I recently received a PS3 and found that this week there are a lot of Blu-Ray disc specials available:

20% Any purchase at DeepDiscount
http://slickdeals.net/?permadeal=10650#direct_deal_10650

Buy 1 Get 1 Free (Sony) at DeepDiscount
http://www.deepdiscount.com/DVD---Sony-Blu-ray-Buy-One-Get-One_stcVVcatId492068VVviewcat.htm?promoCode=BOGOSONYBR

Buy 1 Get 1 Free (Buena Vista / Touchstone / Disney) at Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_5839982_1/?tag=slickdeals&ie=UTF8&docId=1000161701&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1SG9PS2MC7FYE6FN8XJA&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=324342701&pf_rd_i=193640011
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_5839872_2/?tag=slickdeals&ie=UTF8&docId=1000161681&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=18EZS893WWSRZMTDRS66&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=324339201&pf_rd_i=193640011

Buy Two Get Two Free from Sony ($2.99 shipping)
http://www.sonystyle.com%2Fwcsstore%2FSonyStyleStorefrontAssetStore%2Fpdf%2FBlu-rayBuy2Get1FreeRebateOffer.pdf

Five Free Blu-Ray Movies
http://www.bluraysavings.com/

There are a few other places doing B1G1F deals (Fry's / Deep Discount) however the movies seem to run hand in hand with Amazon, however Amazon has lower prices and free Super Saver Shipping currently.


Those wishing to voice their opinions about Blu-Ray VS HD-DVD please go to
message_topic.aspx?topic=497940

As this post is meant to help those with Blu-Ray players save some money on increasing their collection.




[Edited on November 15, 2007 at 1:51 PM. Reason : lnk]

11/14/2007 6:10:19 PM

I had originally posted this in the debate thread... reposting here so it doesn't get lost.

How to get 3 Blu-ray movies for the price of 1:

#1: Look at this list (also below), and pick 2.
#2: Buy those two at Amazon through this promotion. You will be charged for one of them.
#3: When they arrive, fill out this form to recieve your third movie.

The only catch is... for your third movie, you pick a first, second, and third choice from the list of twelve (aside from the two you've already purchased), so it's not guaranteed. But hey, it's not often that you get to stack coupons, and it's THREE FOR ONE.

• Casino Royale (Blu-ray)
• Ghost Rider (Blu-ray)
• The Fifth Element (Blu-ray)
• Underworld: Evolution (Blu-ray)
• Telladega Nights (Blu-ray)
• Open Season (Blu-ray)
• Black Hawk Down (Blu-ray)
• The Persuit of Happyness (Blu-ray)
• The Patriot (Blu-ray)
• Memoirs of a Geisha (Blu-ray)
• A Few Good Men (Blu-ray)
• Big Fish (Blu-ray)

11/15/2007 2:13:41 AM

Quote :

"Buy Two Get Two Free from Sony ($2.99 shipping)"

philihp I couldn't find the same short list as you, but yeah, you can combine stuff from the other deals to work out some cheap supplies!

[Edited on November 15, 2007 at 1:53 PM. Reason : deleted offtopic shit - Bdig]

11/15/2007 6:46:43 AM

Question. Are star wars out on Blu ray or something? Cause i've seen it in wmv-hd in 1080p all 6 movies but never knew they'd been released on blu ray or hd dvd.

Also what side of the fence is new line cinema, who they owned by? I really want to see Lord of the Rings on a hi def format.

11/15/2007 10:25:08 AM

http://www.dvdtown.com/news/no-star-wars-on-blu-ray-or-hd-dvd/4480

Quote :

"Lucasfilm comments on speculation about HD versions of Star Wars on disc. Recent listings on Amazon has sparked debates on various online communities including our own message board. PC World contacted LucasFilm to ask them about their HD plans. John Singh, spokesperson for Lucasfilm Ltd. said, "Lucasfilm Ltd. has no plans to release any of the Star Wars movies on Blu-ray or HD DVD. Listings on Amazon.com or any other Web site are purely speculative and erroneous.""

The 1080p versions available come from a rip from SkyHD, which is like HBO in the UK. 1080i versions were shown in the US on HBOHD and CinamaxHD.

11/15/2007 10:49:14 AM

Currently no plans for Star Wars on either format... when that happens, it will be HUGE. I wouldn't expect it for another 3-4 years though. It wasn't until 2004 that we got it on DVD, IIRC.

