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Re: The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread
Posted: 25 Aug 2009, 21:22
by Markgway
Yeah, I forgot that the BD is supposedly poor also.
Re: The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread
Posted: 25 Aug 2009, 21:26
by 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.
Re: The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread
Posted: 25 Aug 2009, 21:28
by 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

Re: The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread
Posted: 25 Aug 2009, 21:50
by bradavon
gasteropod wrote: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
saltysam wrote:£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.
saltysam wrote:-you'd sell/trade it at virtually no loss
I'm about to list 100 DVDs. I have more than enough to list

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Re: The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread
Posted: 25 Aug 2009, 21:59
by saltysam
bradavon wrote:
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!!
Re: The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread
Posted: 25 Aug 2009, 22:34
by Shingster
bradavon wrote:gasteropod wrote: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.
Re: The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread
Posted: 25 Aug 2009, 23:24
by bradavon
saltysam wrote: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

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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.
Re: The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread
Posted: 26 Aug 2009, 04:58
by gasteropod
OK, to be fair I
never rent, but after briefly owning Chocolate on BD it's what I'd classify it as

Re: The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread
Posted: 26 Aug 2009, 22:07
by 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.
Re: The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread
Posted: 26 Aug 2009, 22:17
by 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.
Re: The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread
Posted: 27 Aug 2009, 18:20
by saltysam
Re: The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread
Posted: 28 Aug 2009, 16:26
by saltysam
Re: The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread
Posted: 28 Aug 2009, 20:07
by romerojpg
Eden Lake frucking rocks!

Re: The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread
Posted: 28 Aug 2009, 20:26
by Markgway
I'd quite like to see that.
Am hoping it shows up on Film 4 soon.
Re: The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread
Posted: 28 Aug 2009, 20:59
by romerojpg
Treat yourself to HD, it looks nice as well

Re: The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread
Posted: 29 Aug 2009, 10:13
by Markgway
Limited chance of me keeping it though.
Re: The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread
Posted: 30 Aug 2009, 13:18
by saltysam
Re: The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread
Posted: 30 Aug 2009, 16:34
by romerojpg
Not quite salty

Re: The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread
Posted: 30 Aug 2009, 20:00
by bradavon
Ha ha, oops.
Re: The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread
Posted: 31 Aug 2009, 00:00
by saltysam
oops...link fixed

Re: The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread
Posted: 31 Aug 2009, 19:09
by bradavon
Did anyone else order this? Mine still hasn't despatched. Useless Play.com!
Re: The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread
Posted: 04 Sep 2009, 19:29
by saltysam
Basic Instinct BD £4.93 Delivered-this weekend only
http://www.thehut.com/hut/9981941.product
Re: The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread
Posted: 04 Sep 2009, 19:51
by bradavon
I cannot believe Motorcycle Diaries is less than £8. I paid £15 for the HD-DVD

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Re: The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread
Posted: 04 Sep 2009, 21:06
by saltysam
Re: The Blu-Ray movies under £7 thread
Posted: 05 Sep 2009, 08:58
by Markgway
I thought it was good.