nikkijo

Isn't a KINO March sale due about now?

dex14

End of March.

nikkijo

Do you know by chance which 4k will be on sale?
Do you know what the low sale price will be for 4k?
Last one was like $18 and it used to be $15 for many years.

MooMooMooMoo

Like every other business, "greedflation".

BobO'Link

That's a bit unfair... Kino is a rather small business. If they've increased sale prices it's likely due to increases they've seen on the production end. I've not noticed an increase in their MSRP which means if that's the case they're absorbing the majority of their production increases and just can't offer sale prices as low as before and make a profit. It also costs more to produce a 4K disc. They *do* tend to price TV product on the higher side when compared to what the studios release themselves. I somewhat feel that's all due to licensing and not any "greedflation" on their part as other smaller distributors also price TV product higher than what you'd expect from a studio release.

rocket1312

​​​​​You're saying this to the poster who is outraged at the idea of websites charging sales tax. It's just his thing.

PhantomStranger

TV sets just don't sell that well outside of a few huge exceptions. So they never drop much in price because it's such a small base looking for them.

MooMooMooMoo

My comment on greedflation was directed at most of the USA; I was not singling out Kino. I am sad that I am priced out of these sales.

Brian T

Can anyone verify Nikkijo’s claim that 4Ks were $15 in previous sales, especially “for many years”? I’m not a 4K buyer unless there’s a Blu-ray in the pack that I can’t get separately, but I really don’t recall large numbers of 4K sets always being $15 in their sales. I do recall many being $17.99 on sale, going back years. I don’t doubt there were some $15 titles, and maybe still are, but surely they’re just older titles? I mean, you can buy a Blu-ray in this sale for, say, $9.99, but in the next sale it will be $11.99, and then maybe $8.49 the sale after that. They’re all over the map, frankly, so if you really want the lowest prices on everything you need, I’ve learned that it takes multiple sales to get it.

MooMooMooMoo

I've only purchased 1 4k disc, & it wasn't from Kino. I can state that both DVD & blu sale prices have gone way up the last 2 years or so.

MooMooMooMoo

I got the Kolchak DVD set from Gruv for $8 or 9. I enjoyed the 2 movie set on MGM (now I THINK Kino has the films?), but the tv show didn't do it for me. I found it a chore to watch. Glad I got it cheap.

DJariya

Yes I’ve purchased multiple Kino Lorber 4Ks on sale from them for $14.99 in the past. They do come with a BD.

andicus

I did bail on ordering it.

I did get The Indian Doctor, which I really enjoy, but I already knew I would.

Brian T

Overall, I think you guys are right, at least about Kino’s 4Ks.

I realized that I still had many of Kino’s sales announcement emails from the last five years and in some of the oldest ones, I do indeed see some $14.99 UHD samples shown, then for the past two or three years, $17.99 seems to be the norm, with just some older 4K titles being cheaper at $14.99. As I mentioned, I don’t buy them, much.

Kino Blu-rays are a different story, though.

When I look at my recent ‘sale’ orders at Kino versus orders from up to eight years ago, I’m hard pressed to see significant differences, overall.

Examples from my order history:

Dec. 2023 sale: 11 Blu-rays: nine were $4.99 to $9.99, two were $10.99.

Sept. 2023 sale: 25 Blu-rays: 23 were $6.99 to $9.99, and two ‘collections’ were $25 and $30 (Maria Montez 3-pack and Mr. Wong 4-pack, respectively), which meant each movie in both sets was around $8 or less.

Oct. 2021 sale: 26 Blu-rays: 21 were $6.99 to $9.99, three were $10.99, one was $11.99, and one was $12.49. These last two were, not surprisingly, still relatively new at the time, but so were some of the others in fact.

Apr. 2017 sale: 16 titles: eight were $6.99 to $9.99; the rest were $11.99 (and all of those have been cheaper many times since then)

Aug. 2016 sale: nine titles, all $8.99 to $9.99.

I’d post all 34 orders that my account shows between Aug. 2016 and last Christmas, but they only prove the point regarding Kino’s Blu-rays.

And all things considered, Kino’s Blu sales are still better than, say, most of Shout’s sales and literally all of Severin’s sales these days, and probably some of Vinegar Syndrome’s sales too. I recall occasionally pointing out VS ‘sale’ titles in that thread that were cheaper in previous offerings. You do have to be careful with some of these places.

So, in the sense of the overall industry, I totally agree that some boutique sales just ain’t what they used to be (i bitch about them enough around here ) but Kino has been remarkably consistent, at least for the Blu-rays if not 4Ks. This does make sense, I suppose, as more people buy Blu than 4K, so I assume they produce more Blu-rays, and someone else mentioned the higher costs of producing 4Ks, so there’s that as well.

clckworang

Looking back at past orders, I ordered a bunch of UHDs from them for $14.99. Spaceballs was purchased for $13.99, and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was purchased for $15.99. Not sure how many sales they were at these prices since I didn't pay much attention after I bought them.

1 [4K UHD] Spaceballs (does not have slipcase) $13.99
1 [4K UHD] The Apartment 4KUHD $14.991 [4K UHD] A Fistful of Dollars (4KUHD) (NO SLIPCASE) $14.991 [4K UHD] Eastern Promises 4KUHD $14.491 [4K UHD] Misery (NO SLIPCASE) $14.991 [4K UHD] In the Heat of the Night 4KUHD $14.991 [4K UHD] Tropic Thunder (4KUHD) $14.991 [4K UHD] Dressed to Kill (4KUHD) $14.991 [4K UHD] The Usual Suspects (4KUHD) $14.991 [4K UHD] In Bruges (4KUHD) $14.991 [4K UHD] Invasion of the Body Snatchers (no o-card) $14.991 [4K UHD] Silence of the Lambs (30th Anniversary) (NO SLIPCASE) $14.99
1 [4K UHD] Nobody's Fool (4KUHD) $14.991 [4K UHD] Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy $15.99

BobO'Link

They *did* have the films. Both are now OOP and OOS at Kino. I picked up both from their "While supplies last" selection during a previous sale just to have them. They're basically extended episodes that were originally made-for-TV movies and got fairly good ratings - enough so to get the series produced. If you don't care for the series you likely won't care for those movies.

dex14

Spring Sale 2024 link seems to be active...The list of titles are not final and the sale won't start until Thursday.
https://kinolorber.com/collection/spring-sale-2024

nikkijo

I will also stick up for KINO. Let's face it everything has gone up in price the last 4 years.

nikkijo

I hope those prices are not the sale prices for Thursday.

dex14

They aren't.

Spiderbite

Funny, I enjoy the TV show a little more than the two movies, especially the second movie.

dex14

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nikkijo

KINO went down for a few minutes while I was on.

Jfunk1

Do prices continue to adjust down throughout the day or sale? For example, only one out of four Eric Rohmer titles released on the same day are on sale, which doesn't make sense.

DJariya

I think I'm going to skip this sale. There is nothing screaming on my wish list that I need to own right now.