Coordinated AVS Forum HD DVD purchase

Do you think it would get enough people in a week?

I'm in but dont think we'll get that big of a following in a week...

Getting everyone to write a review for there current players and hd movies on amazon I would think would have more of a lasting impression

I already have Sleepy Hallow on order, I don't really want the others.
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I could do Sky Captain that day. Was thinking about getting it.

I already planned on buying Sahara, Tomb Raider, and Sleepy Hollow. I didn't really like Sky Captain after seeing it in the theater, but I'm starting to consider giving it another shot.

I'm in for Tomb Raider that day, possibly Sleepy Hollow too.

maybe you want to spread the word at dvdtalk?

Why Don't we pick one Movie Like BB KK or HP4 that we will buy same day when its released. The problem is I already have all But the Suxor Tomb raider pre-ordered. With a big title that doesn't have a date already we can aviod any preorders and its something that even if it isn't the greatest ever almost everyone can agree on purchasing it.

I agree to what someone else said, it's hard to get anything organized in just one week. I think a lot of new Toshiba owners are jumping in for the Amazon 10% off deal, meaning they are buying 3 titles to start off. I think if you set a date further down the road it would give this thread time to gain momentum. Perhaps August 8, as there seems to be a lot coming out then too. I'd start a new Poll if I were you and set it up like this:
"August 8: AVS forum Purchase Day: How many titles will you buy?"

I think people who plan on buying the titles on the 25th could wait two weeks to buy them on AVS Day...

Already ordered next weeks pramount releases on amazon

I like this AVS day, Maybe I will use that to pickup Combo movies I had no intentions of buying due to being a combo and theirfore priced to high. KKBB I a movie I would have bought (and maybe 2 to help Shane Black out, great movie) Doom 3 would be another.

Better yet that the wekest of the filled weeks out. I was only going to get Itallian Job, I guess I can get KKBB and Ray (for some reason never saw this), I wasn't going to get Four Brothers either so Maybe that as well. Put me down for 3 KKBB, Ray, and FB.

Count me in for at least Van Helsing, Apollo 13, and U-571. I may get more if I see anything interesting.

I think if you really want to do this it needs to be pushed back at least a month so that more members can get involved and more titles are released.

10-20 people ordering movies will not be noticed by retailers.

The poll is out, the date is August 8. This gives us three weeks which I bet will get a lot more than 10-20 people involved. There's already close to that in less than one hour.

This is actually starting to feel like a bad idea to me.

You're asking that we NOT buy movies until August, then buy them then. First week sales matter. I think this will end up actually looking worse to the studios if a lot of people aren't buying the movies when they come out.

Since I don't have HD-DVD yet and probably won't for another 6 months, I'll just tell you that if you contact amazon and say that amazon users xx, xx, xx, xx, xx, and xx will buy these HD-DVD on tuesday, you might get some kind of discount or promo code. You'd have to rally up more people before this though.

Pitch Black (if I can find it), "Bling Buy" Sleepy Hollow next week and The Italian Job...!!!

I like this idea, count me in for (3)

Sahara
U2
Four Brothers

Ah, ok. I misunderstood. I thought you had meant to hold off on buying the 7/25 & 8/1 releases until 8/8. For buying anything that you hadn't picked up yet, sounds like a good idea. But, I think it's important to buy new movies right when they come out so the releases look good to the studios.

Ok if its 8/8 Im in for at least 3.

Personally I don't like the idea of not picking up Paramount titles on their launch date to wait for this mass purchase, I would think showing such support on their studios launch day would be quite more important, what is being released on the 8th?

This is stupid and silly.

That said, I think I'm gonna hold back purchases until this day and work with Netflix until then. I was only gonna buy COMBO, but this sounds like a fun idea.

Ok, so does ordering from amazon.com on this day count? I have a trail to Amazon Prime, so I get free 2-day shipping.

I'll come back and edit what I'll get later, but right now I see myself getting:

-Pitch Black
-Chronicles of Riddick
-IF it has extras: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow


I would load up a bunch more if it wasn't for the fact that they aren't COMBO's. I've been holding up on DVD purchases for a long time in anticipation of HD DVD, but I want to be able to share my titles and use them anywhere. That said, I guess I'll hold off one I was going to get for sure, ATL, for that day.

-ATL


Btw, considering the small amount of people that are going to be participating, I doubt it would make a difference to hold off on Paramount 7/25 and 8/1 titles. I doubt the studios would notice a difference either way since what, I doubt we're gonna get more than 50 or so people involved (at best).


BTW, another silly idea for whoever thought this up to keep in the back of his head: how about we do another one of these on the launch day of PS3!!!


p.p.s. yeah this is upsurd, but I've done worse: how about being the guy that organizes Star Wars Fan Day (look it up on googe, this was for The Phantom Menace) in your town, with flyers and getting friends to re-watch the movie one day. ahhh, the memories... the theater people thought I was a nut, but I think they didn't mind even though I doubt I had a big impact...