The CD WOW Bargains Thread!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 04 Apr 2006, 20:40

CD WOW Easter Sale:

http://www.cd-wow.com/salefinder_genera ... ffid=16743

I went for WOTW @ £6.99. No doubt Romero managed to get it cheaper, like I care

Jaws: SE @ £3.99 and Amelie: SE @ £2.99.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 05 Apr 2006, 10:57

Cheers Brad,
Ordered Amelie for $11.36NZD, SCORE!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 05 Apr 2006, 11:46

I decided to cancel my WOTW order as I've ordered more DVDs than I realised this month already. I was only paid a week ago and have spent to much already, oops.

No worries. That's an awesome price, for an excellent film on a great DVD. Why did you pay more for it? Did you only use one voucher?

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 05 Apr 2006, 14:06

I only used a 1 pound voucher link to make 3.99 pounds (was listed as 4.99 pounds). Excellent buy, Amelie is a great film.

Do they let you use combos of vouchers (link + code I guess) again?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 05 Apr 2006, 14:13

Yep, they have for a few weeks. They may stop it again but for now they're letting them go through.

Yes £1 code and £1 link, both in the usual place.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 08 Apr 2006, 20:29

Once Upon A Time In The West - £4.99 without vouchers

At £4 or even £3 it sounds a steal

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 12 Apr 2006, 19:41

R2UK Delicatessen (Jean-Pierre Jeunet) - £5.99 before discount
R2UK Days in Heaven (Terrence Mallick) - £5.99 before discount
R2UK Ferris Bueller's Day Off (John Hughes), for the reportedly excellent Hughes commentary that's missing from the new "Bueller, Bueller" Edition - £5.99 before discount

R2UK Airplane! - £4.99 before discount
R2UK Airplane! 2 - £4.99 before discount

R2UK Marathon Man (good 70's thriller), missing original mono present on R1 - £5.99 before discount

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 12 Apr 2006, 19:59

"Days in Heaven" - I went for that a few weeks back to complete my Mallick Trilogy. I'm not sure I'm going to get "New World".

Not until it's cheap as chips anyway, a big disappointment. Think "Gangs of New York" - Lots of potential, by no means a disaster but flawed.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 13 Apr 2006, 22:21

Star Wars: Attack of the Clones £3.99 after £2 vouchers at CD WOW. Bargain!

It's the Region 4 which they're absurdly calling the "Headbutt Edition" (seriously) because it's uncut unlike the UK R2 (I'm guessing). I'd actually prefer the UK R2 but for £3.99 I can live with the Aussie rating logo.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 14 Apr 2006, 01:12

So them double voucher combos are STILL working! crikey!

Million Dollar Baby Region 3, 2 dvd DTS edition is cheap

I got it for $9.95 about £5.60p

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 14 Apr 2006, 08:18

bradavon wrote:It's the Region 4 which they're absurdly calling the "Headbutt Edition" (seriously) because it's uncut unlike the UK R2 (I'm guessing). I'd actually prefer the UK R2 but for £3.99 I can live with the Aussie rating logo.

Nah, that would've used the old ratings labels since the DVD was released years ago. Only DVDs released since Q3 or Q4 2005 suffer from the ghastly new logos.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 14 Apr 2006, 08:26

The R2UK uncut SE of cult classic Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. 5.99 pounds before discount.

Beverly Hills Cop - 4.99 pounds before discount.

Beverly Hills Cop 2 & 3 - 5.99 pounds before discount.

Spike Lee's edgy satire of the entertainment industry, Bamboozled - 5.99 pounds before discount.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 16 Apr 2006, 18:26

EvaUnit02 wrote:Nah, that would've used the old ratings labels since the DVD was released years ago. Only DVDs released since Q3 or Q4 2005 suffer from the ghastly new logos.

I was thinking that. The picture on EzyDVD is the old logo but I thought it maybe a new batch, surely those would have the new logo?

Still the old logo was way to big as it is but at least it was fairly discreet.

romerojpg wrote:So them double voucher combos are STILL working! crikey!

Yep!

romerojpg wrote:Million Dollar Baby Region 3, 2 dvd DTS edition is cheap I got it for $9.95 about £5.60p

I got this ages ago it's a decent DVD, easily the best version of an excellent film.

I keep forgetting to check the USA site.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 16 Apr 2006, 19:05

No the HK dvd isn the best, it has some horrendous picture problems

about 3 times the picture was a real mess! wish I had avoided it now, as the DTS is pants as well. I wish I had just went american.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 16 Apr 2006, 22:38

I didn't know that I've only sampled the DVD. Why are you recommending a DVD which isn't very good quality? In your opinion.

It looks fine to me but as you know I simply don't notice many picture problems you do.

The Korean DVD has the same extras as the Western DVDs but with DTS. On paper the HK DVD is the best because of the B-Roll footage.

I'd give the Korean DVD ago next or if you have no interest in DTS get whichever is cheaper R1 or UK R2 they're the same. The R1 is cheekily on two discs but has exactly the same extras.

