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Hi-Def Media Lovefest: The war is over and we can all go home.

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VanMardigan

has calmed down a bit.
Argyle said:
Maybe the HD DVD folks could afford to give their fans some discounts if they hadn't blown their wad cancelling all of Paramount's Blu-ray releases :)
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Why whine about Paramount when the ONLY reason you're getting these unbelievable deals is to "counter" HD DVD's biggest release of the year? This is just a wonderful thing for consumers, and even better for neutral HD owners, who are the real winners here, since they get their BD movie fix AND pick up Transformers HD DVD on the same week!! . I love it when these huge companies bend over backwards to win me over. Bravo to the BDA (Sony) for subsidizing this move. And I hope Toshiba follows suit by subsidizing a similar sale or by slashing the price even further on the standalones.

If you jackasses couldn't agree on a format due to your greed, I hope you both like bleeding money so I can get me some stunning HD content for cheap.
 
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Xater

Member
VanMardigan said:
If you jackasses couldn't agree on a format due to your greed, I hope you both like bleeding money so I can get me some stunning HD content for cheap.
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Thats something I can agree with but it's as always just happening for the US...
 
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StoOgE

First tragedy, then farce.
OokieSpookie said:
I will say that these sales are a pretty dirty trick by the BR people.
I mean any chance Transformers had to make a real dent is being nullified by all of the sales no matter where you look.
I mean I walked into MovieStop and even they have some BR movies for bogo.
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These 'dirty tricks' (I would call them smart moves personally) dont really matter in the long run. Ultimitely, the people that actually matter (studio execs, financial analysts) will understand where these sales are coming from and realize where the bump in sales came from. They arent going to make their decisions based on the size of the pacmans on gaf.

However, internet fanboi warz will be helped if BRD can "win" this week.

Sony has allways had the strategy of "act like you've allready won and you'll win" which works more often than not (but is hilarious when it backfires). This seems to be an extension of that. Sony wants to be able to say they outsold HDDVD for x number of weeks in a row, therefore the format war is over.

Lets put it this way: if either format were selling disks in a volume of any sort of consequence, this sale wouldnt be enough to overcome transformers. Its a testament to the sad state of HDM that a firesale can have this big of an impact. Heck, the fact that a single big release can have this big of an impact itself is a sad sign.
 
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RaidenZR

Member
StoOgE said:
These 'dirty tricks' (I would call them smart moves personally) dont really matter in the long run. Ultimitely, the people that actually matter (studio execs, financial analysts) will understand where these sales are coming from and realize where the bump in sales came from. They arent going to make their decisions based on the size of the pacmans on gaf.

However, internet fanboi warz will be helped if BRD can "win" this week.

Sony has allways had the strategy of "act like you've allready won and you'll win" which works more often than not (but is hilarious when it backfires). This seems to be an extension of that. Sony wants to be able to say they outsold HDDVD for x number of weeks in a row, therefore the format war is over.

Lets put it this way: if either format were selling disks in a volume of any sort of consequence, this sale wouldnt be enough to overcome transformers. Its a testament to the sad state of HDM that a firesale can have this big of an impact. Heck, the fact that a single big release can have this big of an impact itself is a sad sign.
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Oh who cares. Go get yourself some flicks!
 
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chubigans

y'all should be ashamed
Consumer alert: DO NOT BUY JACK RYAN ON HD-DVD!

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/s...n_Special_Edition_HD_DVD_Not_So_Special_/1070

In what may end up being the biggest packaging blunder yet for a high-def title, Paramount's 'Jack Ryan Collection' HD DVD appears to have shipped to retail in a deluxe "Special Collectors Edition" box set that contains none of its advertised bonus features.

First announced earlier this summer, the four-disc 'Jack Ryan Collection' was originally planned for dual-format release on September 25. Although the studio would eventually scrap the Blu-ray version and push back the street date by nearly a month to October 23, the box set remained among the more highly-anticipated titles of the season.

Now, with the set's official street date only a week away, the HD DVD edition of 'The Jack Ryan Collection' has begun shipping to retail, but fans who were initially delighted to snap up early copies of the set began noticing something strange as they dived into the four-disc set.

