dharding

My apologies if any of this is old news, but doing a search didn't turn up anything on these. I assume that YMMV as to whether your local Wal-Mart will have these.

1. Pricing is down to $9.96 for the Chronicles of Riddick Trilogy (lower than both Amazon and DDD - 20%). Has the fold-out holoprinted slipcase.




2. I know there's an impending SE of Hudson Hawk due this month, but I found a different version in the $5.50 bin.

First, the one I already had, which is pictured at Amazon and DDD: Contains widescreen and fullscreen (no mention of anamorphic), 1998 release date:




The new one. New artwork, specifically says "1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen", 2005 release date:




3. Starman, widescreen. I've seen a lot of people lamenting the fact that the version currently available is full-screen. This is the 2001 release flipper containing both 2.35:1 widescreen (Edit: anamorphic widescreen) and full screen. Audio is only 2.0, but for someone jonesing for the widescreen version, it's worth $5.50... my Wal-Mart had several copies.

Sanitarium

That Starman WS is indeed anamorphic although it's a DVD-5.

dsa_shea

Thanks for this info. I would like to get my hands on an anamporphic copy of Starman. There arent any special features so it doesnt really matter that it is only a DVD-5.

hiccup

Wow, great price for Riddick. Good enough price for me to go and get it now. By the way, the second Hudson Hawk DVD Cover Art looks so much better than the first. Still, I can't wait for the SE as I have always wanted to own the movie.

dharding

The 1st cover art is the same as the VHS. I actually prefer either of these to the artwork for the new SE. "Danger is his middle name"??? WTF? Where in the hell did THAT come from? Couldn't they have come up with a better tagline?

"Bunny! Ball-Ball!"

I know I'll buy it regardless... HH is one of my guilty pleasures...

BKenn01

Sanitarium, could you explain what you mean by dvd 5? I thought that was a term used by bootleggers.

blucadet3

Usually more space (dvd 9) equals less compression, but not always. Sometimes the movie takes up only a small portion of a dual layer disk and a single layer disk (dvd 5) would have fit the movie if a barebones release.

from videohelp.com/dvd:

The DVD sizes can be a bit confusing. There are basicly 4 different DVD Sizes,

DVD-5, holds around 4 700 000 000 bytes and that is 4.37 computer GB where 1 kbyte is 1024 bytes* . DVD+R/DVD+RW and DVD-R/DVD-RW supports this format. Also called Single Sided Single Layered. This is the most common DVD Media, often called 4.7 GB Media.

DVD-10, holds around 9 400 000 000 bytes and that is 8.75 computer GB. DVD+R/DVD+RW and DVD-R/DVD-RW supports this format. Also called Double Sided Single Layered.

DVD-9, holds around 8 540 000 000 bytes and that is 7.95 computer GB. DVD+R supports this format. Also called Single Sided Dual Layered. This media is called DVD-R9, DVD-R DL, DVD+R9, DVD+R DL or 8.5 GB Media.

DVD-18, holds around 17 080 000 000 bytes and that is 15.9 computer GB. DVD+R supports this format. Also called Double Sided Dual Layered.

hiccup

Anybody have a link to the new HH artwork? I haven't seen it anywhere

Filmmaker

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/hudson-hawk.html

dsa_shea

I tried to buy that Riddick collection today but it wasnt marked down to that price. I asked the lady if she would scan it to see if it was cheaper than the 13.47 (or whatever the price was on the little taab) and she matter of factly told me "I know that's the price." She was right but but boy do I wish that she were wrong in this instance to shut her up. I hate when people who really don't know shit about dvds or prices display an arrogance that they know it all. Thanks for the heads up as I'll check some other stores and see if I can find this deal.

madcougar

Thanks for the info! I may go looking for Starman and Riddick.

Bacon

already have Starman, the rest don't interest me at all

JesseCuster

It's a shame they didn't see fit to toss in John Carpenter's recently recorded for another region's release commentary track for Starman. Feh.

C_Fletch

Has anyone else confirmed the price on the Riddick Collection? I'd love to pick that up for $9.96 -

Anyone?

Manzana

You are right. I don't know what the manufacturing cost difference is between DVD-5 and DVD-9, but I heard it was trivial. Does it cost more money to transfer a movie at a 4.5 Mbps bitrate vs. 7 Mbps? I doubt it. My opinion is that there should be no such thing as DVD-5 any more because I believe the "kinks" have been worked out of DVD-9 and they are reliable. Any studio that squeezes a movie (whether barebones or not) onto a DVD-5 is screaming "cheapskate" to me... the rare times I'll buy a DVD-5 is if it's a movie I really want that has no better release and it's in a $4.88 or less WMT display.

I rambled a bit more about the subject of single vs. dual layer in this thread about My Cousin Vinny in case anyone is interested in reading:
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?p=7122210

I think DVD Talk needs a thread about layer formats and movie bitrate or disc usage (if such a thread exists I couldn't find it)... assuming there would be enough people interested to make it worthwhile.

LoPan5705

Never knew there were so many covers for the Hudson Hawk DVD. Here's another one:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hudson_hawk/

TheMovieman

Went to two Wal Marts for Riddick, both had for $13 and change... Since it seems to retail around for $14.99, I think I'll wait for sales (like Black Friday) or when Universal puts their stuff on sale, as I think then it'll be around $10.

hiccup

Thanks for the info Filmmaker. I can also confirm that at the Vegas Wal Marts that Riddick was $13.

dharding

Weird... so it looks like it was a mis-price by my local WallyWorld...