The General DVD/HD Disc Bargains Thread!

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 13 Oct 2006, 19:53

saltysam wrote:people under the stairs £2.97 music zone

Wow that movie is by Wes Craven, never seen it, and really want to, pity music zone is not around here

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 14 Oct 2006, 03:08

People Under the Stairs is Craven's best movie.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 14 Oct 2006, 05:12

Holy shit! Look how cheap the the R3K complete boxset of Cowboy Bebop is - $43.99USD!

Fuck me getting the the R1's Remix editions, this is so cheap. I can live without 5.1 remixes and commentaries.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 14 Oct 2006, 05:23

Dvdsfromkorea.com:-

Das Boot Director's Cut - German DD5.1 + English subs - $3.99 USD
Leon Anniversary Edition - direct port of the R1 AE (also has the truncated US TC, if anyone cares aside from Mark) - $10.99
Equilibrium - DTS track - $10.99
Hana-bi - proper colours + English subs - $10.49

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 14 Oct 2006, 16:07

Re: Leon: Isn't the Korean DVD from a French master instead of the Sony one on the USA?

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 14 Oct 2006, 23:14

Markgway wrote:People Under the Stairs is Craven's best movie.

Yup its agreed, I watched it recently when I got it in the Play sale for £2.99 (damn! wasted 2p!!) and hey its bloody hilarious! esspecially when the gimps on screen

shame no extras at all

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 15 Oct 2006, 02:45

I noticed Fopp are selling The People Under the Stairs for £3.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 15 Oct 2006, 05:41

bradavon wrote:Re: Leon: Isn't the Korean DVD from a French master instead of the Sony one on the USA?

That was old 2-discer, this is the new 3-discer 10th AE with all the extras from the R1 DE + DTS. Comparison here. MAJOR SPOILER WARNING.

Sendit.com Bargains
Gladiator Extended 3-discer -£6.89
Spider-Man 1 2-discer - £3.49
The Limey - best DVD release around - £3.89
Broken Arrow - R2/4 is anamorphic- £3.89
Die Hard SE - £3.89
Die Hard 2 barebones - £3.89
Jarhead - £6.89
Brokeback Mountain - £5.49
Shaun of the Dead - best release around - £5.89
Night of the Living Dead 1990 remake - £4.99
Get Carter - £4.89
Serenity - £5.89
Wolf Creek - £5.89

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 15 Oct 2006, 12:36

The comparison features a huge ass spoiler, btw.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 15 Oct 2006, 12:45

thelostdragon wrote:The comparison features a huge ass spoiler, btw.

Fuck, it does too, thanks. Those fucking German arseholes. Prior post updated with spoiler warning.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 15 Oct 2006, 13:27

EvaUnit02 wrote:That was old 2-discer, this is the new 3-discer 10th AE with all the extras from the R1 DE + DTS. Comparison here. MAJOR SPOILER WARNING.

I thought it was also from the French Master, my bad. Isn't Disc 1 from a different master than Disc 2?

There's very little in it except the original DVD is a bit redder (I'm not paying much attention to the German DVD). I can't see all the apparent EE.

EvaUnit02 wrote:Sendit.com Bargains
Gladiator Extended 3-discer -£6.89

Cheers for the list. As for Gladiator that's a quality release at a good price, personally I sold my UK R2 and got the R1 cheap off eBay (new it's a rip off at about £16).

Both cuts have their merits.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 15 Oct 2006, 16:04

bradavon wrote:Isn't Disc 1 from a different master than Disc 2?

Highly likely, but who gives a flying fuck? The US TC is garbage.

personally I sold my UK R2 and got the R1 cheap off eBay (new it's a rip off at about £16).

Why did you bother? I thought that you owned the original 2001 2-discer w/ DTS? Owning the R2 EE without the TC seamlessly branched would be fine in my books, as I would always opt to watch the TC via the original 2-discer for the DTS track anyway. Fuck watching the TC in Dumby Stereo 5.1.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 15 Oct 2006, 16:41

EvaUnit02 wrote:Highly likely, but who gives a flying fuck? The US TC is garbage.

