gryffinmaster

Posted this in the Amazon UK deals thread, but felt the deal probably deserved its own thread.

the madcow

Nice deal for a great series

PGHFlyer

Thanks for sharing. This is region free but does have different packaging from the US version. Comes up 29.76 after removing the VAT but then adds 3.08 for shipment making it 32.84....which converts today to $48.32....or $49.77 after my credit card adds a 3% foreign transaction fee.

Hmmm......may hold off for now because my shelf is already full at the moment.

Gizmo

Can anyone say what's inside the box? Is it a Digi-like case or just two Blu-ray cases?

clappj

I should have mine in a couple days, and I'll let you know.

SilverDreams

I am interested in this, the show is awesome, but I have a potentially stupid question, being new to the Blu Ray world, does it work like DVDs do, even though something is region free, doesn't mean it will play in a player that can't convert PAL to NTSC right?

Commence laughing.

Jay G.

It works a little differently in Blu-ray. Most theatrical films are shot at 24 frames per second. With DVD, this had to be stored as 50i PAL or 60i NTSC (or NTSC-compatible 48i with 3-2 pulldown flags). However, with Blu-ray, the film can be stored on the disc as 24p. Any Blu-ray player can play 24p encoded video.

However, there are still 60i and 50i framerates possible, and many US players cannot play something encoded at 50i, whether it's PAL-esque 576/50i, or 1080/50i .

For Rome, I believe it was shot at 24 frames per second, so the Blu-ray should be 24p.

You can use this site to find info on which UK discs are region-free, as well as whether their 50i or not.
http://bluray.liesinc.net/index.php?region=b

Also, here's a link to 50i compatible US players, from the Amazon.UK bargain thread:
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/newreply.ph...ply&p=10209842

clappj

Just received mine, and it's a slipcase with two six-disc plastic Blu-ray cases inside (one for each season).