Mike86

That’s true. I don’t buy nearly as many releases as I used to. For me to buy anything now it’s gotta be something I liked a lot. I wait for deals a lot of times too.

I do buy the big Marvel and Star Wars releases right away generally though. Since Disney releases generally don’t drop I just go for them right away. Sometimes there are semi decent deals release week. I’ve been buying the 4K releases of the last few Marvel releases because they’ve been okay deals and I’m justifying them as future proofing those movies.

melasnus

Not that unusual (particularly for Disney).

wahlers

I'm getting the 3D blu-ray from Amazon UK for only $1.50 more than that. That includes shipping, fees, currency conversion and everything.

mewmartigan

Disney doesn't do blu ray/DVD combo anymore. That $24.99 gets you the blu ray and digital version.

E Unit

Damn, it sounds like this transfer and sound got jacked up on both blu and UHD. What an ass job Disney.

https://www.avsforum.com/solo-star-w...lu-ray-review/

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Solo-...206825/#Review

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Solo-...205706/#Review

Josh Z

The audio is no surprise, as it's been Disney's MO to flatten dynamic range on all of its movies lately.

The video I don't think is necessarily Disney's fault. Solo received a lot of complaints from theaters as well about its murky, overly-dark photography. That seems to be a very pretentious artistic choice by Ron Howard and cinematographer Bradford Young.

JeremyM

They seem to be hit and miss. TLJ and Thor: Ragnorak both had DVDs in my copies. Black Panther and Avengers 3 did not.

JeffTheAlpaca

Maybe but if you wait until Nov or Dec you are not going to get the slipcase and you need the slipcase for blu-rays since the cases are so delicate compared to dvd cases and the artwork gets flattened if you store it with other blu-rays.

mewmartigan

Really? My TLJ did not have the dvd.

JeremyM

Aw, you know what, it was because I bought the Target version. Perhaps that is why I have a Thor: Ragnorak DVD as well.

Obi-Wanma

Disney still packages DVD's with their animated fare, but usually not with Star Wars or Marvel, unless you spring for a store exclusive or something like that.

JeffTheAlpaca

It dropped to $22.99 at Best Buy so that is a little more reasonable.

JeffTheAlpaca

What is the Wal-Mart exclusive?

It looks like the standard edition to me at their web page.


https://www.walmart.com/ip/Solo-A-St...Copy/703190348

Josh Z

Where are you seeing something that says there's a Walmart exclusive?

Adam Tyner

This is the SKU that's labeled a "Walmart Exclusive".

No idea what the exclusive part is. One of the corners looks curved, the slipcover doesn't reference a digital copy or Movies Anywhere, and the 'Multiscreen Edition' thing is gone.

popegregFKAgoblin23

May well be that there's no digital copy. The Walmart "exclusive" for A Wrinkle In Time did not include one. I find that to be very odd, guessing that it lowered the wholesale cost?

xfilekr

Yea, Wal-Mart Exclusive lately has meant no digital copy, weird exclusive!

Alan Smithee

There were a number of "Walmart Exclusives" from Fox that lacked any extras. I got one of the "Taken" movies that way which didn't include the extended cut of the movie, then the regular edition that did have both cuts ended up at the same price level eventually.

Back on topic, my 3D steelbook was 'dispatched' last week.

JeremyM

The Target exclusive version does NOT have a DVD this time, and the "bonus content" is digital and not on disc.

Mike86

I’ve noticed this. So stupid to even call that an exclusive.

davidh777

I never got around to picking this up last week so I went to Target today. They had a stander near the register with two copies of the exclusive 4K for $32.99, which sounded a little high so I went to the media area downstairs, and they had the regular 4K for $29.99 ($22.99 for BD, no copies of the exclusive). A guy came by and made a comment about their not having the exclusive, so I mentioned that they had two copies upstairs so he went up there. I figured three bucks wasn't much difference so I also went up and grabbed the second and last copy of the exclusive.

JeremyM

It actually came out today, not last week.

davidh777

Ah, you're right. It came out digitally like a week and a half ago so that's what I was thinking of. So I did get street-date price after all (if $32.99 is anything to be happy about)!

EDIT: I think the issue was that it came out digitally on Friday 6/14 so I was thinking the following Tuesday 6/18 was the media release date, but there was a 10-day digital window. I really was kicking myself all last week for not having gotten it yet.

Adam Tyner

I'm accustomed to Amazon waiting until release date to list Disney titles. I'm surprised they're still not selling Solo, this late in the day.

OldBoy

I think you meant 9/14 and 9/18.