The Fandango at Home (Vudu) Thread - News, Bargains & Codes
09-27-23, 11:45 AM
#5676
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re: The Fandango at Home (Vudu) Thread - News, Bargains & Codes
Yeah I checked again today. I even emailed Vudu, and they said the studios set prices, not them blah blah.
09-27-23, 11:57 AM
#5677
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re: The Fandango at Home (Vudu) Thread - News, Bargains & Codes
Yeah that's Vudu's method of ignoring any issues... blame the studios.
09-29-23, 05:58 AM
#5678
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re: The Fandango at Home (Vudu) Thread - News, Bargains & Codes
Here come the Halloween sales...
https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/...of-Horrors/258
Killer Weekend Deals
https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/...kend-Deals/238
https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/...of-Horrors/258
Killer Weekend Deals
https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/...kend-Deals/238
09-29-23, 09:08 AM
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re: The Fandango at Home (Vudu) Thread - News, Bargains & Codes
Might finally buy Child's Play.
But I kind of doubt it was directed by that Tom Holland
But I kind of doubt it was directed by that Tom Holland
09-29-23, 10:57 AM
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re: The Fandango at Home (Vudu) Thread - News, Bargains & Codes
Family Plot 4K is $4.99. I don't think it's been on sale for $5 until now so I grabbed it.
09-29-23, 12:32 PM
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re: The Fandango at Home (Vudu) Thread - News, Bargains & Codes
I have it down I converted from DVD, back when you used to get a 50% discount for doing a bunch (10 or more?)
09-29-23, 12:41 PM
#5682
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re: The Fandango at Home (Vudu) Thread - News, Bargains & Codes
Tom Holland directing movies when he was -8 years old. 
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10-06-23, 11:10 AM
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re: The Fandango at Home (Vudu) Thread - News, Bargains & Codes
A bundle of both seasons of the Fox Exorcist TV show is included in this week's $5 Halloween sale.
https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/...een-Sale/19366
https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/...een-Sale/19366
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10-08-23, 10:38 AM
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re: The Fandango at Home (Vudu) Thread - News, Bargains & Codes
What's New Scooby-Doo?: The Complete Series (2002) HDX Vudu $14.99
Down from about $126
https://www.vudu.com/content/browse/...undle-/1496844
TV Series
2002–2006
3 seasons
42 Episodes ( most being around 21 mins)
yea or no ? I don't think my teenage kids or I would watch it.
Down from about $126
https://www.vudu.com/content/browse/...undle-/1496844
TV Series
2002–2006
3 seasons
42 Episodes ( most being around 21 mins)
yea or no ? I don't think my teenage kids or I would watch it.
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10-08-23, 11:01 AM
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re: The Fandango at Home (Vudu) Thread - News, Bargains & Codes
Rob Zombie Ultimate Movie Collection (Bundle) - $14.99
https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/...undle-/1935301
https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/...undle-/1935301
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10-08-23, 12:27 PM
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re: The Fandango at Home (Vudu) Thread - News, Bargains & Codes
I think Mystery Inc is the “new” Scooby series that’s highly regarded. Not sure about this one. 
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10-10-23, 01:19 PM
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re: The Fandango at Home (Vudu) Thread - News, Bargains & Codes
Noticed in my offers (YMMV) an offer for Gran Turismo for $14.99
Regular price is $24.99. Still a pretty new release.
Regular price is $24.99. Still a pretty new release.
10-10-23, 03:44 PM
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re: The Fandango at Home (Vudu) Thread - News, Bargains & Codes
A bundle of both seasons of the Fox Exorcist TV show is included in this week's $5 Halloween sale.
https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/...een-Sale/19366
https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/...een-Sale/19366
10-13-23, 09:00 AM
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re: The Fandango at Home (Vudu) Thread - News, Bargains & Codes
10-13-23, 09:09 AM
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re: The Fandango at Home (Vudu) Thread - News, Bargains & Codes
10-17-23, 10:03 AM
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Just watching the first episode of Highlander...to call this "HD" is a stretch.
