Slight Twist...What titles are now must haves that are priced ABOVE original retail?

Band of Brothers
Bonnie and Clyde

Triplettes of Bellville
Out of Time
Brotherhood of the Wolf

This should give a few:
http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=12350756...41&sort=-price

As a "must have" I would add "Chicago & Earth, Wind & Fire - Live at the Greek Theatre". Picked it up used a while back from Newbury Comics for $15 but otherwise I've never seen it under $30. Just checked now and a used copy is $35. Tremendous concert, Chicago is a little weak but mainly because they have to share the stage with E,W&F who'd shame just about any band today. Tell Bono and da Boss "do NOT have these guys as your opening act!"

No, of course they're not all must haves. I was just throwing out Amazon's highest cost HD DVDs since that would be a good place to scout around for a few that meet your criteria. The only one I have to add here is the one mentioned before: Chicago/EW&F. And I would agree with the nomination of "Band of Brothers" and "Bonnie and Clyde"

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

Star Trek Original Series: Season One remains relatively high-priced;
Freedom (never came down in price and remains split into expensive single-episode retail discs);
Bonnie and Clyde (Warner's first and only Digipak HD-DVD movie);
Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise (see "Freedom");
Band of Brothers (Japanese only HD-DVD release was criminally underproduced and overpriced; the ultimate proof of HD-DVD fandom ).

I wish I'd bought "Band of Brothers" when I had the chance.

Forbidden Planet remains high in price.

You can still get it for about the same price it has always been, around $150-$200. ebay lists one set as a BIN used for $160.

$8.99 @ deepdiscount.com

The Wild Bunch is up there.

The HD DVD version of "Digital Video Essentials: HD Basics" probably costs more than the list price today. It is essential if you don't have the BD version.

Sorry to post an eBay link, but this shows a very interesting price range for discs. From $3 for Swordfish to $45 for In The Valley Of Elah!



http://search.stores.ebay.com/pieceo...rsrtZdQQsofpZ0

Sold out.

Forbidden Planet $11.99 @ Frys.com (+ shipping)

Wow ,


I never seen the first 2 titles before? Why, why didn't I buy Zombie Farm back in the days, and why I missed it so totally?

Zombie Farm was only made available a couple of months ago.

Star Trek is available for waaaaaaaay less than its original $200+ asking price on E-bay. Royal Space Force? Quite a few of us got it from Blockbuster for cheap.

Bonnie and Clyde is definitely pretty pricey. The last Opus Arte titles are pricey, too. The Blu-Ray's are cheaper at Amazon.

Amazon.Ca has several "RARE" catalouge titles IN STOCK, i have purchased several that i missed incl Grand Prix and Sublime but that1 is now discontinued.

They have Bonnie and Clyde for a reasonable prize anyway
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B001...pf_rd_i=915398

It was released on February 4th of last year and sold a few copies (from reading another forum of a couple members that bought it), but a few weeks later they were pulled when Toshiba threw in the towel. Undoubtedly those four copies sold on ebay a few months ago were the unsold ones.

Birthrite is the only other Amazon exclusive Indie title that made it out (AFAIK), released at the same time as Zombie Farm. Both of these titles were encoded on DVD-r media.

A few other rare titles, although they couldn't qualify as 'must haves' because they have no English support (but they are great movies) are

For a Few Dollars More (Italy)
Downfall (Spain)

The motocycle diaries.

I was wishy-washy and didn't commit until the war ended, and then I bought a PS3. But when places started blowing out HD DVD players and discs, I pretty much stopped buying BDs (with the exception of new releases) and only bought HD DVDs on sale. So, with the exception of one disc, I bought every one of my HD DVDs at a steep discount. The only one I paid retail (actually a bit above) for was Brotherhood of the Wolf.

I think this might still be available at Value Electronics for $19.99. Seems like I saw it for sale there . . .

Good call. I went and looked on ebay and found an auction that was about to end. I probably shouldn't have spent the money, but I decided to pull the trigger for old time's sake.

Sorry about that . . . well, sort of.