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Originally Posted by kenbuzz
Several titles more are now OOS, including Into The Wild (US$6.70 before s/h). Exchange rate has declined slightly (making things fractionally more expensive in US$)
Updated prices/availability in red Linky: http://www.ezydvd.com.au/promo.zml?p...&dreg=1&dsav=1 Sets (w/flat rate shipping) Battlestar Galactica S1 AU$31.66 + AU$9.50 s/h = US$38.30 (Note 1) Harry Potter S1-S5 AU$45.30 + AU$20 s/h = US$60.70 (Note 2) Star Trek TOS S1 AU$90.75 + AU$20 s/h = US$102.90 These sets have their own shipping rates and are NOT counted when computing shipping for individual titles. Set Notes: (1) The Aussie BSG HD does include the S1 mini-series, and has superior packaging to the North American release, making this an incredible deal even with the extra shipping cost! (2) The Harry Potter S1-S5 HD "set" is for the movies only. This is not the same as the HP Gift Set. Individual Titles (see shipping rates below) AU$6.29 = US$5.90 Born on the Fourth of July Frighteners Good Shepherd Holiday Mr. Bean's Holiday Ray Red Dragon AU$7.20 = US$6.70 Black Snake Moan Four Brothers <strike>Into The Wild</strike> Mighty Heart AU$9.02 = US$8.40 American Werewolf in London Backdraft <strike>Carlito's Way</strike> Casino <strike>Children of Men</strike> <strike>Dante's Peak</strike> <strike>Daylight</strike> <strike>Deer Hunter</strike> Dragonheart Game Heartbreak Kid Hulk I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry Jarhead King Kong Land of the Dead Miami Vice Nacho Libre Out of Sight Skeleton Key Smokin' Aces Spartacus Superman Superman II: Richard Donner Cut Thing (John Carpenter's) Under Seige AU$11.75 = US$11.00 2 Fast 2 Furious Apollo 13 Big Lebowski Chronicles of Riddick Doom F&F-Tokyo Drift Fast and the Furious Harry Potter 1-5 (individual titles) Italian Job Knocked Up Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Leaving Las Vegas Next Sahara Serenity Shaun Of The Dead Shrek the Third Van Helsing Waterworld AU$13.56 = US$12.60 Hot Fuzz Mummy Returns Total Recall AU$16.21 = US$15.10 Bourne Ultimatum International Shipping 1 = AU$5.50 = US$5.20 2 = AU$9.50 = US$8.90 3 = AU$18.00 = US$16.80 (includes insurance and registration) 4 = AU$21.00 = US$19.50 (includes insurance and registration) 5 = AU$25.00 = US$23.30 (includes insurance and registration) The prices shown in AU$ are adjusted to remove GST. The conversion into US$ is based on today's exchange rate (AU$1.00 = US$0.9284), and are rounded up to the next highest US$0.10. |
Originally Posted by steelpotato
THE DEER HUNTER is still available.
Thanks for the update! |
Is anyone else surprised at the basic lack of major clearance deals on HD-DVDs? I thought for sure, by now, We'd have sub $10 amazon titles, especially with the announcements of the Matrix and Transformers and such on Blu...I've been being very patient trying to not pick up a few things I'm waiting for...hopefully a month from now we'll see the big drops.
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Originally Posted by lordzeppelin
Is anyone else surprised at the basic lack of major clearance deals on HD-DVDs?
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Originally Posted by lordzeppelin
Is anyone else surprised at the basic lack of major clearance deals on HD-DVDs? I thought for sure, by now, We'd have sub $10 amazon titles, especially with the announcements of the Matrix and Transformers and such on Blu...I've been being very patient trying to not pick up a few things I'm waiting for...hopefully a month from now we'll see the big drops.
I was checking out Buy.com yesterday looking for some bargains, and they still have a bunch of $27 titles...... :hscratch: |
Just something I noticed from a few of the titles I saw at WM. It seems like the ones that were not dual format releases are getting marked down to $17...the others are still up near their Blu brotheren. It's been discussed over and over around here and I've seen one theme that makes the most sense. As a retailer do you want to mark down your product to $17 and see people buy it or do you wait for the person to buy that movie at full price on Blu? As for the HD-DVD market as a whole... I have a hunch Toshiba shut down production on their players to HELP out retailers who were patient. While BB was clearancing out the players at bargain prices, many retailers held firm and in the end, they are seeing selling prices way above MSRP. While this has gotten players into homes while keeping retailers happy, this also increased the likelihood of so-called "purple" households. Most of them will pick the lower priced HD-DVD over the MSRP BLU-Ray and the companies know that. I think that's why Amazon is probably the lowest prices we'll see with any surpluses ending up as new roomies for those 80s ET games out in NM. Using this logic, announcements of BLU releases of previous HD exclusives is almost a guarantee that we'll never see the bargain prices we were expecting on that title. Personally I'm grabbing all of the HD-DVDs I can. Not just for the prices but because I really don't want to pay the jacked up BLU price on something that likely was just ported over from the HD release.