As first reported yesterday by fans on several forums (including our own), despite the "Special Collector's Edition" label clearly stamped across the front cover of each disc in the set, and a list of bonus features promoted on the box art (including audio commentaries, featurettes, and more), as yet no one has been able to find the advertised supplementary material on any of the actual discs.

We here at High-Def Digest received our own copy of the final product direct from Paramount on Monday, and after combing through each disc, we too were unable to find a single supplemental feature anywhere on the entire set.

At press time, Paramount had not yet responded to a request for a comment on the apparent packaging snafu, but we'll keep you posted as soon as any official information comes in on the matter. Stay tuned...
 
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Raistlin

Post Count: 9999
chubigans said:
Consumer alert: DO NOT BUY JACK RYAN ON HD-DVD!

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/s...n_Special_Edition_HD_DVD_Not_So_Special_/1070

In what may end up being the biggest packaging blunder yet for a high-def title, Paramount's 'Jack Ryan Collection' HD DVD appears to have shipped to retail in a deluxe "Special Collectors Edition" box set that contains none of its advertised bonus features.

First announced earlier this summer, the four-disc 'Jack Ryan Collection' was originally planned for dual-format release on September 25. Although the studio would eventually scrap the Blu-ray version and push back the street date by nearly a month to October 23, the box set remained among the more highly-anticipated titles of the season.

Now, with the set's official street date only a week away, the HD DVD edition of 'The Jack Ryan Collection' has begun shipping to retail, but fans who were initially delighted to snap up early copies of the set began noticing something strange as they dived into the four-disc set.

As first reported yesterday by fans on several forums (including our own), despite the "Special Collector's Edition" label clearly stamped across the front cover of each disc in the set, and a list of bonus features promoted on the box art (including audio commentaries, featurettes, and more), as yet no one has been able to find the advertised supplementary material on any of the actual discs.

We here at High-Def Digest received our own copy of the final product direct from Paramount on Monday, and after combing through each disc, we too were unable to find a single supplemental feature anywhere on the entire set.

At press time, Paramount had not yet responded to a request for a comment on the apparent packaging snafu, but we'll keep you posted as soon as any official information comes in on the matter. Stay tuned...
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Sony Ninjas Strike!!!
 
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Argyle

Member
VanMardigan said:
Why whine about Paramount when the ONLY reason you're getting these unbelievable deals is to "counter" HD DVD's biggest release of the year? This is just a wonderful thing for consumers, and even better for neutral HD owners, who are the real winners here, since they get their BD movie fix AND pick up Transformers HD DVD on the same week!! . I love it when these huge companies bend over backwards to win me over. Bravo to the BDA (Sony) for subsidizing this move. And I hope Toshiba follows suit by subsidizing a similar sale or by slashing the price even further on the standalones.

If you jackasses couldn't agree on a format due to your greed, I hope you both like bleeding money so I can get me some stunning HD content for cheap.
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Who's whining? I was replying to a guy who was whining about "dirty tricks."

All I know is that I got 8 movies on the cheap this week. :)
 
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StoOgE

First tragedy, then farce.
Flo_Evans said:
so is CC still BOGO today? I want to see if they have Halloween or dawn of the dead.
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yes, its only on movies under 30 dollars though. i tried to buy Hott Fuzz (which Ive been needing to get) but its 35 in store, so no go.

However, Transfomers is on sale for 29.98 for one day only, so I was able to get that, knocked up, corpse bride and serinity for 60 bucks. WIN!
 
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dankir

Member
Finally picked up today Transformers on HD DVD

in the past 2 weeks I've gotten:

HD DVD

Bourne Identity
Bourne Supremacy
Transformers

Blu Ray

Final Fantasy: Spirits within
Black hawk down.

Buy1 get 1 free
Pirates: Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates: Dead Mans Chest
Deja Vu
Chicken Little

I love this shit!!!!!
 
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Walshicus

Member
dankir said:
Final Fantasy: Spirits within
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As much as I wouldn't want to plagiarise dialogue from the games, my response to this is "...".


Oh, and is it November or December when the BSG Series 0 and 1 HD-DVD boxset comes out? I've seen it listed as TBA for £45 a few days back.
 