PC Star Wars Not Slated For Blu-ray--Yet

"New Line's parent company is Time Warner, also parent company of Warner Brothers. Warner supports both Blu-ray and HD DVD."

11/15/2007 10:52:08 AM

star wars is the fucking beatles of itunes

11/15/2007 10:57:50 AM

^^any word on if Lord of the Rings will be on hi def? I can imagine HD DVD having some issues getting the extended versions on HD.

11/15/2007 11:01:08 AM

Quote :

"star wars is the fucking beatles of itunes "

That doesn't make any sense.

Quote :

"any word on if Lord of the Rings will be on hi def? I can imagine HD DVD having some issues getting the extended versions on HD. "

But..but... you said in the other thread that HD-DVD was capable of everything Blu-Ray was....??


And to whoever asked, the hi def versions of SW floating around are from when (HBO?) showed them in HD.

11/15/2007 11:31:05 AM

http://www.buy.com/prod/samsung-bd-p1400-blu-ray-dvd-player-w-1080p-resolution/q/loc/111/205467080.html

+

http://product.samsung.com/blurayoffer/

$339 Blu-ray player + 7 free movies.

11/15/2007 1:02:45 PM

thats for stand-alone? Sweet! i'm totally buying that!

11/15/2007 1:43:35 PM

^SWEET!! And it's 1080p player!

[quote]New Line Cinema hasn't discussed its plans for Lord of the Rings, beyond hinting at CES that the trilogy is in the works.[/quote

...from the same article as before. CES is in the spring, so who knows? Any release is usually announced a couple months in advance.

11/15/2007 1:47:04 PM

Quote :

"^SWEET!! And it's 1080p player!"

i was under the impression that all blu ray was 1080p? or am i mistaken.

11/15/2007 1:48:59 PM

Thanks for the heads-up on that Blu-ray player+movie rebate. I was sort of waffling before, but that deal clinched it for me. I just ordered one.

11/15/2007 4:35:37 PM

Yeah, thats a really good player too. It's one of the few that will internally decode the HD audio formats as well as bitstream them. Most of them just bitstream them and you need a receiver that can handle the decoding.

11/15/2007 4:40:23 PM

is this player as slow to respond, turn on, eject disc, etc...as a lot of the other players in HD DVD/Blu Ray?

11/15/2007 5:14:07 PM

^From store reviews and AVS forum, I haven't seem any complaints about the load time, or even figured out what it is, so it must be acceptable. I'll report on it here if I remember to.

11/16/2007 2:03:11 PM

Amazon.com has some Blu-ray titles at 55% off -- ONE DAY ONLY

* Behind Enemy Lines
* Bulletproof Monk
* Flight of the Phoenix
* Flyboys
* Hart's War
* Ice Age - The Meltdown
* Kiss of the Dragon
* Rising Sun
* Rocky
* Speed
* The Devil Wears Prada
* The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
* The Omen
* The Transporter
* The Usual Suspects
* Transporter 2
* Windtalkers

[Edited on November 19, 2007 at 1:19 PM. Reason : .]

11/19/2007 1:18:00 PM

hmm...never saw flyboys and kind a wanted to see that. of course i need to get a blu ray player first Can't decide between blu ray player or a 42" 1080p LCD for my room. I'm leaning towards the TV because of the awesome deals on BF + prices are coming down big time since last i looked at TV's.

11/19/2007 1:39:29 PM

Quote :

"http://www.buy.com/prod/samsung-bd-p1400-blu-ray-dvd-player-w-1080p-resolution/q/loc/111/205467080.html + http://product.samsung.com/blurayoffer/ $339 Blu-ray player + 7 free movies."

Has anyone done this yet or read online any reports by someone who has?

I was about to pull the trigger on this but saw a few things that made me hesitate. Since buy.com doesn't provide the 2 free movies, you have to do the "mail-in" option for that deal. However, both mail-in deals require the original UPC from the box, so how would you get both deals? Also, the fine print of the 5 free movies deal says that the receipt must be "emenate from same state as consumer address." Will there be any issues with buying it online and not haveing a state of origin, or the shipping address be from NC?

Basically I don't want to buy this player thinking that I'm getting 8 free movies (including the planet earth dvd) only to get shafted 8-10 weeks later because of the fine print.

11/19/2007 2:30:42 PM

Quote :

"Has anyone done this yet or read online any reports by someone who has?"

