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09-26-08 | 01:52 PM

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Boy Fry's just ain't getting it with their HD DVD prices.

I wonder if they're going to leave their current large section of stagnant discs up for the holidays.

I hit up Fry's twice a week and always see a few people browsing and grabbing movies (who knows if they don't know they don't work in normal DVD players), but yeah, those prices are still a bit too much. If they knocked some down to $5.99 I'd probably buy a bunch more...but they don't seem to care about that.

Fry's, of course, still has a HUGE selection of UMD movies so... [and N-Gage games...that "console" died like 4 years ago]

09-27-08 | 10:50 AM

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What are Fry's prices like on all their catalog HD-DVD releases now?

Are they down to $9.99 or less permanently yet? I haven't been into Fry's in a while.

09-27-08 | 11:09 AM

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What are Fry's prices like on all their catalog HD-DVD releases now?

Are they down to $9.99 or less permanently yet? I haven't been into Fry's in a while.

Between 2.99 (Weinsten) to $14.99 (some Uni/Warner discs). Most hover around $7.99 - $9.99 though.

09-27-08 | 11:11 AM

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What are Fry's prices like on all their catalog HD-DVD releases now?

Are they down to $9.99 or less permanently yet? I haven't been into Fry's in a while.

They're still selling many discs for 11.99 , so 9.99 is apparently a deal.

They must have bought a ton of that Canadian stock, because almost all the Uni stuff is bilingual, and they have boxes and boxes of it underneath the actual racks.

09-27-08 | 11:16 AM

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They're still selling many discs for 11.99 , so 9.99 is apparently a deal.

They must have bought a ton of that Canadian stock, because almost all the Uni stuff is bilingual, and they have boxes and boxes of it underneath the actual racks.

Boxes. No you are wrong. They have storage bins filled with them

! I have no idea how Fry's will ever sell 200 copies of Bruce Almighty.

09-28-08 | 07:45 AM

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Kitaro Blu-ray at Newlime for $8.95 pre-order. Some other good prices here and there and $6 flat rate shipping...
http://www.nulime.com/Kitaro-Blu-Ray/p297255

09-30-08 | 07:15 AM

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Borders: Buy 2 Blu-rays, get 1 free

09-30-08 | 07:41 AM

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Between 2.99 (Weinsten) to $14.99 (some Uni/Warner discs). Most hover around $7.99 - $9.99 though.

Do you know which Weinsteins are $2.99? Thanks.

09-30-08 | 09:19 AM

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Pulse and Wolf Creek IIRC.

09-30-08 | 11:41 AM

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Boxes. No you are wrong. They have storage bins filled with them

! I have no idea how Fry's will ever sell 200 copies of Bruce Almighty.

Get a free HD DVD of Evan Almighty with every stick of gum purchased

09-30-08 | 01:46 PM

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Amazon 66% off of select HD DVD's...

Not as good as the DDD sale...but not bad.

10-01-08 | 02:55 PM

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You can also see this deal on the main HD forum page, but Amazon has Transformers now for $19.95.

10-01-08 | 03:53 PM

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Sex and the City BD also 19.95 right now on Amazon.

10-01-08 | 04:45 PM

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Speed Racer is also $19.95 @ Amazon

10-01-08 | 05:03 PM

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Dammit - first casualty of the now defunct Amazon 30 Day price guarantee - Speed Racer. Wasn't going to get it but decided to order it the day before release for $5 more.

Well that's all for my impulse buys at Amazon. At least I'm still eligible to get $4 back on SATC.

10-02-08 | 10:36 AM

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10-02-08 | 10:45 AM

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The Visitor Blu Ray has a pre-order special of $14.99 on Amazon's Blu Ray Store front page.

http://www.amazon.com/Blu-ray-movies...rd_i=blu%20ray

It's not available if you look for the title by itself. It can only be pre-ordered at this price from this page.

Is there something special you have to do? The page you linked shows the DVD version at 14.99.

10-02-08 | 10:50 AM

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Is there something special you have to do? The page you linked shows the DVD version at 14.99.

That's weird. That's what it is now. When I pre-ordered it, it was the Blu-ray version. Well I guess that was obviously a mistake. Sorry about that.

10-02-08 | 10:53 AM

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Amazon has the Samsung 1500 for $244.

10-02-08 | 01:05 PM

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The Dark Knight preorder

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=bluray-073-20

10-02-08 | 01:49 PM

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That's weird. That's what it is now. When I pre-ordered it, it was the Blu-ray version. Well I guess that was obviously a mistake. Sorry about that.

They've really messed up on this one. Even now, it says "One of the Year's Must-See Films Available on DVD and Blu-ray." But they only include a link to the SD version, and when you click the Preorder link, it adds that version to your cart. Why would they advertise an SD version on the Blu-Ray page?