Actually I suspect the R4 is cheaper than the Korean DVD which also has DTS and is on 2 discs. Give that ago.

The extras while limited are good quality though.

EvaUnit02 wrote:Beverly Hills Cop - 4.99 pounds before discount. Beverly Hills Cop 2 & 3 - 5.99 pounds before discount.

£6.98 for BHC and BHC2 is a great price.

I own BHC3 but really it's mostly a mess. Let's see BHC Murder, BHC2 Guns, BHC3 a Theme Park. O-Kay, plus it's really not the same without both Rosewood and Taggart.

The tone is all wrong, it's more like The Nutty Professor in lots of ways. Lastly with the 1980's feel gone it lost all the fun. The clothes they wore really added something.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 17 Apr 2006, 01:28

bradavon wrote:I own BHC3 but really it's mostly a mess. Let's see BHC Murder, BHC2 Guns, BHC3 a Theme Park. O-Kay, plus it's really not the same without both Rosewood and Taggart.

The tone is all wrong, it's more like The Nutty Professor in lots of ways. Lastly with the 1980's feel gone it lost all the fun. The clothes they wore really added something.

I don't think much of BHC3 either, not a patch on the first two. I did see it again on TV a few months ago and found it quite watchable though.

You're also forgetting the uniquely 80's sounding music (eg "The Heat is On" from BHC1) really added to the atmosphere, like it did in all Bruckheimer/Don Simpson productions of the era.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 17 Apr 2006, 12:33

bradavon wrote:I didn't know that I've only sampled the DVD. Why are you recommending a DVD which isn't very good quality? In your opinion.

It looks fine to me but as you know I simply don't notice many picture problems you do.

So you havent watched it even, then no wonder you never saw the few picture problems then. I never reccomended it I said its cheap, big difference

I dont mind the dvd, but the I think 3 instances of servere picture blocking/lines did piss me off a lot, it looked like the amount of lines to make up the picture has been quatered. But its to be expected seeing which company released the dvd in HK.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 17 Apr 2006, 15:06

No I haven't but then you've never seen 9 Songs or Brokeback Mountain but condemned both

At what 3 points does the problem occur? I'll see if it appears on my copy.

I strongly suspect I'll be more than happy with it. I saw it at the cinema (outstanding film) so have no interest right now to watch it again. I will one day.

By the fact you're saying it was chip there is a strong implication it's to be recommended. I'm sure you're bought a DVD because someone told you it was cheap as chips. If there is a problem you have an obligation (as we all do) to mention it.

romerojpg wrote:But its to be expected seeing which company released the dvd in HK.

Then why did you buy it? I'd say it's more because they're a HK company than a HK DVD. Sony, Disney and the like release excellent HK DVDs.

EvaUnit02 wrote:You're also forgetting the uniquely 80's sounding music (eg "The Heat is On" from BHC1) really added to the atmosphere, like it did in all Bruckheimer/Don Simpson productions of the era.

Oh yes good point I LOVE that music it's so cool even to this day. Whenever I hear that song it brings back memories of the first time I saw BHC.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 17 Apr 2006, 17:17

bradavon wrote:No I haven't but then you've never seen 9 Songs or Brokeback Mountain but condemned both

I never condemed them, just saying exactly wheat I have seen of them or comenting on themes and parts of the films. Not the whole

anyway

The dvd I will try to find the points it goes a big wonky, and I had no idea whaich company released the HK sadly

I thought it was a Warner dvd. Still you never know it may just be my dvd, but its very unlikley.

I liked the film

thats what counts, very hard going by the end

shame the extras are pure 100% shit, worthless trash in every way, the intervew is truley a car crash! Someone needed to slap the interviewer!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 17 Apr 2006, 21:48

It was Mega Star. I thought the extras while limited had some real worth but yeah that interviewer I suppose is a bit annoying.

He's popular in America though so the rest of the world gets him too.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 18 Apr 2006, 07:43

bradavon wrote:Oh yes good point I LOVE that music it's so cool even to this day. Whenever I hear that song it brings back memories of the first time I saw BHC.

On a related note, I hated the Crazy Frog. Fucking butchered the classic BHC theme.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 18 Apr 2006, 11:40

:twisted:

:twisted:

Yep that says it all.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 20 Apr 2006, 12:54

Hey,

A Chinese Ghost Story 2 is £6.99 at CD WOW (£4.99 with £2 off)

http://www2.cd-wow.com/detail_results_2 ... at=region2

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 20 Apr 2006, 13:18

I know you already said a few days back

There are a fair few decent titles for peanuts in the CD WOW Easter Sale. I picked up Jaws: 2 Disc SE for £3.99 and Untouchables: SE for £2.99.

The prices are stupidly cheap. I don't care for the Mono on Jaws (R1). The DTS on my R1 1 Disc DTS DVD is awesome, it's how all 5.1 remixes should be made. I'm upgrading for the full length documentary.

Besides the R1 2 Disc SE is around £9 so a lot more money.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 20 Apr 2006, 13:21

Did I? Oops sorry.
OUATITW is £2.99 with discount so stupidly cheap also.