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OokieSpookie

Banned
CC was picked pretty clean when I got there, I ended up with Corpse Bride, 28 Days Later, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Ghost Rider.

As usual the schmuck at the register had no idea what was going on and denied it but after they rang up with the sale prices.
 
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distantmantra

Member
Sir Fragula said:
Oh, and is it November or December when the BSG Series 0 and 1 HD-DVD boxset comes out? I've seen it listed as TBA for £45 a few days back.
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Season One hits HD-DVD in December. Razor (the new TV movie) is DVD only, though.
 
Randy Lanzarote

Randy Lanzarote

Member
Not sure if I'm late to the party with this, but it looks like British folk are being offered the 5 HD DVD mail-in offer now as well;

http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/news-features/news/Get-5-Free-HD-DVDs-16102007.htm

And you can find the form here;

http://www.xbox.com/NR/rdonlyres/69DBDD1B-6447-437A-890B-FE10BFF2A420/0/Xbox360_UK_lores_FINAL.pdf

Valid for any 360 HD DVD player bought between 1st October to 31st January 08. Same offer as the US one I believe. Pick 5 movies, two from A, two from B and one from C.
 
The Elite

The Elite

BOSS
sionyboy said:
Not sure if I'm late to the party with this, but it looks like British folk are being offered the 5 HD DVD mail-in offer now as well;

http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/news-features/news/Get-5-Free-HD-DVDs-16102007.htm

And you can find the form here;

http://www.xbox.com/NR/rdonlyres/69DBDD1B-6447-437A-890B-FE10BFF2A420/0/Xbox360_UK_lores_FINAL.pdf

Valid for any 360 HD DVD player bought between 1st October to 31st January 08. Same offer as the US one I believe. Pick 5 movies, two from A, two from B and one from C.
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I heard a rumor that Canada was supposed to get this. :/

NVM!! It is up for Canada too!!!!

Link to Canada deal!

http://assets.xbox.com/en-ca/pdf/hddvd.pdf

Canada's offer starts from October 15th.
 
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dankir

Member
Sir Fragula said:
As much as I wouldn't want to plagiarise dialogue from the games, my response to this is "...".


Oh, and is it November or December when the BSG Series 0 and 1 HD-DVD boxset comes out? I've seen it listed as TBA for £45 a few days back.
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Oh the movie sucks hardcore but goddamn it looks beautiful in 1080p!
 
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White Man

Member
dankir said:
Welcome to the club! I'm gonna get that new Samsung dual player when it hits retail.
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I feel like a douche for caving, but both formats have exclusives I want, and I know this "war" is going to go on for at least another year. I like taking advantage of my giant TV, so I guess it's not a total waste of money, especially with how many flicks I buy.
 
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SUPREME1

Banned
I'm dual-HD.

This past weekend, I picked up 6 Bluray disks at Fry's for $60:


Underworld
Dracula
The Patriot
Hellboy
Donnie Brasco
Curse of the Golden Flower



Next up: Transformers HD-DVD


Come on studios.. keep up the war! Continue to hack and slash (those prices)!
 
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ChrisJames

Member
Just got back from Circuit City.

I picked up Transformers and Unforgiven for $27.50 total. So it's technically not BOGO, but buy two, get both half off. Anyways, just wanted to confirm that the sale works for HD DVD also.
 
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Walshicus

Member
I walked into the local HMV in Crawley [England] yesterday. Superman Returns for £28 I-shit-you-not... how awful is that? And they wonder why the medium hasn't taken off yet! Anyway, I've made a vow to buy online now even though it's less convenient. £15 for a movie is my limit in any resolution.

Thanks for the DVD-only heads up on Razor guys. I'd imagine they'd bundle it with series 2 though, considering that's where it's placed continuity wise? I was overjoyed to see series 0 being included with the upcoming box-set.
 
Zoe

Zoe

Member
Flo_Evans said:
so is CC still BOGO today? I want to see if they have Halloween or dawn of the dead.
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The one next to me still had it going. Actually had quite a few people lurking in the HD section. I think they all knew about the deal.

I did my part for Team Blu, got Letters from Iwojima and The Departed from CC, Fifth Element from Fry's.
 
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thaivo

Member
Just bought 2 copies of Transformers for $15 bucks each from CC. One for me, and one for my brother-in-law. Nice! I can't watch it yet though, as my wife actually wanted to buy the movie even more than I did! Lol..
 
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White Man

Member
Sir Fragula said:
I walked into the local HMV in Crawley [England] yesterday. Superman Returns for £28 I-shit-you-not... how awful is that? And they wonder why the medium hasn't taken off yet! Anyway, I've made a vow to buy online now even though it's less convenient. £15 for a movie is my limit in any resolution.

Thanks for the DVD-only heads up on Razor guys. I'd imagine they'd bundle it with series 2 though, considering that's where it's placed continuity wise? I was overjoyed to see series 0 being included with the upcoming box-set.
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Yeah, I was picking stuff up today. I was about to get Children of Men, but then I saw it was 40 fucking dollars. Then I saw BASIC INSTINCT 2 was the same price. Things are definitely wonky when the MSRP for absolute, obvious shit is that much. I'm an enthusiast, including an enthusiast of trash, but 40 bucks is like enough money for a bottle of decent scotch. Fuck movies!
 
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GuessWho

Member
just got hd dvd player + transformers. SICK!
I am a believer. Just as impressed w/ the audio as I am w/ the video. Man when the autobots crashed landed on earth....how awesome was that scene.
 
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distantmantra

Member
White Man said:
Yeah, I was picking stuff up today. I was about to get Children of Men, but then I saw it was 40 fucking dollars. Then I saw BASIC INSTINCT 2 was the same price. Things are definitely wonky when the MSRP for absolute, obvious shit is that much. I'm an enthusiast, including an enthusiast of trash, but 40 bucks is like enough money for a bottle of decent scotch. Fuck movies!
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Hold off, the Deep Discount twice yearly 20% off sale should be coming soon...
 
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GreekWolf

Member
GuessWho said:
just got hd dvd player + transformers. SICK!
I am a believer. Just as impressed w/ the audio as I am w/ the video. Man when the autobots crashed landed on earth....how awesome was that scene.
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Autobots land on earth? WTF spoiler that shit, son!
 
user friendly

user friendly

Member
neojubei said:
Does anyone know if and when Crouching Tiger ・Hidden Dragon, will be out on blu-ray?
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Not sure if you knew this but it was originally announced for BD back in January but got delayed.

It's a Sony flick, so it's just a matter of time basically. Still TBA.
 
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Dot50Cal

Banned
I just got Best Buy to match the BOGO deal! Picked up Robocop and Dracula at BB after proving the deal was going on by showing my Circuit City receipt. The manager put a call in to the front desk and set me up :)

Heres my haul:

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Tally:
Code: 
[B]Circuit City[/B]
Stargate                 12.50
300                      15.00
Patriot                  12.50
Punisher                 12.50
Corpse Bride             12.50
Fifth Element Remaster   12.50
Devil's Rejects          12.50
Syriana                  15.00

[B]Best Buy[/B]
Robocop                  34.99
Dracula                  0.00
 
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GreekWolf

Member
I really want that Robocop Blu-Ray, but have heard that the transfer is pretty lackluster, and to expect a superior version with all the trimmings sometime next year.
 
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snorggy

Member
dunno if this has been brought up already, but while working today i got a lot of people who seemed to think that if you have an HDTV you can watch HD DVDs....

also, lots of people pissed that transformers isn't on blu-ray ... lol?
 
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Kolgar

Member
HOLY SHIT

and to think I almost missed this.

Just raided CC for:

Transformers
Blades of Glory
Payback: Director's Cut
Goodfellas

For $58 and change.

Tried to do some Blu-ray but I think one of my choices was AVP or some other Fox film they wanted $34 for... so it didn't work.

But, SCORE!

And LOL at the rifled racks. Word's gotten out, because that store was a MESS! :lol
 
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neojubei

Will drop pants for Sony.
user friendly said:
Not sure if you knew this but it was originally announced for BD back in January but got delayed.

It's a Sony flick, so it's just a matter of time basically. Still TBA.
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I hope so, it is such a beautiful movie. DVD does not do it justice.
 
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