10-20-23, 12:39 PM
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re: The Fandango at Home (Vudu) Thread - News, Bargains & Codes
$5 killer weekend deals https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/...047246.3569595
10-25-23, 10:21 AM
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re: The Fandango at Home (Vudu) Thread - News, Bargains & Codes
I found this response to the poorly received Season 1 Blu-ray from one of the disc's producers
https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=3953
In response to the concerns voiced by the first buyers of the Blu-ray edition of 'Highlander: Season One' (namely, that this was a 720p upconvert of a standard-definition source), Davis-Panzer has sent a statement (as a comment to blu-ray.com's news post of December 15), clarifying the production process for this title. In the studio's opinion, "the critiques about the quality of the Highlander Blu-ray experience seem to be due to a lack of awareness regarding HD/Blu-ray technology."
- In response to the postings regarding Highlander Season 1 Blu-ray release, we would like to say (as the people who have lived with this show for 17 years), that our goal has been to deliver the very best product for our fans to enjoy. With respect to the Blu-ray version of the series, we did as much research as possible to come to a decision as to how to release the newest box set of the series.
In our opinion, the solution we came up with, will give our fans a great Blu-ray experience. We produced a product with quality that can best be described as follows: what the standard-definition DVD was to the VHS version of the show, our Blu-ray (digital 720p) release is to the standard-definition DVD (digital 480i).
We took the original digital masters that were made from 16mm film negative, removed grain, up-res'd and tweaked the original 720x480 image (480i) to 1280x720 (720p) progressive scan. In our opinion 720p gave us the best results from the material we were working with. Once again, our goal was to give our fans a great Highlander Blu-ray experience.
Another question was why we didn't go back to the original film negative. Primarily, once the film was transferred to digital, it was vaulted. The technology at that time has made it extremely difficult to trace back from the digital masters to the original film negative. Also, the visual effects, which were done digitally, in a standard-def (480i) format, would not up-res to the quality of original negative re-transfer to HD. To redo all of the effects, transitions, Quickenings, etc. would be incredibly cost prohibitive. So the original film solution was not a realistic option for us and our 720p solution achieved the best and most consistent quality overall.
This has come up with other HD remasters of shows that were edited in SD video instead of on film; basically they have to re-create the episode from scratch in HD, going back and scanning the original film elements, then picking the correct shots, editing them together, and then handling the FX shots in some way, either recreating them in HD or upscaling the SD versions.
There are some steps that help with a reassembly, such as proper cataloging of film reels and the shots they contain, and a shots list of the final edit, which this show may not have.
The gold standard of an HD remaster of an SD TV show is probably Star Trek: The Next Generation, where they were able to locate nearly every single film shot to rescan into HD, then recreated all the effects fairly faithfully in HD, and even that show had some notable issues with season 2. Slightly lower on the bar is Babylon 5, where all the filmed elements were rescanned and look great, the FX shots look pretty decent upconverted, but the composite shots of live action + FX all look soft. Then there's debacles like the Buffy The Vampire Slayer "remaster."
To do a proper remaster is a lot of work, and can cost a lot of money, and sadly not every show is thought to be worth the investment. Paramount decided after the ST:TNG HD remaster to not continue with other Star Trek shows. Highlander doesn't seem like a show with a large enough demand to get a quality HD remaster.
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10-25-23, 10:27 AM
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re: The Fandango at Home (Vudu) Thread - News, Bargains & Codes
The ST:TOS remasters were really well done too. Remastered Babylon 5 is a huge step up from the originals even with the limitations. I wish they'd finished the tv movies as well... those can be hard to watch now.
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10-27-23, 08:46 AM
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re: The Fandango at Home (Vudu) Thread - News, Bargains & Codes
They just redesigned the VUDU app (at least on Android) and I hate the new redesign. It really hides sales and discount prices now.
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10-27-23, 06:12 PM
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re: The Fandango at Home (Vudu) Thread - News, Bargains & Codes
Is it the same as it’s been on Roku for a while? I don’t use Roku much but I really don’t like that interface, it’s stayed the same on my TV which I use for browsing the most.
10-28-23, 08:55 AM
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re: The Fandango at Home (Vudu) Thread - News, Bargains & Codes
Sounds like an extension of what they did to the website. You have to click thru each title now to see the price instead of hovering over it.