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dvd.co.uk has a 2 dvds for 12 pounds promotion at the moment, includes American Gangster and Atonement. Shipping is 1 pound per dvd :)
Pretty good deal, perhaps not the best for US customers but definitely great value for internationals eg Europe, Australasia etc. https://www.dvd.co.uk/landingpage_691.asp |
Well, I think we won't get any more deals from retailers, not from B&M, and most probably not for online ones.
Our only hope now is ebay, craigslist and that kind of places. (But I still have a little hope for a major markdown in Amazon) |
Originally Posted by lordzeppelin
Is anyone else surprised at the basic lack of major clearance deals on HD-DVDs? I thought for sure, by now, We'd have sub $10 amazon titles, especially with the announcements of the Matrix and Transformers and such on Blu...I've been being very patient trying to not pick up a few things I'm waiting for...hopefully a month from now we'll see the big drops.
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Originally Posted by steelpotato
dvd.co.uk has a 2 dvds for 12 pounds promotion at the moment, includes American Gangster and Atonement. Shipping is 1 pound per dvd :)
Pretty good deal, perhaps not the best for US customers but definitely great value for internationals eg Europe, Australasia etc. https://www.dvd.co.uk/landingpage_691.asp |
Originally Posted by lordzeppelin
Is anyone else surprised at the basic lack of major clearance deals on HD-DVDs? I thought for sure, by now, We'd have sub $10 amazon titles, especially with the announcements of the Matrix and Transformers and such on Blu...I've been being very patient trying to not pick up a few things I'm waiting for...hopefully a month from now we'll see the big drops.
Probably by studio and/or B1G1. But it's only mid-April. We have a lot of HD DVD titles out there, just sitting in warehouses. If nobody bought any HD DVDs, then we'd see the B1G1 sales by now. But HD DVDs have been selling quite well, retailers know it, and are taking advantage of the "scarcity" thing. In some cases it's justified, but mostly with non-US releases. |
Transformers on Blu?
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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
Transformers on Blu?
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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
Transformers on Blu?
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Originally Posted by Obi-Jon Kenobi
The animated movie is on blu-ray in UK. I ordered it with the Fog HD DVD. They have a 2 for 15 pound special at dvd.co.uk.
I haven't heard of any announcements regarding Transformers on Blu-ray. It would be kind of a big deal I'd imagine. |
Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
Transformers on Blu?
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Quite a few changes since Monday. Some prices have changed (both up and down), some previously OOS titles are back, but now Battlestar Galactica S1 is gone. Exchange rate has declined slightly again (making things fractionally more expensive in US$)
Updated prices/availability in red Linky: http://www.ezydvd.com.au/promo.zml?p...&dreg=1&dsav=1 Sets (w/flat rate shipping) <strike>Battlestar Galactica S1 AU$31.66 + AU$9.50 s/h = US$38.40</strike> (OOS) Harry Potter S1-S5 AU$45.30 + AU$20 s/h = US$60.90 (Note 1) Star Trek TOS S1 AU$90.75 + AU$20 s/h = US$103.20 These sets have their own shipping rates and are NOT counted when computing shipping for individual titles. Set Notes: (1) The Harry Potter S1-S5 HD "set" is for the movies only. This is not the same as the HP Gift Set. Individual Titles (see shipping rates below) AU$6.29 = US$5.90 Born on the Fourth of July Frighteners Good Shepherd Holiday Mr. Bean's Holiday Ray Red Dragon AU$7.20 = US$6.80 <strike>Black Snake Moan</strike> (OOS) Mighty Heart AU$9.02 = US$8.50 American Werewolf in London Backdraft Casino Dante's Peak (back in stock) Daylight (back in stock) Deer Hunter (back in stock) Dragonheart Four Brothers (higher price) Game Heartbreak Kid Hulk I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry Italian Job (lower price) Jarhead King Kong Land of the Dead Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (lower price) Miami Vice Nacho Libre Out of Sight Sahara (lower price) Skeleton Key Smokin' Aces Spartacus Superman Superman II: Richard Donner Cut Thing (John Carpenter's) Under Seige AU$11.75 = US$11.00 2 Fast 2 Furious Apollo 13 Big Lebowski Chronicles of Riddick Doom F&F-Tokyo Drift Fast and the Furious Harry Potter 1-5 (individual titles) Knocked Up Leaving Las Vegas Next Serenity Shaun Of The Dead Shrek the Third Van Helsing Waterworld AU$13.56 = US$12.70 Hot Fuzz Mummy Returns Total Recall AU$16.21 = US$15.10 <strike>Bourne Ultimatum</strike> (OOS) International Shipping 1 = AU$5.50 = US$5.20 2 = AU$9.50 = US$8.90 3 = AU$18.00 = US$16.80 (includes insurance and registration) 4 = AU$21.00 = US$19.60 (includes insurance and registration) 5 = AU$25.00 = US$23.30 (includes insurance and registration) The prices shown in AU$ are adjusted to remove GST. The conversion into US$ is based on today's exchange rate (AU$1.00 = US$0.9314), and are rounded up to the next highest US$0.10. |
Originally Posted by Nugent
Not a bad deal at all if you don't have those two titles. Works out to about $14 each delivered in US dollars.
