they can make cash out of it.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 22 Aug 2007, 03:12

EvaUnit02 wrote:I'm waiting to see what they do with the Ultimate Collection for BRD, they stuffed up the HD-DVD release by releasing The Animatrix in SD.

This is the Trilogy box set so doesn't apply. All the extras are SD on the HD-DVD, they're considering The Animatrix an extra.

£62.99!!! - Brad checks his "Outstanding Orders" and grins to see his pre-order is still in place for £17.89

. It's a good bloody job I pre-ordered it. I normally miss out on this super quick sales.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 22 Aug 2007, 05:08

bradavon wrote:
EvaUnit02 wrote:I'm waiting to see what they do with the Ultimate Collection for BRD, they stuffed up the HD-DVD release by releasing The Animatrix in SD.
This is the Trilogy box set so doesn't apply. All the extras are SD on the HD-DVD, they're considering The Animatrix an extra.

No shit Captain Obvious.

The Animatrix shorts were made by some of the best creative talent in the anime industry, for them to be mistreated by Warner is criminal.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 24 Aug 2007, 20:32

The Wicker Man - £3.97 at Amazon UK:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wicker-Man-Edwa ... 000HN31KG/

Is this different to the old 2 disc I have?

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 25 Aug 2007, 08:38

grim_tales wrote:Is this different to the old 2 disc I have?

No. This one is a budget 1-discer though.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 25 Aug 2007, 09:07

Oh.
Oops then

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 27 Aug 2007, 10:45

Unless you want the new Documentary or OST CD the old 2 disc SE is the way to go, as it can be found for a reasonable price.

As the 3 Disc SE is 3 discs it's still being priced way too much.

p.s - the 1 Discer is also bare-bones but crucially it's the theatrical cut so is to be avoided. If it was the DC it would be worth it maybe if you don't want extras.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 27 Aug 2007, 11:41

I'll keep the old 2 disc SE then.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 02 Sep 2007, 12:16

DVDs/CDs - 2 for £12 @ Play.com:

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/3-/4671/2-/Promo.html

Can't be arsed looking through all of them TBH.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 05 Sep 2007, 16:49

My Matrix Trilogy HD-DVD box set has shipped, more shiny discs I cannot play

. Still I'm confident over the next few months I will be able too, so no real loss.

If anyone has got any questions about the packaging/discs please ask.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 05 Sep 2007, 17:05

Coppola's Dracula SE blu-ray £12.47 delivered (pre-order) not particularly bargainous but by uk blu-ray prices it is

http://www.asda-entertainment.co.uk/asd ... 34.product

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 05 Sep 2007, 17:07

Nice price. It's a title I'll be getting but not it's bargainlicous enough for me, just yet.

Terminator 2 French HD-DVD is now only £15.99 at MovieTyme:

http://www.movietyme.com/catalog/produc ... s_id=35662

Pity the Theatrical Cut has forced subs but if it doesn't bother you then it's a great release, easily the best version so far. The English soundtrack is also DTS-HD Master Audio, whereas the UK version is the lesser DTS-HD High Resolution!

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 22 Sep 2007, 09:34

Death Proof region 3 £5.79 & shipping

http://www.dddhouse.com/v3/product_deta ... nguageID=0

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 22 Sep 2007, 15:18

Nice price but I'll wait for a HD release, assuming I like it when I see it tomorrow night.