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post #301 of 381
3/18/13 at 5:23pm
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Originally Posted by 42Plasmaman View Post

Mainly older music/concert/documentaries that haven't made their way to blu-ray or most likely never will.
Ah ha! So I'm not the only one!
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post #302 of 381
3/18/13 at 6:00pm
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Originally Posted by bruceames View Post

I don't think Blu-rays are too expensive. There's a lot of price variation though. Popular new releases like Skyfall are street priced very reasonable and in line with what DVD was back in 2004. The main difference is that it's a much better value because you get not only the Blu-ray but the DVD and UV/DC. I can't see why anyone would complain it's too high. Also catalog movies from major studios are on the whole very reasonably priced and there are lots of bargains too. Again, no reason to complain about that either

Less popular new releases, both new movies and theatrical catalog can be pricey though, and may in fact be a little too high.
Hard to figure out pricing strategy for different retailers. I just checked Amazon and the following movies are priced at , The Hobbit $25.99 (under $20 at Wal-Mart), Rise of the Guardians $29.99 (under $20 at Wal-Mart), Life of Pi $22.99, Zero Dark 30 $22.99, Lincoln $26.99.
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post #303 of 381
3/18/13 at 6:22pm
One of the reasons I was upset with Circuit City closing was they used to balance the pricing with Best Buy. I would always shop at the lowest price.
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post #304 of 381
3/18/13 at 6:26pm
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Originally Posted by SergeantYnot View Post

One of the reasons I was upset with Circuit City closing was they used to balance the pricing with Best Buy. I would always shop at the lowest price.
There's always price matching.
I've never had an issue having BB PM Target, Walmart, Frys or Amazon.
I do my PMing at the customer service desk.
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post #305 of 381
3/18/13 at 9:53pm
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Originally Posted by 42Plasmaman View Post

There's always price matching.
I've never had an issue having BB PM Target, Walmart, Frys or Amazon.
I do my PMing at the customer service desk.

Youre talking about right now. im talking about the circuit city era (pre 2009). Target didnt have a price matching policy back then, and Best Buy only price matched "printed ads". At one point frys was the exception and excluded to the printed ad price match. Back then BB and circuit city really just sniped each other.

Best buy recently just started to price match frys and newegg as well. I just helped my relative price match a $150 printer for $78. Everyone is getting cutthroat now. biggrin.gif
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post #306 of 381
3/18/13 at 10:50pm
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Originally Posted by SergeantYnot View Post

Youre talking about right now. im talking about the circuit city era (pre 2009). Target didnt have a price matching policy back then, and Best Buy only price matched "printed ads". At one point frys was the exception and excluded to the printed ad price match. Back then BB and circuit city really just sniped each other.

Best buy recently just started to price match frys and newegg as well. I just helped my relative price match a $150 printer for $78. Everyone is getting cutthroat now. biggrin.gif
They price match pretty much every legit online vendor now.
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post #307 of 381
3/19/13 at 12:05am
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Originally Posted by JukeBox360 View Post

Does anyone here buy a normal DVD anymore?

Rom-coms for my wife and movies for the kids - plus some older documentaries and concert DVDs.
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post #308 of 381
3/19/13 at 4:38am
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Originally Posted by JukeBox360 View Post

Does anyone here buy a normal DVD anymore?

Absolutely. BD tends to focus on blockbusters and a small percentage of catalog titles. There is still so much on DVD that is not and probably never will be on BD.
J
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post #309 of 381
3/19/13 at 6:04am
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Originally Posted by Big J View Post

Absolutely. BD tends to focus on blockbusters and a small percentage of catalog titles. There is still so much on DVD that is not and probably never will be on BD.
J

Because the studios know that the lesser known titles will not sell on blu-ray. Its all about $$$$
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post #310 of 381
3/19/13 at 10:10am
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Originally Posted by daniels1994 View Post

Because the studios know that the lesser known titles will not sell on blu-ray. Its all about $$$$
Well that stinks because most movies I love aren't the new ones. It's the older ones. I'm huge on HD. But some movies I just got to have!
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post #311 of 381
3/19/13 at 5:03pm
I'm surprised this thread is still going... I thought it was decided that Blu Ray discs are pretty cheap.

I mean we'll never see $10 or $20 MSRPs until Blu Ray has been superseded.
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post #312 of 381
3/19/13 at 5:49pm
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Originally Posted by daniels1994 View Post

Because the studios know that the lesser known titles will not sell on blu-ray. Its all about $$$$

One reason cataloge titles don't sell as well is that most people don't even know they're available. Unless you follow weekly-release lists, you'd never know. Almost no advertising, not carried at Best Buy, Blockbuster/Netflix (for the most part), Redbox, etc. etc. For example, on the WILLOW thread, one person mentioned that he had no idea a BD edition of the film was even out. It was only due to seeing Ralph Potts' review that he found out. For those who don't regularly read Internet BD review sites, the titles may as well not even exist.
Edited by cinema13 - 3/19/13 at 6:08pm
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post #313 of 381
3/19/13 at 6:12pm
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Originally Posted by daniels1994 View Post

Because the studios know that the lesser known titles will not sell on blu-ray. Its all about $$$$

Of couse it's all about money... I assume you have a 401K... Isn't it, too, all about money?
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post #314 of 381
3/19/13 at 6:50pm
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Originally Posted by JukeBox360 View Post

Does anyone here buy a normal DVD anymore?

No, I only buy Blu-rays. But I do rent DVDs.
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post #315 of 381
3/19/13 at 9:07pm
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Originally Posted by Morpheo View Post

No, I only buy Blu-rays. But I do rent DVDs.
Where the heck can you even rent em?
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post #316 of 381
3/19/13 at 9:25pm
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Originally Posted by JukeBox360 View Post

Where the heck can you even rent em?

Redbox, Netflix, and Blockbuster
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post #317 of 381
3/20/13 at 4:51am
BDs are relatively newer at redbox, and cost more to rent than DVDs.
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post #318 of 381
3/20/13 at 8:22am
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Originally Posted by SergeantYnot View Post

BDs are relatively newer at redbox, and cost more to rent than DVDs.
.50 cents though. That isn't bad IMO.
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post #319 of 381
3/20/13 at 9:51am
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Originally Posted by JukeBox360 View Post

Where the heck can you even rent em?

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Originally Posted by cinema13 View Post

Redbox, Netflix, and Blockbuster

And my local video store, which is about 1.5 mn away from my home smile.gif They still have much less Blu-rays than dvds for rent, so I often end up renting dvds... I rent quite a few french films as well, and these are often not even available on Blu-ray so... But when I buy, it's always Blu-ray now.
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post #320 of 381
3/20/13 at 1:54pm
Besides redbox. I haven't seen a single store that you can rent DVDs from in a very long time.
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post #321 of 381
3/20/13 at 2:25pm
^^ There's plenty of rental stores in my city, including small mom and pop shops. I've even seen a few Blockbuster stores that have survived as well, though they are fading fast. You must live in the boonies. tongue.gif
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post #322 of 381
3/20/13 at 2:51pm
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Originally Posted by SergeantYnot View Post

^^ There's plenty of rental stores in my city, including small mom and pop shops. I've even seen a few Blockbuster stores that have survived as well, though they are fading fast. You must live in the boonies. tongue.gif

Indeed I do.
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post #323 of 381
3/20/13 at 3:08pm
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Originally Posted by blacklion View Post

I do wish they had kept the LD disc size and packaging for DVD eek.gif
Why would you want all that bulk and weight if it's not needed? What's so fascinating about a 12 inch diameter?
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post #324 of 381
3/20/13 at 3:46pm
That's what she said!
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post #325 of 381
3/20/13 at 4:55pm
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Originally Posted by RobertR View Post

Why would you want all that bulk and weight if it's not needed? What's so fascinating about a 12 inch diameter?

They were classy...and sometimes even autographed by the director (i.e PHANTASM, THE SHOOT HORSES DON'T THEY, etc.) and often came with cool stiff like posters, lobby cards, barf bags, and other stuff.
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post #326 of 381
3/20/13 at 5:02pm
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Originally Posted by cinema13 View Post

They were classy...and sometimes even autographed by the director (i.e PHANTASM, THE SHOOT HORSES DON'T THEY, etc.) and often came with cool stiff like posters, lobby cards, barf bags, and other stuff.

That's what the Big Box o' Swag editions are for. You can get your Casablanca coasters, and the rest of us can just get the movie...
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post #327 of 381
3/20/13 at 5:14pm
Here's an interesting question. What's the most anyone's spent on a blu ray and why? This includes box sets and special edition versions.
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post #328 of 381
3/20/13 at 5:58pm
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Originally Posted by JukeBox360 View Post

Here's an interesting question. What's the most anyone's spent on a blu ray and why? This includes box sets and special edition versions.

WATCHMEN Ultimate Cut (original release). It was a limited run and had the best packaging since the laserdisc days. (And even that was only $35.00!)
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post #329 of 381
3/20/13 at 6:44pm
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Star Trek Season #1. $39.99
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post #330 of 381
3/20/13 at 8:25pm
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Originally Posted by JukeBox360 View Post

Here's an interesting question. What's the most anyone's spent on a blu ray and why? This includes box sets and special edition versions.

Probably the $80 w/shipping a title for the dozen or so Japanese imports of various Toho Godzilla films when they came out on BR a few years ago. Although the 3 Pink Floyd Immersion box sets included Blu-rays and I paid well over $100 an album for those when they first streeted.
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