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post #91 of 180
4/14/11 at 12:04am
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Nothing wrong with VC-1 per se just that the codec tends to lose fine detail with the average low bitrates Warner is notorious for using. AVC tends to retain fine detail better at comparable low balled bitrates.

A codec doesnt work that way.
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post #92 of 180
4/14/11 at 12:05am
Finally received my copy will watch this on Sat night. Finished watching Half Blood Prince (loved it) so I cant wait!!
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post #93 of 180
4/14/11 at 12:33am
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Originally Posted by Franin View Post

Finally received my copy will watch this on Sat night. Finished watching Half Blood Prince (loved it) so I cant wait!!

That's awesome. Looking forward to getting mine this Friday. I just may make a Potter weekend of it.
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post #94 of 180
4/14/11 at 12:53am
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That's awesome. Looking forward to getting mine this Friday. I just may make a Potter weekend of it.

I'll do that when I get the last one
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post #95 of 180
4/15/11 at 7:10am
Has anyone in the US received their copy from Amazon yet? Mine is not going to arrive today, and I'm kind of in a battle with them. I pre-ordered months ago (and I have been a Prime member for three years), and they waited until last night to ship via USPS. When I complained, the CS rep said that it wasn't eligible for release date delivery. Just wondering if anyone else was hearing this.
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post #96 of 180
4/15/11 at 7:13am
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Has anyone in the US received their copy from Amazon yet? Mine is not going to arrive today, and I'm kind of in a battle with them. I pre-ordered months ago (and I have been a Prime member for three years), and they waited until last night to ship via USPS. When I complained, the CS rep said that it wasn't eligible for release date delivery. Just wondering if anyone else was hearing this.

I am an Amazon Primer member and received my copy of this movie yesterday (Thursday).

Regards,

Steve
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post #97 of 180
4/15/11 at 7:22am
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I am an Amazon Primer member and received my copy of this movie yesterday (Thursday).

Regards,

Steve

Thanks, Steve. Did you get the combo pack or just the single BR version?
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post #98 of 180
4/15/11 at 9:19am
If interested, J&R has the combo pack for $19.99.

Don't know about shipping, taxes, etc. though.

http://www.jr.com/product/movie/pv/_1194670V/
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post #99 of 180
4/15/11 at 9:23am
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Has anyone in the US received their copy from Amazon yet? Mine is not going to arrive today, and I'm kind of in a battle with them. I pre-ordered months ago (and I have been a Prime member for three years), and they waited until last night to ship via USPS. When I complained, the CS rep said that it wasn't eligible for release date delivery. Just wondering if anyone else was hearing this.

Mine is out for delivery, single disc, amazon prime.
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post #100 of 180
4/15/11 at 10:15am
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Originally Posted by robertc88 View Post

If interested, J&R has the combo pack for $19.99.

Don't know about shipping, taxes, etc. though.

http://www.jr.com/product/movie/pv/_1194670V/

They changed the price on the website. Guess they saw what everyone else was charging for the combo pack.
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post #101 of 180
4/15/11 at 12:35pm
got mine from amazon less than a half hour ago
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post #102 of 180
4/15/11 at 1:14pm
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Originally Posted by BigDad View Post

Has anyone in the US received their copy from Amazon yet? Mine is not going to arrive today, and I'm kind of in a battle with them. I pre-ordered months ago (and I have been a Prime member for three years), and they waited until last night to ship via USPS. When I complained, the CS rep said that it wasn't eligible for release date delivery. Just wondering if anyone else was hearing this.

Mine shipped at 4:30p PT on Thursday and I just got the delivery notice. It was shipped from Reno, NV to the Seattle, WA area via Ontario, CA. I used the usual Amazon Prime 2 day shipping and it went via UPS Next Day Air Saver.
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post #103 of 180
4/15/11 at 2:30pm
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Originally Posted by BIslander View Post

Mine shipped at 4:30p PT on Thursday and I just got the delivery notice. It was shipped from Reno, NV to the Seattle, WA area via Ontario, CA. I used the usual Amazon Prime 2 day shipping and it went via UPS Next Day Air Saver.



Same here, got confirmation my copy has been delivered.
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post #104 of 180
4/15/11 at 3:04pm
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Originally Posted by jdk33 View Post

Same here, got confirmation my copy has been delivered.

Thanks, guys. Did you get the single disc or the combo? Just curious, since I ordered the combo.
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post #105 of 180
4/15/11 at 3:11pm
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Thanks, Steve. Did you get the combo pack or just the single BR version?

Got the single disc version.
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post #106 of 180
4/15/11 at 3:50pm
^^ got the combo version myself
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post #107 of 180
4/15/11 at 4:07pm
combo here, too.
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post #108 of 180
4/15/11 at 5:04pm
Im a Prime member ordered the combo got it this am about 10:30
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post #109 of 180
4/15/11 at 6:52pm
Prime member here and got my combo version today.
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post #110 of 180
4/15/11 at 7:14pm
Thanks for the feedback, guys. If it were a different title, I wouldn't mind as much - but my daughter is a HUGE Harry Potter fan, and we had been planning a viewing party for tonight - which we had to cancel. Plus the CS Rep telling me it was my fault for not knowing that this title wasn't eligible for "Release date delivery" - that really ticked me off.
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post #111 of 180
4/15/11 at 7:22pm
Prime here also, combo, received today.
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post #112 of 180
4/15/11 at 7:54pm
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Plus the CS Rep telling me it was my fault for not knowing that this title wasn't eligible for "Release date delivery" - that really ticked me off.

i could swear it said it was eligible for release date delivery
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post #113 of 180
4/15/11 at 7:59pm
I was going to order mine from Amazon, but I went to Best Buy instead and got the exclusive 4th disc (65 minutes of bonus contents). I can't wait to watch this again.
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post #114 of 180
4/15/11 at 10:03pm
The Best Buy deal is by far the way to go. You get an extra disc, a "fat" 4 disc Bluray case, and a special lenticular slip cover. All for the same price, 22.99, as the combo pack is sold everywhere else.
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post #115 of 180
4/15/11 at 11:04pm
+1, got the combo pack, $25 flat after taxes

Thx

Jay
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post #116 of 180
4/16/11 at 7:36am
I was wondering if anyone had the same impression of one of the first scenes of the movie. In the scene at the beginning of the movie, right after the WB logo, when Snape arrives out of the smoke and walks through the gate, I have a hard time determining anything from the picture as it appears very dark to me. I've read a lot of reviews praising the depth/black levels so I was curious if anyone had the same impression of this scene. BTW, I have an ISF professionally calibrated tv so I'm not sure if it's my settings or the disc picture. Thoughts?
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post #117 of 180
4/16/11 at 8:12am
That's just the look of the film. It was like that in the theater as well, especially that scene. This Blu Ray does have good black levels to me but that still won't matter when the the original film intentionally drowns out detail by bathing it overwhelming darkness in some scenes. It's really only the fist 30 or so minutes of the film though( prime examples being the Snape arriving scene, arriving at the Burrow after the Seven Potters, and the scene where Ron talks Harry out of leaving.) Any other scenes where there is a lot of darkness/lack of color come off quite well all things considered.
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post #118 of 180
4/16/11 at 9:36am
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Originally Posted by Saturius View Post

That's just the look of the film. It was like that in the theater as well, especially that scene. This Blu Ray does have good black levels to me but that still won't matter when the the original film intentionally drowns out detail by bathing it overwhelming darkness in some scenes. It's really only the fist 30 or so minutes of the film though( prime examples being the Snape arriving scene, arriving at the Burrow after the Seven Potters, and the scene where Ron talks Harry out of leaving.) Any other scenes where there is a lot of darkness/lack of color come off quite well all things considered.

Thanks! What you described about the first 30 minutes was my impression also. Since I read a bunch of glowing reviews which included praise for black levels and detail, I just wanted confirmation that the scene was in fact incredibly dark with hard to discern detail and it wasn't an issue with my brightness setting, etc.
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post #119 of 180
4/16/11 at 11:04am
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Originally Posted by mike171979 View Post

The Best Buy deal is by far the way to go. You get an extra disc, a "fat" 4 disc Bluray case, and a special lenticular slip cover. All for the same price, 22.99, as the combo pack is sold everywhere else.

+1000. A few folks while I was at the store yesterday took my advice to get that version.

Not sure what the thinking was on BB's part for selling it as the same price as the combo pack sold everywhere else including themselves but I ain't complaining because I would have paid a few bucks more for the fat extra disc one I purchased!

All that lenticular slip is way cool!
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post #120 of 180
4/16/11 at 5:19pm
i went to BB and picked up the standard 3 disc version and as i was walking to the register i noticed the holographic cover on the 4 disc one, so i swapped it out and didn't realize it had an extra disc till i got home.. Bonus!! They really should label them better. Other then the fancy jacket i didn't know they were different till i opened it.

Dr.
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