Space: Above & Beyond @ Best Buy on 9/6
 

TVShowsOnDVD is reporting there's gonna be yet another Best Buy exclusive for everybody's favorite "When the hell is it ever gonna come out?" release for Space: Above and Beyond slated for 9/6 at a price of $41.99.

Well, looks like I may have to finally get an account with Best Buy, if they continue with this kind of crap.

At this point I don't care who releases/distributes it as long as the picture and audio quality are good. $45 isn't too bad for 24 episodes.

Hooray

to put it simply, SOLD!

Agreed! In my opinion, no normal tv season on dvd should be over 50 dollars!

Take care all!!

Yeah, this one ain't too bad. But $49.99 for 13 episodes in the BSG set is a little...well alot, ridiculous.

I may just have to get this S:AAB set from Best Buy if a wider release isn't announced sooner.

Great. Let's teach the retailers that they don't have to compete on price any more. Instead, they should invest their money in negotiating exclusive deals with distributors so they can sell in-demand product for whatever the market will bear.

The distributors win. The retailers win. The studios win.

We lose.

And we'll have no one to blame but ourselves.

If you really don't want to get it through Best Buy, just wait. I bet this'll be the same as the BG situation, 2 months of exclusivity before the full release.

set coming out :thumbsup:
Best Buy only :down:

Best Buy Only :( looks like us overseas are stuffed on that one (for a little while only I hope!)

Yeah, I'll wait till the exclusive ends and look for a better price somewhere. No big deal. A couple of months wait won't make a difference.

If I am lucky, the exclusivity will end just in time for the next DDD 20% sale.

Well, I agree with you to some extent, but quite frankly, I can't see S:AAB going for much less than $45, but then again, Earth 2 and Cleopatra 2525 are going for roughly $35/each.

Don't know if you all caught this, but the Bits is reporting that the BB exclusive set will be the exact same set that will get the wide release later in the year. So in this particular case, it might be worth picking up the BB exclusive.

I've been waiting for a long time for this one. I'm not sure if I'm going to wait to possibly save $5-$10 or not. I'd rather get this sooner than later, but if I can save $10 it would be worth the wait. $5? I'm not so sure.

I'll add to the recommendations to avoid picking this up until everyone has it. This whole exclusive deal thing is hurting the customers. Not to mention, Best Buy has demonstrated with the Oblongs exclusive that they'll charge MSRP just because it's an exclusive. Wait until more stores have it and get it at a better price.

I don't like the idea of being forced to buy from a certain retailer, even if it's the same price and content. I'll wait.

Gah! I thought "Spaced" was getting a region one release...

I'll be holding out on this one for a wider release later.

Great news, not sure if i'll buy from Best Buy or not though. Just happy the show is seeing the light of day.

I know some people aren't pleased with the whole BB exclusive thing but tvshowsondvd has given us something ot be happy about: an earlier release date and a cheaper price
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3820

For the lazy folks (like myself).

Think of it this way: it's not just the $5 or $10 extra you pay now. It's the cumulative increase in prices if this trend is proven to be profitable, and more and more retailers make deals with studios for exclusives. Eventually, dozens or hundreds of desirable titles will be delayed from general release while they go through this higher-priced exclusivity period.

The only way we can prevent this is to reject it.

It's very similar to the "rental window" that delayed so many VHS releases from retail availability, a concept that sends DVD collectors into convulsions every time it's threatened.

Be patient. There are other things to watch. Don't serve the giant retailers; make them serve you.

RichC

I whoelheartedly agree with the above post... I won't be buying any "exclusive/early" releases from anyone for this reason.

Ditto.

But will this be another Battlestar and the regular release has extras? I'd rather wait to get extras.

From what DigitalBits said earlier, the exclusive release and the general release will be identical. Of course, that's rumor mill material until we know for sure. But I'm real temped to get the Best Buy release.

ditto. my connection to the link was disallowed.

Any word on the A/V specs for the Best Buy release?

I assume it'll be 4:3 full screen, but what sort of audio track? 2.0 or 5.1? I hope it'll be a 5.1, although I doubt it was filmed in 5.1, but that hasn't stopped other shows only done in 2.0 to be remixed to 5.1.

I wouldn't mind the exclusives so much if they offered something extra over the regular release. If it's the same or less for more money, what's the point?

At this point do we know it is going to be for more money though? I see a lot of speculation and criticism but I haven't seen the real MSRP and the only price mentioned so far is $41.99. Granted the BSG doesn't set a good example, but does anyone know the specifics of S:A&B yet?

$41 for 24 eps of a show I adore is great news for me! The only way I'm not buying this on release day is if the set doesn't have any extras.

I wonder how much cheaper this will be when it's released wide a few months later...

If it's just a few dollars, I'd just assume get it on 9/6.

Since there aren't any extras I doubt the price will be much different when the set does into wide-release. I had planned to buy it from BB anyway so I'll just pick it up on the 6th. Can't wait.

Since I don't give a crap about extras, I'll probably pick the set up from Best Buy.

I've missed this show a lot.

I'm so happy this show is coming out on DVD. But part of me won't believe it until I'm holding it in my hands.

Has any one heard anything new about the differences between this set and the general release a couple of months from now?

Best Buy has a pretty good deal on Space. You buy S:A&B and another Fox season and get 20 dollars off. I will probably go tomorrow and pick up S:A&B and Firefly.

Take care all!!

Well Thedigitalbits.com reported some time ago that the set's would be identical...

I'm for sure picking up S:AAB and Millennium Season 3 tomorrow.

what's the bonus stuff BB is giving away??

It will be the same set that's at BB now.

Gord