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Lots of BOGO sales this week for Blu-ray. They are trying to counter the sale of Transformers this week. Most discs, most places. If there are any BD titles you want get them now.
Jack
Follow Ups:
I browsed through the Sunday paper flyer as well but missed it. But evidently there a ton of internet posters claiming ALL their Blu-rays are ringing up half price at the checkout counter; heck even HD DVDs are ringing up at half price. There's got be a glitch in the CC system somewhere which hasn't been corrected (yet).Instead I dropped by BB and picked up 6 on BOGO and 3 more at $14.99.
And I grabbed Enemy Of The State, A Scanner Darkly, and (wishful thinking) The Matrix Ultimate Collection, and I had the first available person to a price scan and...everything came up at full retail! Disappointed, I put everything back, picked up an SD card that was on sale and got to talking about this alleged discount to the guys up at the customer service counter, and one guy said "It's a twofer deal, and we have to push a couple of extra buttons to get it to come up". When I asked about HD DVD, he said, "Yeah, bring them up, and we'll see what we can do".
The deal runs at least until Saturday, and the trick is finding someone who has a clue that it exists. "All but one" individual title is covered, said one of the other CS guys, but I didn't ask which title that was--Transformers, maybe.
They really need to lower the price of discs if they want the masses to jump in.
Jack
Even if the prices dropped to $12, there's a lot of movies that I only want to watch once, if that.
Only one place in my area rented high-def (Hollywood Video), and they just closed that big store down. Pity too, because it was one of just a very few "Library Stores" in the country. Blockbuster in my area has so far been worthless. Time for me to start bugging the guys at the big local indy place.
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I sort of want "Enemy Of The State" but got no 2nd disk to pair it up with! Already got "Hitchhiker's Guide" and "Prestige", don't know that I need to own "The Brothers Grimm". And here I was all eager to go on an anime-fest :-/
Folks are going to retailers and finding lots more on sale than just selected titles! There wasn't even suppose to be anything for HD DVD and Circuit City it appears is also showing discounts with those when folks check out.
I tried ordering "Tekkonkinkreet" and "Paprika" on B-D, and the site is showing a whopping $38.96/ea, no discounts, and no in-store availability.
Sorry I didn't make that very clear.
So as not to miss out on things, thumb through posts on avsforum from time to time. What was happening with retailers was posted as early as Sunday midday.
Couldn't resist. Although they are not advertising, almost every blu-ray and HD DVD, with the exception of anything with MSRP > $30, was half off.
This night was painful to the wallet: Between BB and CC, I picked up 14 blu-rays and 2 HD DVDs, all but one were $15.00 or less. The exception was the one (1) Blu-ray I had planned to buy anyway (AC/DC).
With a local Blockbuster store now carrying 200+ BDs and having 2 for 1 on Monday through Wednesday coupled with Netflix basically having little to no wait on most titles at my hub, I can get most anything I want to view rather quickly.
I took advantage of the sale of course but I wasn't going crazy like lots of folks I was reading about on BD and HD DVD forums. Maybe they are retired and can watch movies all day or like to view the same things continually. The price is right but I still cannot see doing it. Besides, I need money for SACDs! :)
I picked up my first XRCDs and Turtle Records SACDs to try out just for grins. Gave Reference Recordings a rant on lack of hi-rez discs and bought a couple or RR CDs anyway.I haven't been to Blockbusters nor rented movies in years. I guess I should check the local one to see if it has any Blu-rays.
-------------"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
This looks like a coordinated event. If so, I like what they did. Who can complain about BOGO ? And a plot like this would make sense. This is HD DVDs best shot at winning the Software sales edge for one (1) week out of the year. Multiple Blu-ray BOGOs could stop this. HD DVD could do the same thing later, but they'll also have to compete with upcoming Blu-ray blockbusters every week until the end of the year.
Or.... Serendipity... A perfect storm of Retailers all deciding at the same time to have Blu-ray BOGOs all at the same time at the same week HD DVDs biggest blockbuster is being released.
When one retailer does it, does the other really have a choice??
Why isn't there BOGOs for HD DVD? The speculation seems to lie in subsidizing for BD, at least that is what I've been reading.
Got what I wanted on Sunday and I had a gift card for Best Buy to boot. Made a nice little haul! :)
> > > When one retailer does it, does the other really have a choice?? < < <
Yes. It was never so many stores before, both B&M, and online.> > > Why isn't there BOGOs for HD DVD? < < <
Because its being sponsored by the BDA?This is a good time to buy BD titles, unfortunately, there isn't much out there on BD that I want.
I also have to decide whether or not to stick with BD, which will mean buying a new player.
Jack
While they have had sales here and there in the past, AFAIK, just about every disc in every store (in the US) is on sale in some form or another, which is a first. I don't think its a coincidence that its happening this week.
Jack
-------------"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
That's what I was originally told. I should have confirmed first. :-(
Circuit City *supposedly* has all titles under $30 on sale. At least some Frys have all titles under $30 on sale (BOGO). BB only has a dozen or so.
Its still a coordinated effort nonetheless.
Jack
And that goes for all kinds of A/V products and other items, not just BDs.
-------------"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
Some of the BDAs folks have hinted at a massive hardware sales blitz for the Holidays.
...for $398.84 plus tax, for one day only (today).
I'll give Transformers its due credit as it appears many are interested in it but I would not say it is a blockbuster HD DVD! Therw would be so many more other titles that would peak my interest if I had a player.
including this tidbit:
"When asked about the competing BLU-RAY/HD-DVD technologies, Alan Bell (tech specialist for Paramount) said their main goal was to put something out that could play on all HD-DVD players, including the oldest ones. It was noted that BLU-RAY doesn't have this amount of accessibility at the moment."
Jack
It will be a big seller. It did well at the box office, and its the kind of movie that looks good in HD. I expect stores to sell out of it.
Jack
Concepts such as plot, character development, acting, etc... are secondary to the the whiz bang, kablooie special effects which make "Transformers" such an attractive movie despite the poor critical ratings. I think if would have been a decent demo disk IF it had had a lossless audio track.
Blu-ray fanboys are having a good time playing up the rumors (with a Paramount source) that a TrueHD track was left out because of space constraints.
Incredible bargain, as their prices are already cheaper than most other places. Many discs (like the remastered 'Fifth Element') were just $9.99. I got 6 discs in all, and I don't even have a BD player yet. (But I am planning on getting one soon.)
Russell
Not sure what amp you have. Some of these soundtracks are to die for if you have the proper equipment.
...which is all I'm set up for. I realize that the MCH tracks on the BDs will be folded down, but that'll be OK with me. (It's perfectly fine with standard DVDs in my setup.)
Russell
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