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Old 11-24-2014, 10:00 AM   #5911
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    Person of Interest Season 3 dropped to 14.99, my order from yesterday hasn't shipped yet so got another $8 off.

    Newsroom 2 - $23
    Walking Dead 1 - $10
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    Total - $47

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    Have you put an e-mail notification on through Blu-ray.com? Their system works awesome. At this time of year I always get a tonne of notifications coming through as I have some 80+ titles with price alerts.
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    Old 11-24-2014, 10:48 AM   #5913
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    That BrBa set is tempting. Been on my Amazon list.
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    Old 11-24-2014, 10:52 AM   #5914
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    Person of Interest Season 3 dropped to 14.99, my order from yesterday hasn't shipped yet so got another $8 off.

    Newsroom 2 - $23
    Walking Dead 1 - $10
    POI 3 - $15
    Total - $47



    Have you put an e-mail notification on through Blu-ray.com? Their system works awesome. At this time of year I always get a tonne of notifications coming through as I have some 80+ titles with price alerts.
    will do that now, thanks
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    Old 11-25-2014, 12:19 AM   #5915
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    Picked up Newsroom S2 for $22, Grand Budapest Hotel for like $13, and Prometheus for $4 (I can enjoy that movie for $4).
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    http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B007ZQ...6918572&sr=1-1

    Lotr box set for $30 today!
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    The Dark Night Trilogy: Ultimate Collectors Edition is only $44.50 on Amazon

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...REM54343AE6PV5
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    FYI, Amazon has Grand Budapest Hotel currently for 6 bucks. Its on backorder, but totally worth buying for that kind of money. It'll probably ship in the next week or two

    http://www.amazon.com/Grand-Budapest...=UTF8&sr=&qid=
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    FYI, Amazon has Grand Budapest Hotel currently for 6 bucks. Its on backorder, but totally worth buying for that kind of money. It'll probably ship in the next week or two

    http://www.amazon.com/Grand-Budapest...=UTF8&sr=&qid=
    Best Buy has it for the same price in-store. I picked up The Sandlot on Blu-Ray for six bucks also.
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    Old 01-21-2015, 10:25 PM   #5920
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    FYI, Amazon has Grand Budapest Hotel currently for 6 bucks. Its on backorder, but totally worth buying for that kind of money. It'll probably ship in the next week or two

    http://www.amazon.com/Grand-Budapest...=UTF8&sr=&qid=
    Damn, I bought it when it dropped to $13 not long ago and I haven't even watched it yet (saw it in the theatre). Never would have guessed it would drop to $6.
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    Old 04-19-2015, 09:09 AM   #5921
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    Best Buy has Planet Earth Special Edition on sale for 20 bucks.

    http://www.bestbuy.com/site/planet-e...&skuId=3521346

    In store pick up only, unfortunately. I had a $10 rewards, so I just nabbed this for ten bucks out the door.
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    Thanks for the info arby. Unfortunately none of the stores close to me had it available
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    Old 04-20-2015, 10:40 AM   #5923
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    I think Amazon has it for 37 or so with prime shipping.
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    I think Amazon has it for 37 or so with prime shipping.
    Yeah I saw that. That's almost double and not that I'm hurting for money, but I'm just going to put a price watch on it.

    It's one of those items that I'll wait for a great deal for.
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    The Ultra HD Blu-ray spec has been formalized. 4K Blu-ray movies could be available by the end of the year. Now the question becomes how long to wait to jump into 4K....

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2...tion/27155765/
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    The real question is how much longer movies get released on a physical disc.

    I prefer having a physical copy by a mile, but the industry is headed in the digital/download/cloud direction.
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    I assume you need a 4K TV to take advantage of Ultra HD Blu-Ray?

    I will wait for early adopters before switching. Plus I was under the impression that current consoles are not 4K compatible and did not work with 4K TVs.
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    Old 05-12-2015, 11:54 AM   #5928
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    The real question is how much longer movies get released on a physical disc.

    I prefer having a physical copy by a mile, but the industry is headed in the digital/download/cloud direction.
    Yes, that is one of the questions. I hate needing to rely on my internet connection to watch something I own though. Even if streaming ever becomes as high quality as a physical disc, I don't want to have to rely on some company's cloud storage to retain things that I've purchased and I don't want to have to spend $3 or whatever to "rent" a movie every time I want to watch it. I think there will always be a place for physical media. The number of people buying that physical media will decline over time though (it already has).

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    I assume you need a 4K TV to take advantage of Ultra HD Blu-Ray?

    I will wait for early adopters before switching. Plus I was under the impression that current consoles are not 4K compatible and did not work with 4K TVs.
    Yes, you'll need a 4K TV. I don't really know anything about the gaming consoles, but I don't see any reason why they wouldn't be able to use a 4K TV. They will only display in the maximum resolution of the console (1080), but they will still be able to use the TV at that resolution.

    It sounds like there are things like HDR technology that will be worth waiting to buy a 4K TV. "Mature" 4K TV's are probably still at least 1.5 to 2 years away I'm guessing.
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    If you prefer to start your 4K collection even though you haven't bought a 4K TV yet, according to page 230 of the BDA 45 final report the 4K players will down convert UHD discs to HDMI 1.4 1080p.

