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Old 04-02-08 | 09:07 PM
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Should I be put off by the various reviews which state the color scheme is off? I'd love to pick up this film, but not if the color scheme is inferior to my SD copy... do we have another Draulca on our hands?
Halloween is one of the best looking blu ray catalog titles made so far,picture will blow you away,grab it now
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Old 04-02-08 | 09:29 PM
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I agree. Halloween is a must buy IMO.
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Old 04-02-08 | 10:15 PM
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I agree. Halloween is a must buy IMO.
I was going to pick up Halloween but after the review I read about the hd quality being poor, I decided to pass. http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/halloween1978.html
Might as well just stick with the standard def on that one.
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Old 04-02-08 | 11:05 PM
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Halloween looked pretty damn good to me. A big improvement over the numerous DVD releases.
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Old 04-03-08 | 12:14 AM
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Originally Posted by m0vi3fan
I was going to pick up Halloween but after the review I read about the hd quality being poor, I decided to pass. http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/halloween1978.html
Might as well just stick with the standard def on that one.
Halloween looks terrific. It got hit down in a lot of reviews because of the color issue. I have all of the SD copies of this film and they are not in the same league.
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Old 04-03-08 | 08:14 AM
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Halloween looked great to me also. I rented it initially, but now it looks like I'll own it!
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Old 04-03-08 | 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by m0vi3fan
I was going to pick up Halloween but after the review I read about the hd quality being poor, I decided to pass. http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/halloween1978.html
Might as well just stick with the standard def on that one.
I would agree. I'd rather have have a lower-rez version of a movie with the correct color grading.

Thanks for the heads-up on Evil Dead II. I've never seen it...seen Evil Dead 1 and Army of Darkness (which I have on HD-DVD). An easy buy from Deep Discount - I haven't ordered from those guys in ages. So a good buy for me.

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Old 04-07-08 | 01:31 AM
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Since there was no printed Best Buy ad (online only) this past Sunday, Speedy didn't list the ad in the Bargains section for this week, but there are some BD buys available this week.

Save $10 on the following BD titles (reg. 29.99) now $19.99

Gone Baby Gone
Justice League: The New Frontier
Cars
Happy Feet
TMNT: The Movie
Pirates of The Caribbean: Curse of The Black Pearl
Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Pearl Harbor
Apocalypto
While browsing Amazon, I noticed that most of these titles are $19.95 there as of now, which is about $4 off their usual pricing. There could be others, but I don't know.

Happy Feet is regular price, and Justice League isn't a "deal" because its MSRP is ~$30 so it's always $19.95.
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Old 04-07-08 | 09:02 AM
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Best Buy has some BD sets on sale, especially if you're looking for something to spend your HD-DVD gift cards on:

Ocean's Box Set - 49.99
Die Hard Collection - 79.99
Planet Earth - 59.99
Spider-Man Collection - 49.99

There might be a couple more, they're not advertised as being on sale, but they're all a little cheaper than Amazon.
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Old 04-08-08 | 08:57 AM
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Amazon Buy 2 Get 1 Free Blu-Ray sale

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.htm...blurayforum-20


$18.95
Blue Planet (IMAX)

$19.95
The Fifth Element: Remastered
Black Hawk Down
Run Lola Run
Dawn of the Dead
Reservoir Dogs (15th Anniversary)
Monty Python's Life Of Brian: The Immaculate Edition
Big Fish
Unforgiven
Seven Years in Tibet
Into the Blue
Curse of the Golden Flower
Halloween
Viva Las Vegas
A Knight's Tale
Masters of Horror: Season 1, Vol. 1
50 First Dates
Hitch
Revenge (Unrated Director's Cut)
Wild Things
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
The Fugitive
Jailhouse Rock
To Kill A King
Rent
Masters of Horror: Season 1, Vol. 2
Closer
A View From Space With Heavenly Music
Masters of Horror: Season 1, Vol. 3
Masters of Horror: Season 1, Vol. 4
Hollow Man
Flatliners
The Cowboys
The Tailor of Panama
Out of Justice

$20.95
Beowulf & Grendel
Dispatch: Zimbabwe: Live at Madison Square Garden
Murial Anderson: Guitarscape Planet

$23.95
300
Troy: Director's Cut
The Departed
New Orleans Concert: The Music of America's Soul
Nature's Colors
ATL

$24.95
Pan's Labyrinth
Ocean's Thirteen

$26.95
Lord of War
Crash
War

$27.95
Blade Runner (5-Disc Complete Collector's Edition)
The Condemned
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Old 04-08-08 | 10:01 AM
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Craptacular sale. Bummer.
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Old 04-08-08 | 10:13 AM
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Thanks! In for:

Big Fish
Black Hawk Down
Run Lola Run

With my 10% off came out to only be about $11.30 per title. Can't beat that anywhere for new BD's right now.
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Old 04-08-08 | 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Quake1028
Thanks! In for:

Big Fish
Black Hawk Down
Run Lola Run

With my 10% off came out to only be about $11.30 per title. Can't beat that anywhere for new BD's right now.
Why are you still getting 10% off?
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Old 04-08-08 | 10:45 AM
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Why are you still getting 10% off?
I'm guessing Amazon somehow hardcoded the discount to his account.

Mine never worked.. even during the discount period.
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Old 04-08-08 | 11:41 AM
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Kind of shit selection for that sale but I'll probably get Jailhouse Rock, Run Lola Run and Halloween.
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Old 04-08-08 | 11:46 AM
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I was really hoping for some Fox titles.
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Old 04-08-08 | 11:56 AM
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They jacked up the price on the AB(Starz) horror titles by a buck.
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Old 04-08-08 | 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by candyrocket786
I was really hoping for some Fox titles.
yeah! ...

bought
- 300
- Dawn of the Dead
- Blue Planet (IMAX)
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Old 04-08-08 | 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Drexl
Why are you still getting 10% off?
Well, I never had the discount when all of you did. I didn't become an HD owner until the very end of last year. For some reason I got the discount at that time and it has stayed ever since.
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Old 04-08-08 | 03:55 PM
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Kind of shit selection for that sale but I'll probably get Jailhouse Rock, Run Lola Run and Halloween.
FYI, Halloween is still 12 bucks at deepdiscount.com along with all the Anchor Bays ...
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Old 04-13-08 | 07:02 PM
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I'm about to chuck my HD-A1 out the window -- it's just a flaky, worthless player -- and I'd like to get a newer model to take its place. I haven't seen much in the way of sales on the more recent HD DVD players. Are there any, or is the A30 for $129 at Circuit City still my best/only bet?
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Old 04-13-08 | 07:07 PM
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I'm about to chuck my HD-A1 out the window -- it's just a flaky, worthless player -- and I'd like to get a newer model to take its place. I haven't seen much in the way of sales on the more recent HD DVD players. Are there any, or is the A30 for $129 at Circuit City still my best/only bet?
IF you don't care about open boxed, some Best Buys still have A30's for $39.99 - $79.99. You can ALWAYS talk them down on these players too.
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Old 04-13-08 | 07:57 PM
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uBid also has a bunch of A30s right now (used).
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Old 04-13-08 | 09:28 PM
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I think there were reports of FYE selling XA1's for 79.99
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Old 04-13-08 | 10:02 PM
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I think there were reports of FYE selling XA1's for 79.99
$99.88 at my FYE. They had 2 and they were both duds. It wouldn't boot up, no matter what I tried. It just stayed frozen on Welcome.
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