The General DVD/HD Disc Bargains Thread!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 10 Jan 2008, 18:39

I have gone for it thanks. I've updated my post above, movietyme vouchers are a waste of time, unless you buy from them all the time.

Where are you finding these?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 10 Jan 2008, 21:11

saltysam wrote:The Graduate HD-DVD £8.39 delivered

http://www.blahdvd.com/Blah/HD_Product. ... MP746HD-6A

This is still out of stock

. It's also the same price still btw.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 10 Jan 2008, 21:31

bradavon wrote:
saltysam wrote:The Graduate HD-DVD £8.39 delivered

http://www.blahdvd.com/Blah/HD_Product. ... MP746HD-6A
This is still out of stock . It's also the same price still btw.

yeah i'm still waiting for Basic Instinct,that's out of stock as well. no rush though

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 10 Jan 2008, 22:03

Many are posted here Brad

http://movietyme.blogspot.com/

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 10 Jan 2008, 22:07

Check that link Brad it has good news on Pan's Labyrinth BD

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Jan 2008, 18:49

I thought that was the place guys but wasn't sure how to know it's been updated without going to it each time. That said I see they have an RSS feed (the Orange logo at the end of the address bar in Firefox and IE) so can use Firefox's Live Bookmarks.

saltysam wrote:Check that link Brad it has good news on Pan's Labyrinth BD

Wholly shit, that's flipping fantastic. New Line were definitely all into region coding but I guess they've changed their stance on it.

Is there a list of New Line BDs? I know of:

Hairspray - Region A
Rush Hour 3 - Region A
Shoot 'Em Up - Region Free
Pan's Labyrinth - Region Free

I've gone back and fourth between the BD and HD-DVD for weeks. One minute I was going to get the BD as it's the BD, then the HD-DVD as a Region Locked Disc is just asking for trouble, then I went back to the BD after hearing the HD-DVD doesn't work in the Samsung Combo.

Now the BD is Region Free after all there is nothing to stop me getting that one

p.s - Pan's Labyrinth also confirmed Region Free here: http://www.avforums.com/forums/showpost ... stcount=15

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Jan 2008, 18:58

saltysam wrote:Yeah i'm still waiting for Basic Instinct,that's out of stock as well. no rush though

Why aren't you getting the BD? It looks much, much better:

http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/f ... ?fid=11182

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 11 Jan 2008, 19:08

bradavon wrote:

Shoot 'Em Up - Region Free

Nope it's Region A locked,i have it 8)

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 11 Jan 2008, 19:09

bradavon wrote:
saltysam wrote:Yeah i'm still waiting for Basic Instinct,that's out of stock as well. no rush though
Why aren't you getting the BD? It looks much, much better:

http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/f ... ?fid=11182

it's got more extras but i can't see there being much difference in the transfer. i actually bought the Basic Instinct off ebay a while back only to get stiffed by the seller.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Jan 2008, 19:34

The BD is only £12.99 on MovieTyme though. I've not looked properly too.

saltysam wrote:Nope it's Region A locked,i have it 8)

Oh yes. Talk about confusing, MovieTyme saying "is not region free".

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 11 Jan 2008, 21:46

Amazon.com blu-ray sale

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?i ... raynews-20

HD-DVD
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?i ... 1&plpage=1

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Jan 2008, 21:51

Amazon must be making a packet out of these HD Sales. They never seem to stop them.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 11 Jan 2008, 21:58

2 $14.99 with shipping comes to £20.70 using GP currency.safely under customs and a little over a tenner a disc.think i'll go for 5th Element remastered on blu and untouchables on hd-dvd

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 11 Jan 2008, 22:19

saltysam wrote:2 $14.99 with shipping comes to £20.70 using GP currency.safely under customs and a little over a tenner a disc.think i'll go for 5th Element remastered on blu and untouchables on hd-dvd

How is that safely under customs? Isn't customs £18?

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 11 Jan 2008, 22:22

gasteropod wrote:
saltysam wrote:
How is that safely under customs? Isn't customs £18?

because the shipping cost doesn't count towards the total value

two $14.99 discs before shipping is under £16 for customs purposes

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 11 Jan 2008, 22:40

Are you sure? I didn't know that, I've always taken the shipping costs into account.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Jan 2008, 22:41

Yep. The point of a customs charge is because you've not paid tax on the "product".

saltysam wrote:2 $14.99 with shipping comes to £20.70 using GP currency.safely under customs and a little over a tenner a disc.think i'll go for 5th Element remastered on blu and untouchables on hd-dvd

There are some cool titles. It's a pity the best ones are $19.49. None of the $14.99 hugely interest me (Casino and mostly Curse of the Golden Flower).

It was £20.70 for me. I put it back to USD as my bank charges a decent exchange rate, better than Amazon. If you do this it makes two £9.82 each.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 11 Jan 2008, 23:02

shipping cost comes into play when the order is over £18,they then tax you on the amount including shipping.as the discs are well under £18 value,not a problem.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Jan 2008, 23:03

saltysam wrote:they then tax you on the amount including shipping.

It's well cheeky because they're too lazy to check the invoice they do this :shock:

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 11 Jan 2008, 23:14

haven't seen Donnie Brasco in ages,tempted to give that a punt

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Jan 2008, 23:18

It's decent but no Goodfellas, or American Gangster.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 11 Jan 2008, 23:26

I love Depp, I love Pacino, and I love gangster/mafia/crime movies, but I never cared all that much for Donnie Brosco. It's a good movie, but a bit predictable and I keep feeling it could and should have been much better. Also, cinematography and soundtrack etc: very average. Costumes and settings are good though, but still... it could have used a better director.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 11 Jan 2008, 23:38

The way Amazon price their labels I wouldn't assume anything in regards to what's taxable. I was under the impression that postage wasn't taxable but have alternately heard it is... so you takes your chances. Those sale prices aren't as good as the BOGOFs so I wouldn't rush out and buy anything.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 12 Jan 2008, 10:12

Markgway wrote:The way Amazon price their labels I wouldn't assume anything in regards to what's taxable.

i've bought shitloads of stuff from amazon over the years,believe me customs only take shipping into count when the value of the goods is over the limit.

Markgway wrote:Those sale prices aren't as good as the BOGOFs so I wouldn't rush out and buy anything.

no,but a tenner each is isn't bad and definitely no customs and no possible hassle of arsing round getting your money back if you get hit in the BOGOF...

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 12 Jan 2008, 19:19

Good point about the customs.

So if the items total £17.99 and the postage is £5.99 you still wouldn't get charged... but if the items were £18.99 you would get charged 17.5% tax on that AND the postage combined?

Just so I'm sure...