Math: 2 HD-DVDs from the UK = 12 GBP + 2 s/h = 14 GBP = US$27.636 = AU$29.67 AU$29.67 - 9 s/h = AU20.67 for 2 DVDs (without GST) AU20.67 (without GST) = AU$22.73 (with GST) So if the titles are less expensive from the UK than domestically, and either unavailable or more then AU$22.73 from Australia, then definitely get them from DVD.co.uk. And also, if you've got your eye on a pair of Aussie titles that are > AU$22.73 with GST, you should doublecheck DVD.co.uk before placing your order to make sure you can't get the same titles for less moolah. |
Originally Posted by kenbuzz
Assuming that the same two (of any of their 2-for-12) titles aren't less expensive from a domestic retailer, delivered, one also needs to double-check against ezyDVD's prices. With 1 GBP = US$1.974, and AU$1.00 = US$0.9314 right now, and taking into account the AU$9.00 shipping charge for two titles, it's less expensive to order stuff from the UK if the same two titles comeare listed for MORE than to more than AU$22.73 (with GST, or AU$20.67 without).
Math: 2 HD-DVDs from the UK = 12 GBP + 2 s/h = 14 GBP = US$27.636 = AU$29.67 AU$29.67 - 9 s/h = AU20.67 for 2 DVDs (without GST) AU20.67 (without GST) = AU$22.73 (with GST) So if the titles are less expensive from the UK than domestically, and either unavailable or more then AU$22.73 from Australia, then definitely get them from DVD.co.uk. And also, if you've got your eye on a pair of Aussie titles that are > AU$22.73 with GST, you should doublecheck DVD.co.uk before placing your order to make sure you can't get the same titles for less moolah. I read that whole thing and I think my brain just exploded. |
yeah...
I pretty much looked at all that stuff and thought it was an embeding for a picture .gif or something. :lol: |
Heh. I will say that dvd.co.uk has excellent service. I got T2 shipped to me in about 5 days for $19 and change. Price has gone up a little since then, unfortunately.
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DVD Pacific has about 5 pages of HD DVDs that are priced at $11.50. They don't have free shipping but you can choose Media Mail and the shipping is pretty cheap.
http://www.dvdpacific.com/search2008...=1&swbr=0&np=0 |
Originally Posted by kenbuzz
Assuming that the same two (of any of their 2-for-12) titles aren't less expensive from a domestic retailer, delivered, one also needs to double-check against ezyDVD's prices. With 1 GBP = US$1.974, and AU$1.00 = US$0.9314 right now, and taking into account the AU$9.00 shipping charge for two titles, it's less expensive to order stuff from the UK if the same two titles comeare listed for MORE than to more than AU$22.73 (with GST, or AU$20.67 without).
Math: 2 HD-DVDs from the UK = 12 GBP + 2 s/h = 14 GBP = US$27.636 = AU$29.67 AU$29.67 - 9 s/h = AU20.67 for 2 DVDs (without GST) AU20.67 (without GST) = AU$22.73 (with GST) So if the titles are less expensive from the UK than domestically, and either unavailable or more then AU$22.73 from Australia, then definitely get them from DVD.co.uk. And also, if you've got your eye on a pair of Aussie titles that are > AU$22.73 with GST, you should doublecheck DVD.co.uk before placing your order to make sure you can't get the same titles for less moolah. |
Heh, just be thankful I didn't include a factor to account for the time value of money (since shipping from the UK or Australia can delay your enjoyment of the DVD moreso than just picking a title up from a local B&M or waiting 1-2 weeks for a domestic e-tailer to ship via Media Mail). When in doubt, just think "lump sum" and all will work out just fine. :up:
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Deepdiscount prices are back to $20+ on most titles... the future looks bleak.
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