$5 Off Any Ghostbusters Blu-ray (includes 30th Anniversary DigiBook)
 

http://ghostbustersmovie.tumblr.com/coupon

(incase the link goes down)


Applies to the Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary BD, Ghostbusters II 25th Anniversary BD, Ghostbusters I & II DigiBook, or the Ghostbusters I & II Limited Edition Giftset.

These don't come out until September 16th, but came across it tonight and figure'd I'd post before I forgot.

Re: $5 Off Any Ghostbusters Blu-ray (includes 30th Anniversary DigiBook)
 

Cool. Can that be used with online retailers like Amazon or Best Buy or in-store only?

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^I don't believe Amazon accepts manufacturers coupons. Maybe they'd do a price adjustment after, but I'm not sure. It's currently $19.96 there. I'm assuming it will be on sale at B&M stores like Target and Best Buy the week it's released.

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Thanks for the code!

Re: $5 Off Any Ghostbusters Blu-ray (includes 30th Anniversary DigiBook)
 

I didn't realize this was coming out again. Didn't the last version of Ghostbusters come out only like 2 years ago? What's new with this version (besides being mastered in 4K)?

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It's packaged with the sequel which was never released on Blu-ray until now.

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Thanks for the coupon.

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It basically combines the last two versions of Ghostbusters that were on Blu-ray...the 4k version plus the bonus features that were on the original Blu-ray release. And, as the above poster mentioned, it's the first time Ghostbusters 2 has been available on the format.

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Printed, thanks. Hopefully Target or Walmart will carry it in store and have a good release week price.

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Is the 4K version a dramatic improvement over the 2009 release? I don't really care much for part II, so picture quality would be my only motivation to replace my current disc.

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Yes. But expect more compression given the current 4K disc is feature only, while the 30th anniversary disc is loaded with supplements.

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So they did a new encode from the 4K master so that they could fit the extras on the same disc, rather than using the existing 4K-sourced encode and adding a disc for the supplements? That stinks.

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Yes. You can still get the current 4K disc for about $10, but the coupon above won't apply.

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Sweet! Thanks for the coupon!

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Cool deal. Hopefully someplace local gets the two pack anniversary digibook. Walmart seems to have really slimmed down their Blu-ray/DVD section where I'm at and Target is hit and miss on catalog releases. Those are basically my only options in town.

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Target seems to get the bigger releases. Sony is doing a large push for this, I would assume they'll have some in stock at least the first week.

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Good point. For $10 I might just do that and treat my existing disc as the extras disc. Looks like it's currently $13 at Amazon.

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FTR, there are gonna be a few new features for the first movie:
NEW! Who You Gonna Call: A Ghostbusters Retrospective - Roundtable Discussion with Director Ivan Reitman and Dan Aykroyd (Part 1)
NEW! Poster Art Gallery – Gallery 1988 artwork
NEW! "Ghostbusters" Music Video – Ray Parker, Jr.

And doesn't anyone know how big the 4K encode was?

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Nevermind, I just checked, and according to the info on caps-a-holic, the transfer was 33,794,211,840 bytes, or about 31.5GB. Doesn't that mean there could be enough room for the features without compressing it?

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This site says the extras on the 2009 disc took up 6GB, so they could easily fit on the new disc without a re-encode of the film and would have fit on the original 4K release if Sony would have been so inclined.

My Other Self - were you assuming that they did a re-encode or did you hear that somewhere else?

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Thanks OP...coupon printed and will be used-:thumbsup:

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I never said anything about a new re-encode. The speculation on other message boards have been due to the amount of supplements that there would be some compression.

I never did the size-check to verify how much the 2013 4K encode took up on the disc. Seems like there should be enough room.

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Maybe we misunderstood each other then. In post #13 you quoted my "So they did a new encode to fit the extras on the disc..." question and you answered "Yes."

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I misunderstood. My apologies.

The breakdown is for releases:

2009 BD Disc ("overly grainy")
2013 4K Remaster (best presentation)
2013 4K Remaster w/ 2014 added supplements (on same disc)

A new disc is being authored just for this release, it's not a new encode. That's why the assumption on other's parts is that the new master created last year will be further compressed with the supplements.

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Gotcha. Thanks for the clarification.

Isn't the amount of compression of the video on the disc determined at encoding time though? I understand it's the same 4K master source, but when it's encoded for Blu-ray using one of the BD standard codecs (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, AVC ,etc), the level of compression and thus final file size is determined. Maybe I'm just using the wrong term though.