I thought you'd have checked. Agreed it's not a patch.

EvaUnit02 wrote:Why did you bother?

Because I want both cuts and see little point owning two DVDs when I don't need to.

EvaUnit02 wrote:I thought that you owned the original 2001 2-discer w/ DTS?

I used to but sold it on eBay for a whopping £7.50. Sure the DTS is good but it's not enough reason IMO to own it twice.

Overall the EC has the edge IMO, not by much but the edge.

EvaUnit02 wrote:Fuck watching the TC in Dumby Stereo 5.1.

Stereo??? Nah it's not good "enough" to own the film twice.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 15 Oct 2006, 17:15

bradavon wrote:I thought you'd have checked. Agreed it's not a patch.

Fuck the US TC disc, it's a coaster for all care.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 17 Oct 2006, 14:42

Sendit:-
R2UK John Cassavetes boxset (Optimum) - £27.89. Affordable alternative to the £69 Criterion boxset.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 17 Oct 2006, 17:59

* Saw 2 (FREE Delivery, at least the UK): £2.99 - http://www.virginmegastores.co.uk/invt/681125
* Garden State UK R2, £5.99 - http://www.play.com/play247.asp?page=ti ... P36=4BNTVL

p.s - Cheers Eva I'll have a look. I've never heard of "John Cassavete" is he/was he good?

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 17 Oct 2006, 22:08

Kepep your eye out for Garden State on amazon.co.uk it was £2.97

I had it in my basket along with Sideways both of them were £2.97.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 17 Oct 2006, 22:20

romerojpg wrote:Kepep your eye out for Garden State on amazon.co.uk it was £2.97 I had it in my basket along with Sideways both of them were £2.97.

Sideways rocks, but Garden State is a over-rated. It's fairly refreshing for a Hollywood film but goes downhill rapidly in the 3rd act where it falls into rom-com genre cliches.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 17 Oct 2006, 22:28

I will get them both in the end when they are both cheapo again

as the prices seem to have went back up on both titles, not having broadband sucks! am loosing out on loads of bargains

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 18 Oct 2006, 00:01

Why can't you have BB?

romerojpg wrote:Kepep your eye out for Garden State on amazon.co.uk it was £2.97 I had it in my basket along with Sideways both of them were £2.97.

Cheers but postage will make them more.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 23 Oct 2006, 10:31

The R3K Shaolin Soccer 3-disc UE is coming back into print at the low low price of $6.97 USD. Features the DC with a DTS track and the hack-job international cut on separate discs.

The only other viable option is the R2UK Optimum release, the R1 is garbage.
http://www.dvdfromkorea.com/shop/p_deta ... /Adventure

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 23 Oct 2006, 13:41

EvaUnit02 wrote:The R3K Shaolin Soccer 3-disc UE is coming back into print at the low low price of $6.97 USD. Features the DC with a DTS track and the hack-job international cut on separate discs.

The only other viable option is the R2UK Optimum release, the R1 is garbage.
http://www.dvdfromkorea.com/shop/p_deta ... /Adventure

Sounds cool, but how's the AV quality? better then the R3 HK disk I own?

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 23 Oct 2006, 13:48

Hey, US$6.99 sounds really good. But they add US$11.99 for shipping, lol.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 23 Oct 2006, 15:50

Yi-Long wrote:Sounds cool, but how's the AV quality? better then the R3 HK disk I own?

Oh nevermind, Optimum unleashes it's bowels onto it from great heights. It also uses the HK master - minus all the integrated branching crap to get the DC.
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDCompar ... occer_.htm

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 23 Oct 2006, 20:25

The UK DVD is the best, check out that DVD Beaver comparison as Eva shows it also has the Extended cut too. All you lose is DTS.

This is even with both cuts on the same disc instead of 3 discs for a cut on it's own disc.