The offers were made available less than 2 months ago judging by the dates, and it says the delivery times are between 8 and 12 weeks on the movies, so people wouldn't have received anything yet.

Quote :

"However, both mail-in deals require the original UPC from the box, so how would you get both deals?"

Hmm, I just assumed they want the code, and not the physical printed UPC cut from the box. Seeing as there are no blanks labeled 'UPC code' on the forms, you would seem to raise an important point. I guess I'll have to decide between the two offerings.

Quote :

"Will there be any issues with buying it online and not haveing a state of origin, or the shipping address be from NC?"

I have to assume in this day and age that they wouldn't exclude online purchases. But that might be something worth clearing up.

11/20/2007 3:06:23 AM

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=9707
Big Walmart sale this weekend

11/20/2007 6:43:38 AM

Two-for-one deal at Amazon, this time it's for Warner movies. In the past it's been Sony and Disney giving these, but Warner releases for both HD DVD and Blu-ray, so hopefully soon they'll give our HD DVD friends a special too.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000172941&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=right-2&pf_rd_r=155607AHB875NGJZR361&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=336640301&pf_rd_i=193640011

* Battle of the Bulge
* Beerfest
* Blood Diamond
* Bullitt
* Corpse Bride
* Dog Day Afternoon
* Enter the Dragon
* Firewall
* Gods and Generals
* Gothika
* Jailhouse Rock
* Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
* Lady in the Water
* Lethal Weapon
* Million Dollar Baby
* Purple Rain
* Rumor Has It
* Scooby Doo
* Space Cowboys
* Superman (original)
* Superman 2
* Superman Returns
* Swardfish
* Syriana
* The Ant Bully
* The Cowboys
* The Departed
* The Fountain
* The Lake House
* The Phantom of the Opera
* The Road Warrior
* TMNT
* Training Day
* We Are Marshall

(original post, davdaz @ blu-ray.com)

12/4/2007 12:52:46 PM

picked up Swordfish and Blood Diamond. I'm loving these BOGO sales, combined with my 10% off from Amazon (which they apply BEFORE giving you the 2nd disc for free), and my extra 5% affiliate discount on top.

I just got both of those movies for like $12. Ridiculous.


Really wish they had specials on the Kubrick releases that just came out ~1 month ago. I hear 2001 looks spectacular. And Eyes Wide Shut is one of the best movies evar.

12/4/2007 12:59:11 PM

I got to use my BD-P1400 today. Only watched a couple blu-rays so far, and watched a little of LOTR on dvd.

Its a little more sluggish than your typical dvd player. It inexplicably takes 15-20 seconds to open the tray when its just idle. I'm not really sure what its computing in that span that it needs to take that long, but its tolerable anyway.

The player breaths new life into dvds. I believe it upconverts to 1080p, so it pulls every detail out. Blu-ray looks flawless.

I haven't taken advantage of those free offers from Samsung and BDA, but I did establish that you can use a photocopy of the UPC for the Samsung offer allowing you to redeem both offers, though the offer from the BDA is pretty much void if you bought the player online.

12/5/2007 3:12:36 AM

Quote :

"the offer from the BDA is pretty much void if you bought the player online"

why is that?

12/5/2007 2:56:29 PM

^dunno if this is why he says its void, but as I noted earlier, the fine print states that the receipt must "emanate from same state as consumer address." I'm sure if they really wanted to they could pull a "gotcha on that technicality, and while I haven't read anything specific to buying a player online, there were several people on forums complaining about not getting the movies they asked for, not getting them in the specified time or not getting 5 movies. From what I've read it sounds almost like they are purposefully slack in honoring these deals to catch the people who are too lazy or apathetic to follow up.

12/5/2007 3:42:32 PM

Quote :

"dunno if this is why he says its void, but as I noted earlier, the fine print states that the receipt must "emanate from same state as consumer address." "

Yeah. Which to me means you must live in the same state as the place you bought it from. So everyone who doesn't live in the same state as Buy.com's shipping location (CA) would seem to be excluded from the offer.

12/6/2007 4:29:58 AM

The 2-for-1 deal at Amazon just got some new titles, check it out. They have those 4-packs "Best of Blu-Ray" for $56. That's 8 Blu-Rays for $56, or $7 per disc.

12/6/2007 7:56:09 AM

Sony BDP-S300 with 10 free movies - $360 @walmart:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?dest=9999999997&product_id=8110810

12/6/2007 1:06:29 PM

^thats an awesome deal! but what I found funny is that they tell you to pick 5 free movies out of the selection below. So i start scrolling through and I'm like check check check etc etc...and when I get to the bottom I realize there are only 6 to chose from.

what they should have said was "pick 1 movie that you don't like"

[Edited on December 6, 2007 at 3:07 PM. Reason : .]

12/6/2007 3:06:55 PM

Quote :

"Amazon has revealed another Buy One Get One free deal, this time for Sony and Warner Blu-ray titles. However, this time you can even buy the upcoming release of 'Monty Python's Life of Brian' or new releases like '20 Million Miles to Earth', so not all the titles are older releases."

Amazon 2-for-1 Sale

There's a crap-ton of releases on this one, I won't bother listing them all out.

12/10/2007 11:39:16 AM

wrong thread.

But I did pick up Closer and The Departed this am.

[Edited on December 10, 2007 at 2:19 PM. Reason : d]

12/10/2007 2:19:01 PM

wrong thread?

12/10/2007 3:52:37 PM

The Samsung BD-P1400 is <$300 pretty much anywhere you look now.

12/10/2007 4:34:46 PM

^^wrong thread on my part.

12/10/2007 4:38:12 PM

A list from the Amazon sale from before. In bold are the ones that will probably be fawesome in HD. I'm kinda curious as to how awesome that one shot in The Patriot will be, where the cannonball bounces and heads straight into the camera. Especially since I don't remember when it happened, so it'll catch me off surprise.

16 Blocks
20 Million Miles to Earth
300
50 First Dates
A Christmas Story
A Few Good Men
A Knight's Tale
A Scanner Darkly
Alexander Revisited
All the King's Men
Are we Done Yet?
Arlington Road
Basic Instinct 2
Battle of the Bulge
Benchwarmers
Big Fish
Black Book
Black Hawk Down
Blood & Chocolate
Blood Diamond
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Casino Royale
Catch and Release
Click
Closer
Cruel Intentions
Curse of the Golden Flower
Deliverance
Donnie Brasco EC
Enter the Dragon
Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within
Flatliners
Full Metal Jacket (1st ed.)
Ghost Rider
Good Night and Good Luck
Goodfellas
Gridiron Gang
Happy Feet
Hellboy
Hitch
Hollow Man
Hostel
House of Flying Daggers
House of Wax
Identity
Immortal Beloved
Into the Blue
Kung Fu Hustle
Layer Cake
Lethal Weapon 2
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Man
March of the Penguins
Memento
Memoirs of a Geisha
Monster House
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Music and Lyrics
Nat. Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
National Geographic: Relentless Enemies
Open Season
Perfect Stranger
Premonition
Rescue Me - The Complete Third Season
Resident Evil Apocalypse
Revenge
Rio Bravo
Rocky Balboa
Running with Scissors
RV
S.W.A.T.
Secret Window
Seven Years in Tibet
Silent Hill
Stealth
Stomp the Yard
Stranger than Fiction
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Tears of the Sun
Tekkon Kinkreet
The Big Hit
The Covenant
The Departed
The Dirty Dozen
The Fifth Element (Remastered)
The Fountain
The Fugitive
The Holiday
The Last Samurai
The Lives of Others
The Messengers
The Patriot
The Phantom of the Opera
The Pursuit of Happiness
The Replacement Killers
The Road Warrior
The Searchers
The Tailor of Panama
The Wild Bunch
TMNT
Troy DC
Ultraviolet
Under Siege
Underworld
Underworld Evolution
Unforgiven
Vacancy
Vertical Limit
Viva Las Vegas
Volver
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
We Are Marshall
Wild Things
Wyatt Earp
XXX

http://forums.highdefdigest.com/showthread.php?t=29566

12/11/2007 10:23:19 AM

2 days only, Amazon Buy-one-get-one-free for Fox/MGM titles

Species - 19.95
The Last Waltz - 19.95
The Terminator - 19.95
Flyboys - 23.95
28 Days Later - 27.95
28 Weeks Later - 27.95
AVP - Alien Vs. Predator - 27.95
Behind Enemy Lines - 27.95
Broken Arrow - 27.95
Bulletproof Monk - 27.95
Chain Reaction - 27.95
Courage Under Fire - 27.95
Die Hard - 27.95
Die Hard 2-Die Harder - 27.95
Die Hard 3-Die Hard With a Vengeance - 27.95
Entrapment - 27.95
Eragon - 27.95
Fantastic Four - 27.95
Flight of the Phoenix - 27.95
From Hell - 27.95
Hart's War - 27.95
Hoosiers - 27.95
Ice Age - The Meltdown - 27.95
Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut) - 27.95
Men of Honor - 27.95
Mr. Brooks - 27.95
Night at the Museum - 27.95
Phone Booth - 27.95
Planet of the Apes - 27.95
Rescue Dawn - 27.95
Rising Sun - 27.95
Robocop (1987) - 27.95
Speed - 27.95
The Day After Tomorrow - 27.95
The Devil Wears Prada - 27.95
The Fly - 27.95
The Hills Have Eyes 2: Unrated - 27.95
The Home of the Brave - 27.95
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - 27.95
The Omen - 27.95
The Sentinel - 27.95
The Usual Suspects - 27.95
Transporter 2 - 27.95
X-Men - The Last Stand - 27.95

12/17/2007 12:02:02 PM

when will it end??

picked up:

Die Hard
Die Harder
Die Hard with a Vengeance
The Fly
Robocop
From Hell
28 Days Later
28 Weeks Later

plz...make it stop

12/17/2007 12:31:16 PM

i really hope once i graduate i can get a job in which i can spend copious amounts of money on stuff like this

12/17/2007 12:32:16 PM

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_6035412_1?tag2=slickdeals&tag=slickdeals&ie=UTF8&docId=1000177301&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=right-2&pf_rd_r=0QWEENAQMQGFEHN188M4&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=339372801&pf_rd_i=193640011

Blu-ray for Only $14 Sale

Get these selected Blu-ray titles for the super low priced $14 during this sale.

Terminator 2 - Judgment Day [Blu-ray]
Total Recall [Blu-ray]
Stargate [Blu-ray]
The Punisher [Blu-ray]
Stir of Echoes [Blu-ray]
The Devil's Rejects [Blu-ray]

12/18/2007 9:35:50 AM

Tempted by Total Recall....


The 5 disc Blade Runner set is OOS on Amazon, but it's only 27.95 and you can preorder it. pretty good deal for 5 discs, IMO.

If they release Minority Report, my P.K.D. Blu-Ray collection will be complete (I refuse to acknowledge Paycheck).

12/18/2007 12:34:35 PM

The Total Recall blu-ray, at least the edition Blockbuster stocks, is not that great. The transfer is kind of cruddy. Reminded me of the first 5th Element.

12/18/2007 7:29:47 PM

bttt

12/20/2007 1:02:28 PM

^^well, it's an old-ass movie so you're gonna see grain and it's gonna appear flatter than most new releases. But I've actually heard good things about the transfer (it got 4/5 stars at HighDefDigest, anyway).

12/20/2007 3:05:48 PM

http://www.deepdiscount.com/DVD---Sony-Blu-ray-Buy-Two-Get-One-Free_stcVVcatId492046VVviewcat.htm?promoCode=B2GOSONYBR

Just saw it today... B2G1F on Sony Blu-Rays at Deep Discount

12/27/2007 2:07:38 PM

Three awesome deals to take advantage of:

Amazon, B1G1F
http://slickdeals.net/?permadeal=11244#direct_deal_11244

$5 off Disney Blu-Ray DVDs
http://dvd.disneyemailcenter.com/functions/message_view.html?mid=1521370&mlid=72002&siteid=13493&uid=ccf4e8ecba

$20 off any 3 Blu-Ray movies from Best Buy
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/5381/20off3blurayri0.jpg

Also note Best Buy has a LOT of movies on sale for $19.99

1/2/2008 10:02:29 PM

Additional $5 savings for Rat... by Disney.
http://www.eatjustonemore.com/ratatouille_terms.html

1/2/2008 10:07:19 PM

Upgrade to Cars Blu-Ray (requires UPC from DVD version of Cars)
$10 MIR
http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/bluray/

1/2/2008 10:11:50 PM

so much for the content prices staying high:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=40&threadid=2138983

Save $10 on select blu-ray discs:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?type=category&id=pcmcat140700050008&AID=10474050&PID=227502&SID=108527-n-1
$20 off 3 blu-ray discs:
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/5381/20off3blurayri0.jpg

1/6/2008 6:11:56 PM