    I went Blu-ray for its audio advantages over DVD for almost 2 years before I upgraded my 32" 480i CRT to a 1080p plasma.
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    Old 05-12-2015, 03:56 PM   #5930
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    For the AVR side, Onkyo have already announced two models supporting HDMI 2.0 with HDCP 2.2 and both Dolby Atmos and DTS:X as well as full 4K support including HDR - http://www.onkyousa.com/Products/mod...urce=prodClass

    Very exciting stuff!
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    Old 05-12-2015, 04:31 PM   #5931
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    The real question is how much longer movies get released on a physical disc.

    I prefer having a physical copy by a mile, but the industry is headed in the digital/download/cloud direction.
    My problem is that technology is moving so fast, it's financially irresponsible to continue updating my movie collection with whatever the new medium is. I tried to start with BD, but now we're talking about yet another one.

    You factor in the law of diminishing returns, and while TECHNICALLY 4K may be that much better than HD, I just don't see it as the same level of upgrade over HD. I understand numbers wise it may be the equivalent, but I physically can't tell that big of a difference. So the quality difference vs. cost just doesn't make sense.
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    I've really only transitioned once. I never had much of a VHS collection so DVD was when I really started collecting movies. Rather than upgrading my collection I tend to look at it more as what I'm going to buy moving forward. No doubt I will eventually move to 4K OLED mostly because of how amazing the PQ of that display technology is but also to take advantage of the benefits UHD Blu-ray will bring other than just resolution. I don't need to upgrade movies I watch maybe once a year. But a NEW movie, sure. My top movies I'll upgrade. The vast majority of my Blu-ray collection will remain.

    I'm banking on my VT60 plasma lasting me another 4-5 years, then I'll upgrade my AVR and TV. In the interim if a player + UHD movies will work fine on my existing set-up then I'm looking solely at the cost of a player which will be affordable very quickly, and then titles I haven't bought yet on Blu.
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    Old 05-12-2015, 05:20 PM   #5933
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    I'm not double dipping this time. Maybe for a few movies but I have a ton of blurays that I also have the same dvd. I'll buy new releases though.
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    Will not buy Disney movies a third time...just mad I do not have a vt60
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    not gonna buy star wars again. im not gonna fucking do it.
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    I would only buy the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy's II and III were shot digitally at 1440x1080 and 1920x1080 respectively. I can't imagine them returning to the original negatives just to do a 4K release of I + original trilogy.
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    not gonna buy star wars again. im not gonna fucking do it.
    Stop lying to yourself. Especially when Disney allows for the original un-effed-with non-Special Edition trilogy on UHD Blu-Ray.
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    We'll all say we won't get fooled again, and that we won't double dip.


    We'll all double dip. It starts with "just the classics" or "just the favorites" then the next thing you know the price has come down and you're rebuilding your collection all over again and giving your BD's to your parents because they're still living in the stone age.
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    We'll all say we won't get fooled again, and that we won't double dip.


    We'll all double dip. It starts with "just the classics" or "just the favorites" then the next thing you know the price has come down and you're rebuilding your collection all over again and giving your BD's to your parents because they're still living in the stone age.
    Pretty much. However, I would say that I never "rebuilt" my DVD collection on Blu-ray. I did buy things like Indiana Jones, Star Wars, LOTR, and a few others, but that was about it. Everything else in my Blu-ray collection is newer movies. I'm in the process of trying to figure out how to get rid of my DVD collection since I haven't watched a DVD in probably 6 years or something. Kind of sad considering how many movies I have on DVD that I really enjoy.

    For UHD, I'd like to only re-buy them for movies that would really benefit from the upgrade. I just know that I'm excited about the possibility of seeing something like Saving Private Ryan in 4K with Dolby Atmos surround sound.
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    My problem is that technology is moving so fast, it's financially irresponsible to continue updating my movie collection with whatever the new medium is. I tried to start with BD, but now we're talking about yet another one.

    You factor in the law of diminishing returns, and while TECHNICALLY 4K may be that much better than HD, I just don't see it as the same level of upgrade over HD. I understand numbers wise it may be the equivalent, but I physically can't tell that big of a difference. So the quality difference vs. cost just doesn't make sense.
    I thought the same thing before I saw native 4K content in a Best Buy a while back. I was truly impressed with the image quality and it was immediately apparent that there was a difference. It will also benefit bigger displays a lot. I'm talking like 85 inch screens.

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    I've really only transitioned once. I never had much of a VHS collection so DVD was when I really started collecting movies. Rather than upgrading my collection I tend to look at it more as what I'm going to buy moving forward. No doubt I will eventually move to 4K OLED mostly because of how amazing the PQ of that display technology is but also to take advantage of the benefits UHD Blu-ray will bring other than just resolution. I don't need to upgrade movies I watch maybe once a year. But a NEW movie, sure. My top movies I'll upgrade. The vast majority of my Blu-ray collection will remain.

    I'm banking on my VT60 plasma lasting me another 4-5 years, then I'll upgrade my AVR and TV. In the interim if a player + UHD movies will work fine on my existing set-up then I'm looking solely at the cost of a player which will be affordable very quickly, and then titles I haven't bought yet on Blu.
    I have a 65" VT50, but this year I'm building a new house and it's going to have a dedicated home theatre room. I'm a little uneasy about what equipment to buy for it. I won't need to make those decisions until later this summer or fall, but the 4K hardware just isn't mature yet. I'm for sure wiring it for Dolby Atmos and I'll have to make sure the HDMI cables can handle HDMI 2.0, but I'm guessing I'm going to have to "settle" with my existing equipment until 4K catches up. Kind of disappointing that it's not quite here yet, but I guess it's good that it's getting closer.
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