First deal is The Die Hard Set for blu ray. Only 56.99 for four films. Only 14.25 per flick. Not a bad deal at all. Here is the link

http://www.amazon.com/Die-Hard-Colle...2395922&sr=8-1

Also, the Lightning deal is Smallville: Season 6 [Blu-ray] $37.99

The Amazon Visa coupon MAYDVDS5 lowers that to $32.99 for those who have an Amazon Visa card. The coupon is $5 off $50 but since the regular price of the set is $55.95 it qualifies and both the lightning deal discount and the coupon stack.

FWIW

Damn! Does anyone know if Wal-Mart has a policy where they honor deals if you made a purchase within the last 90 days? I bought a PS3 at Wal-Mart within the last month, and I certainly didn't get a $100 gift card.

Your walmart doesn't allow recieptless returns anymore?

I don't know. I have the receipt; I just didn't know whether Wal-Mart would give me a gift card or not since I had already purchased it previously.

He doesn't need to do a receiptless return. Buy a new PS3 to get the gift card and return the new, sealed PS3 that you just bought with the receipt from a month ago.

Hmm, that's a good idea. Know if that would affect the extended warranty I bought?

Uhh....don't they check the serial numbers at Wal-Mart?

Die Hard Collection is $56.99 on Amazon right now.

The Samsung 1400 will be on sale as well in 2 hours...

It just pisses me off because I have missed out on all the special deals each time I have gone HD. A couple of months after I bought the 360 add-on, they dropped the space and added the 5 free movies deal. And now that I have gone Blu, I bought too late to qualify for any 5 free movie deal and I bought about a month after I could have received a $100 gift card.

Smallville season 6 is 37.99 in the Amazon goldbox right now. Good for another hour or so...

Did Season 5 ever come out on BD or is that still HD DVD exclusive? I want to pick up all the Smallvilles but I'd have to have DVD/HD/BD mixed.

I think it's just season 6 for now...I'm holding out for more seasons...and heavy price drops

Even $37.99 is a bit much considering older seasons are typically $14.99-$19.99 on sale. Oh well. Good deal for those that need it though.

I picked it up. I feel 30 would have been a more appropriate price, but I didn't feel like waiting another 6-12 months for it to drop for 8 bucks. I finished season 5 a while ago and have been waiting to watch season 6.

Per blu-ray.com:

Wal-Mart has revealed that any consumer who purchases a Blu-ray Disc player between June 8th and 14th will receive a free $100 gift card. In addition to the Sony BDP-S300 ($388), which thay have been selling for some time now, they have added the Magnavox NB500MG9 ($298) as well as Blu-ray players from Samsung and Panasonic..

I believe the early word was PS3 only, but now it includes all of their players. That Magnavox is tempting as a backup unit. I believe the insides are Panasonic and Sony parts.

any word on which player is the best one?

Out of the standalone players, the Panasonic is the highest rated. It's also the most expensive. Walmart pricing: Panasonic $448, Samsung $348.

I have the Panasonic and it is a very solid, reliable player. The new Samsung has been getting good ratings. But for a bargain, the Magnavox is probably a safe choice. I know it uses a Panasonic chipset, but may also have Sony parts. It's also profile 1.1 and bitstreams lossless audio. I may get it as a backup unit.

Amazon Deal of the Day 6/04 - Robocop Blu Ray $15.99

Amazon Gold Box Lightning Deal:
Nip/Tuck Season 4 Blu-ray
$37.99

Do y'all think the DDD 20% sale will be the best prices for HD-DVD's in the present/near future? there's still a few for $12 (9.60 after sale), that I want.

This is the first Amazon deal that I decided to purchase. The Robocop Blu-ray should be a big step up from my Criterion edition.

Should be... http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/1086/robocop_fox.html

In PQ and AQ yes, but in the Special Features department...no. Its bare bones.

I purchased mine for $13 at Fry's several months ago.

^^^ Yeah, the special features thing sucks! I can't believe they didn't port over the SD features from the new edition. And while I like the movie a great deal, don't think I like it enough to buy it a third time. And I would rather own the thing on Blu than SD.