FYI...i know the R3 version will be 2 discs. I wonder if another region will have the movie all on one disc and NOT have so many sound options.

Check it out: www.koreandvds.com

And I think directions printed on the artwork "This Side Up!"

;)

DVD-18 for me all the way. No more 2 disc sets, please. I'm sick of it.

my player actually flips them for me, so i don;t care...

I don't have a problem with a flipper, I don't see what the big deal about it is.

so its for sure? How will I tell the difference?

Why not just have a great DD track and keep the entire movie on one side? Having a DTS track just seems redundant to me.

For a nearly three and 20 minute movie, I don't have as much of a problem with it being a flipper. But, still.

It's more of a nuisance for people who own multi-disc players.

DTS tracks are a norm on Spielberg titles (unless it's made by Warner or Lucasfilm). Besides, he is the prime spokesperson for DTS.

we're talking about Spielberg here... of course he wants his movies to have the best of the best... including great lenght of extras, DTS, crisp transfer & so on...

but the flipper thing is really a turn off :(

darn universal

Is this still only available as a flipper?

It was never only available as a flipper - all rentail outlets had the 2-disc since the film came out. Try renting it at Netflix - you have to rent TWO discs instead of just one.

Try Blockbuster or Hollywood Video for previously-viewed (i.e. used) discs, since they all had it on two discs too, and often have nice keepcase inserts for when they sell the discs pre-viewed.

As far as buying it new at retail, however, it seems that the new packaging is just the old flipper disc in a keepcase. Disappointing.

Everything I just looked up and read said all the talk of a 2-disk version were just rumors. It was only made as a DVD-18 (flipper).

That is incorrect. The film was always made as a 2-disc set for rental outlets. Some reviewers got the 2-discs as well.

I rented it from Netflix just to see, and they sent two discs, both with cover art.

http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=60036359

From the Netflix description:
Thankfully, Netflix only counts this as a single rental.

Well, if I go buy it right now, will I get 1 disk or 2? That's my main concern. I hate flippers.

to save myself time, I'll just cut and paste the answer you're ignoring:

Well, you can go to the store and find out, or call ahead and ask someone.

The retail copies, as far as I know, are only available as a flipper. So your best bet is to check the pre-viewed racks at BB or HV.

P.S. Thanks ThatGuamGuy for posting the obvious answer. I've made a New Year's Resolution to not be snarky this year.

I've got enough to improve about myself without worrying about that too ;)

I wasn't ignoring them, those were from a year ago. Things could have changed since then.

I figured it was too late now to look for pre-viewed copies. I'm only talking about new ones at retail. I just went to Circuit City and they had 7 copies, all flippers and in the digi-book package.

Nope. It was a response to your post dated "01-24-05 12:18 PM"

Well, the problem is, Blockbuster also buys movies back from people, so those would likely be mixed in. But it's still the same answer; that's the only way to get them.

You still should've referred to the part where he said that only flippers were available retail.

Oh, I replied to that one. I thought you were reposing old ones.

You're confusing the hell out of me now. :p

Are you sure it's me? ;)

Listen, bottom line, no, you can't get the two-disc unless you work really hard and really search it out and, even if you find it in a used store, you're right, chances are they've sold off their own stock and it's more likely to be a person who traded it in, in which case it would likely be the flipper. I'd say scour E-bay, but I've noticed that the vast majority of two discers on that are bootlegs (but really, really obvious bootlegs, as in they come from Asia and from sellers with no feedback).

Good luck, though, let me know if you have any luck. I'd kinda prefer the two-disc also, if I could find it.

Well, I finally broke down and bought the movie at Costco for $9.99. Is the disk supposed to say Side A and Side B on the same side of the disk? I thought that was weird.

Also, my disk has two scratches at the very edge of side B (like 1-2 mm into the play surface), does the data on that side go to the edge? I really don't feel like taking it back.

Aparently there was a problem with a lot of the single disks. I had to return mind as it keep freezing up. For a movie like this, it would of been nice as a 2 disk set.

Nope- DVD is a 2-sided medium- end of discussion.
It is pretty awkward how they only have one side labeled though. Whose bright idea was that?

My region 4 comes on 2 DVD-9s :)

Well, I watched it today. I was all comfy on the couch and hated when I had to get up to FLIP the disk over. Kind of defeats the purpose of having a 3-disk carousel player. :mad: