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

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Ignatz Mouse

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thaivo said:
Do you recall the point where Peter get's attacked in the beginning and they're flying between buildings.. The computer generated characters just seemed so smooth to me, and lacked detail. So in HD, this isn't more pronounced?
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Didn't notice. But then again, *all* cgi stands out to me like a sore thumb, so I may not be the best judge. I can spot it where others don't notice, and I think it looks bad.

One of hte reasons I hated Blade II. It was awful in that. generally, CGI stuff has this-- I dunno how to describe, texture, sheen, grit-- to it that I can see a mile away.
 
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djkimothy

Member
Ignatz Mouse said:
Didn't notice. But then again, *all* cgi stands out to me like a sore thumb, so I may not be the best judge. I can spot it where others don't notice, and I think it looks bad.

One of hte reasons I hated Blade II. It was awful in that. generally, CGI stuff has this-- I dunno how to describe, texture, sheen, grit-- to it that I can see a mile away.
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Yah, it's more apparent in HD to find the CG seams that it can be obvious. I guess studios will have to adjust to the new market... Whenever it takes off.

Notice them in Letter from Iwo Jima.
 
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VanMardigan

has calmed down a bit.
DJ_Tet said:
Awesome sale, I just built my hd-dvd library and surprisingly enough a good number of these titles are still hd-dvd exclusive. Good deal, now hopefully I can get Best Buy to reprint my rebate receipt that I lost so I can still get my 5 free mail-in movies :/

I got:

Batman Begins
2001
The Shining
A Clockwork Orange
V for Vendetta
Dog Day Afternoon
The Deer Hunter
Casino
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Goodfellas
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Last Samurai

Came out to $203 shipped, saved $50 and got 12 movies for less than $17 apiece. Not too shabby at all for HD media :D
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What? Where?
 
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VanMardigan

has calmed down a bit.
distantmantra said:
Probably Deep Discount. Their 20% off sale has started.
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crap, I forgot, what was the code again? This thread is moving way too fast.

I know, I know, it's my fault mostly
 
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OokieSpookie

Banned
VanMardigan said:
crap, I forgot, what was the code again? This thread is moving way too fast.

I know, I know, it's my fault mostly
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DVDTALK
USATODAY
NYTIMES
SUPERSALE
PRICESEARCH
YAHOO
ESPN
XM
JIM
DEALNEWS
DD1109
LATIMES
WGN
WLS
PRICEGRABBER
 
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DJ_Tet

Banned
Yeah the Deep Discount DVD sale, my bad, it was a copy/paste from another forum.

Sweet sale huh!

edit: They have Blu Ray stuff there as well
 
K

kaching

"GAF's biggest wanker"
thaivo said:
I suppose all of us have a different impression of a lot of money.
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Sure, but at this scale, talking about the spending habits of the earliest of adopters in the Home Theater set, you're splitting hairs.
 
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Oni Jazar

Member
defjunkie @ AVS was nice enough to copy the JR.com sale items and order them by price:

http://www.jr.com/JRSectionView.process?Section_Path=/Promos/Movie03/

$12.99 Titles

RV (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - Blu-ray Disc
Donnie Brasco (1997) - Blu-ray Disc
Finding Neverland (2004) - Blu-ray Disc
Underworld (2003) - Blu-ray Disc
Black Hawk Down (2001) - Blu-ray Disc
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) - Blu-ray Disc
Hitch (2005) - Blu-ray Disc
King Arthur (2004) - Blu-ray Disc
Memento (2001) - Blu-ray Disc
Identity (2003) - Blu-ray Disc
Closer (2004) - Blu-ray Disc
Big Fish (2003) - Blu-ray Disc
The Fifth Element (1997) - Blu-ray Disc
Tears of the Sun (2003) - Blu-ray Disc
XXX (2002) - Blu-ray Disc
A Few Good Men (1992) - Blu-ray Disc
The Patriot (2000) - Blu-ray Disc
S.W.A.T. (2003) - Blu-ray Disc
Layer Cake (2005) - Blu-ray Disc
Into the Blue (2005) - Blu-ray Disc
House of Flying Daggers (2004) - Blu-ray Disc
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) - Blu-ray Disc
Revenge (1990) - Blu-ray Disc
Remember the Titans (2000) - Blu-ray Disc
Hellboy (2004) - Blu-ray Disc
The Big Hit (1998) - Blu-ray Disc
The Replacement Killers (1998) - Blu-ray Disc
Kung Fu Hustle (2005) - Blu-ray Disc
Seven Years in Tibet (1997) - Blu-ray Disc
Wild Things (1998) - Blu-ray Disc
A Knight's Tale (2001) - Blu-ray Disc
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) - Blu-ray Disc
The Haunted Mansion (2003) - Blu-ray Disc
Cruel Intentions (1999) - Blu-ray Disc
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) - Blu-ray Disc
Stealth (2005) - Blu-ray Disc
G.I. Jane (1997) - Blu-ray Disc
Arlington Road (1999) - Blu-ray Disc
Immortal Beloved (1994) - Blu-ray Disc
Secret Window (2004) - Blu-ray Disc
Hostel (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
50 First Dates (2004) - Blu-ray Disc
Vertical Limit (2000) - Blu-ray Disc
Hollow Man (2000) - Blu-ray Disc
The Tailor of Panama (2001) - Blu-ray Disc
Flatliners (1990) - Blu-ray Disc
Warriors of Heaven and Earth (2004) - Blu-ray Disc

$15.99 Titles

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Casino Royale (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Underworld: Evolution (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Ghost Rider (2007) - Blu-ray Disc
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - Blu-ray Disc
Monster House (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
The Prestige (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Apocalypto (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Déjà Vu (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Rocky Balboa (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Reservoir Dogs (1992) - Blu-ray Disc
Stomp the Yard (2007) - Blu-ray Disc
Click (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Open Season (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Silent Hill (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
The Queen (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Ultraviolet (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Basic Instinct 2 (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Gridiron Gang (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Little Man (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Glory Road (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Bridge to Terabithia (2007) - Blu-ray Disc
Saw II (2005) - Blu-ray Disc
The Wild (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Invincible (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
The Guardian (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Wild Hogs (2007) - Blu-ray Disc
Saw (2004) - Blu-ray Disc
Perfect Stranger (2007) - Blu-ray Disc
Volver (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Dirty Dancing (1987) - Blu-ray Disc
The Covenant (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Annapolis (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Reign of Fire (2002) - Blu-ray Disc
Premonition (2007) - Blu-ray Disc
Doctor Strange (2007) - Blu-ray Disc
Are We Done Yet? (2007) - Blu-ray Disc
Stranger Than Fiction (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
The Punisher (2004) - Blu-ray Disc
Enemy of the State (1998) - Blu-ray Disc
Ladder 49 (2004) - Blu-ray Disc
Pearl Harbor (2001) - Blu-ray Disc
Vacancy (2007) - Blu-ray Disc
Chicago (2002) - Blu-ray Disc
Weeds - Season 1 (2005) - Blu-ray Disc
All The King's Men (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
The Messengers (2007) - Blu-ray Disc
Flightplan (2005) - Blu-ray Disc
Running with Scissors (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
First Blood (1982) - Blu-ray Disc
Dark Water (2005) - Blu-ray Disc
The Lives of Others (2007) - Blu-ray Disc
The Devil's Rejects (2005) - Blu-ray Disc
Chicken Little (2005) - Blu-ray Disc
National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002) - Blu-ray Disc
Black Book (2007) - Blu-ray Disc
The Lookout (2007) - Blu-ray Disc
Blood and Chocolate (2007) - Blu-ray Disc
Sky High (2005) - Blu-ray Disc
The Brothers Grimm (2005) - Blu-ray Disc
House of 1000 Corpses (2003) - Blu-ray Disc
Young Guns (1988) - Blu-ray Disc
Dinosaur (2000) - Blu-ray Disc
Goal! The Dream Begins (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) - Blu-ray Disc
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) - Blu-ray Disc
Primeval (2007) - Blu-ray Disc
The Great Raid (2005) - Blu-ray Disc
Catch and Release (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Stir of Echoes (1999) - Blu-ray Disc
The Holiday (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Basic Instinct (1992) - Blu-ray Disc
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) - Blu-ray Disc
Waiting... (2005) - Blu-ray Disc
Stargate (1994) - Blu-ray Disc
Roving Mars (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Tekkon Kinkreet (2007) - Blu-ray Disc
American Psycho (2000) - Blu-ray Disc
Total Recall (1990) - Blu-ray Disc

$19.99 Titles

Happily N'Ever After (2007) - Blu-ray Disc
Lord of War (2005) - Blu-ray Disc
Incubus - Alive at Red Rocks (2004) - Blu-ray Disc
Weeds - Season 2 (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Delta Farce (2007) - Blu-ray Disc
Ultimate Avengers 1 & 2 - Blu-ray Disc
Crash (2005) - Blu-ray Disc
Daddy's Little Girls (2007) - Blu-ray Disc
Saw III (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Crank (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
The Descent (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Chris Botti - Live With Orchestra and Special Guests (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
Employee of the Month (2006) - Blu-ray Disc
The Condemned (2007) - Blu-ray Disc
 
EviLore

EviLore

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Staff Member
Been a while since my last blu-ray purchase, but back into things. This time:

2001 (holy FUCK @ the screen caps I've seen from this transfer like really WOW...and the last time I watched it was on vhs hahaha)
Clockwork
Full Metal Jacket Deluxe Non-Shit Edition
Shining
Fifth Element Remastered
 
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OokieSpookie

Banned
EviLore said:
Been a while since my last blu-ray purchase, but back into things. This time:

2001 (holy FUCK @ the screen caps I've seen from this transfer like really WOW...and the last time I watched it was on vhs hahaha)
Clockwork
Full Metal Jacket Deluxe Non-Shit Edition
Shining
Fifth Element Remastered
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2001 is gold, and the Shining is awesome.
ALl great great choices.
 
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Naked Snake

Member
EviLore said:
Been a while since my last blu-ray purchase, but back into things. This time:

2001 (holy FUCK @ the screen caps I've seen from this transfer like really WOW...and the last time I watched it was on vhs hahaha)
Clockwork
Full Metal Jacket Deluxe Non-Shit Edition
Shining
Fifth Element Remastered
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Where are these screen caps at? I'd love to see them.
 
EviLore

EviLore

Expansive Ellipses
Staff Member
Naked Snake said:
Where are these screen caps at? I'd love to see them.
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http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=12008067&postcount=23

Low resolution pictures, so obviously not representative of the full quality of the blu-ray, but still astounding. This is a 1968 film we're talking about.

ScreenShots2001020a.jpg


AVSforum places it on Tier 0, the "completely flawless" tier, with only 5 other titles sharing that rank. Highdefdigest calls the video transfer a "godsend."
 
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Snah

Banned
Oni Jazar said:
Hot dayum. Good news to go with some good numbers:

We: 71:29
Ytd: 64:36
Si: 61:39

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Was hoping BD was do a little better, but with the $99 HD DVD players it was anyone's game.
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:lol :lol :lol :lol

So much for $99 HD-DVD players making a difference.
 
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dallow_bg

nods at old men
Oni Jazar said:
defjunkie @ AVS was nice enough to copy the JR.com sale items and order them by price:
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AVS forums back up?

Also, Buena Vista B1G1 deal is back up on Deep Discount.


http://www.deepdiscount.com/DVD---D...VcatId492067VVviewcat.htm?promoCode=BOGODISBR

Annapolis
Apocalypto
Bridge to Terabithia
Brothers Grimm
Casanova
Chicago
Chicken Little
Dark Water
Deja Vu
Dinosaur
Eight Below
Enemy of the State
Finding Neverland
Flightplan
G.I. Jane
Glory Road
Goal! The Dream Begins
Gone in 60 Seconds
Great Raid
Guardian
Haunted Mansion
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Invincible
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
King Arthur
Ladder 49
Lookout
Pearl Harbor
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Prestige
Primeval
Queen
Reign of Fire
Remember the Titans
Roving Mars
Sky High
Wild Hogs
Wild
 
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Snah

Banned
captive said:
Talk about delayed, and unneeded response.
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I just saw this news right now, and I'm actually surprised that Blu-Ray did so well for the week given all the FUD about how these extremely cheap players changes the face of this war.
 
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OokieSpookie

Banned
captive said:
Talk about delayed, and unneeded response.
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Come now, I know you are trying to turn over the give peace a chance leaf and all but some people can not be in the thread all day.
Let him enjoy it a little.
Hell can you even imagine how much shit talking this thread would be hit with if HD actually won a week?
You would have people that have never posted in here before jumping in left and right ( kind of like the Paramount announcement and the $99 announcement).

I think he came off as mildly restrained.
 
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captive

Joe Six-Pack: posting for the common man
Snah said:
I just saw this news right now, and I'm actually surprised that Blu-Ray did so well for the week given all the FUD about how these extremely cheap players changes the face of this war.
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Well then i have to ask, why did you believe the fud? I didnt buy for a second that Spiderman wouldnt propel blu-ray to a good week.

Ookiespoke said:
Come now, I know you are trying to turn over the give peace a chance leaf and all but some people can not be in the thread all day.
Let him enjoy it a little.
Hell can you even imagine how much shit talking this thread would be hit with if HD actually won a week?
You would have people that have never posted in here before jumping in left and right ( kind of like the Paramount announcement and the $99 announcement).
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alright ill give him that he's not in here all the time. Yes i could imagine if HD DVD won a week, it would probably be unbearable, more 1 time posters would come out of the woodwork to stick it to sony.
But two wrongs dont make a right, right?
I think he came off as mildly restrained.
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:lol
 
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Snah

Banned
I can't even imagine how next week is going to look with Ratatouille and Cars added into the mix...

You could see 80:20....EASILY....I'm not joking.

Like I said all along, the HD format wars currently aren't going to be won by cheap players. People who own an HDTV and buy blu-ray or HD-DVD movies that are more expensive than DVDs are still not your typical consumers. They are still high end. The fire sale of cheap players really does nothing to influence this war.

What will influence this war are a solid, established brand to push through the acceptance of Blu-Ray:

-PS3 does that, HD-DVD doesn't have anything close to that.
-Diverse range of studio support. With Fox, Sony, MGM, and Disney -- Blu-Ray has it. HD-DVD buying paramount out probably allowed them not to get obliterated this fall, but it's not enough.
 
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OokieSpookie

Banned
DoubleTap said:
Did anyone here really expected the $99.00 sale to make an impact in a matter of 2 days?
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Well you would think that if someone is going to buy a player that they would at least buy a movie or two to go with it no?
I mean i know that I would.
That plus the fact that there were quite a few A2s that were traded out for A3s with a few movies of your choice with them that do count as register sales.
 
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Snah

Banned
I wonder if these HD-DVD buyers were nothing more than ebay scalpers or current HD-DVD owners that wanted a stand alone unit?
 
Alcibiades

Alcibiades

Member
OokieSpookie said:
Well you would think that if someone is going to buy a player that they would at least buy a movie or two to go with it no?
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They likely would, but at least some of those $99 players are probably sitting on ebay (7000 or so went up almost instantly), some of them are probably for Christmas gifts, and probably a few are buying as a second player or an upgrade from 1st gen. or 360 add-on.
That plus the fact that there were quite a few A2s that were traded out for A3s with a few movies of your choice with them that do count as register sales.
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can you put a number "quite a few", because it was only people who ordered from a best buy site accessible through a google cache link that are reporting having been given A3's?

Compared to the 90,000 sold that weekend, it seems unlikely that would make a difference...

I'd say the big impact on last week came from the $399 PS3. Whether gamers were buying a movie or two, or whether enthusiasts were buying the cheapest Blu-ray player widely available, they probably saw a good bump in software from this...
 
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DoubleTap

Member
OokieSpookie said:
Well you would think that if someone is going to buy a player that they would at least buy a movie or two to go with it no?
I mean i know that I would.
That plus the fact that there were quite a few A2s that were traded out for A3s with a few movies of your choice with them that do count as register sales.
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I can see your point but since it's a 1 day sale on a work day, I can see most people just getting the player, just for the sake of getting it and then most people will be taking advantage of the free movies. There are also the "second unit" people And of course, there are the profiteers. The A3's that were swapped out took a while to ship. I can see people waiting to get the unit first before jumping in full bore. Just my take.
 
mr stroke

mr stroke

Member
Oni Jazar said:
I think next week will be a bigger week for Blu-ray. No big HD DVD titles besides a bad comedy, no $99 secret friday sales, going against Spiderman & Pixar.

Now Shrek week will be interesting. Too bad Dreamworks didn't package the trillogy like Matrix and Spiderman.

Also for Shrek week is Warner's big Ocean release. Aside from HP, that is going to be a very closely monitored set of titles. :)
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this really suprises me, there doesn't seem to be that much of a push for Shrek HD DVD, the comericals haven't been "on DVD and HD DVD" and I haven't seen anything in print. Plus what the hell is Dreamworks smoking by not making a box set "trilogy" of all three shrek movie on HD DVD?? considering they have made truck loads of money off the movies why would they NOT make a box set??!!
 
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OokieSpookie

Banned
mr stroke said:
this really suprises me, there doesn't seem to be that much of a push for Shrek HD DVD, the comericals haven't been "on DVD and HD DVD" and I haven't seen anything in print. Plus what the hell is Dreamworks smoking by not making a box set "trilogy" of all three shrek movie on HD DVD?? considering they have made truck loads of money off the movies why would they NOT make a box set??!!
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I did see one Shrek 3 Hd-dvd commercial last night, though I have seen tons of them for the dvd that do not even mention the HD version.
I do have an opinion why they are not releasing a boxed set yet but I will keep it to myself.
 
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kaizoku

I'm not as deluded as I make myself out to be
I know this may not fit here, but I'm tempted by the Harry Potter bluray set of films 1-5, love the books and the packaging is sweet.

but I cant find any info on it coming to the uk or the US versions being region-free.

anyone on here have any information on it? I guess I wont be able to get it :(
 
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OokieSpookie

Banned
kaizoku said:
I know this may not fit here, but I'm tempted by the Harry Potter bluray set of films 1-5, love the books and the packaging is sweet.

but I cant find any info on it coming to the uk or the US versions being region-free.

anyone on here have any information on it? I guess I wont be able to get it :(
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It is warner so it should be safe
 
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Kolgar

Member
VanMardigan said:
WOOT!!
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Rawk. Glad they came through for you!

edit: Tonight the girlfriend and I are checking out "Return to House on Haunted Hill." Probably a bad movie, but it's got that fancy new interactive branching feature that lets you choose what the characters do (fight or run? left door or right?) and--heh--how they die.

It's Warner. HD DVD and Blu-ray. Hopefully it's good for a laugh.
 
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mackaveli

Member
any Canadians ever use jr.com to order stuff from?

with 12.95 blu-rays will be dirt cheap for us Canadians with our dollar so i plan on ordering a couple but any Canucks use this website and is it good and reliable?

is shipping the same for US and Canada? i can only find US ship rates and doesnt say anything about Canada.

how long is the sale for?
 
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