Monday, February 18, 2008
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Just a heads up for those interested. Picked up The Matrix Trilogy HD DVD boxed set today at my local Best Buy on sale for $44.99. IT IS NOT the 4 disc set that includes a disc of extras with The Animatrix.
That one is called The Ultimate Matrix Collection, so don't get them confused. The price on their website is also $44.99 for the HD DVD version. My set had a coupon inside which had a code to download the Animatrix thru the XBOX Live Marketplace for free. Of course to do this you have to have an XBOX 360 and an Xbox Live subscription. The coupon said it was only good thru 12/31/07, but I tried it anyway and it allowed me to download The Animatrix just the same. It was only about
1.3 gigs, but it still looks pretty good. I believe the version on the 4 disk set is only standard and not HD. In any case, since it might be a while before it's released on Blu-Ray with all the web features, I thought I would let everyone interested know. Also, I used a Reward Zone coupon for 10% off movies that I got in the mail. Hey, it shaved off the tax! The clerk said it would not work on sale items, but I insisted that she scan it and it worked, so your mileage may vary on that. If you didn't get the coupons you can find them on the Slickdeals.net forums and print them out. They'll work just the same. I didn't see this posted anywhere, but I'm sorry if it's been previously posted.
[Post edited by gmelgartex on Feb 18, 2008]
That one is called The Ultimate Matrix Collection, so don't get them confused. The price on their website is also $44.99 for the HD DVD version. My set had a coupon inside which had a code to download the Animatrix thru the XBOX Live Marketplace for free. Of course to do this you have to have an XBOX 360 and an Xbox Live subscription. The coupon said it was only good thru 12/31/07, but I tried it anyway and it allowed me to download The Animatrix just the same. It was only about
1.3 gigs, but it still looks pretty good. I believe the version on the 4 disk set is only standard and not HD. In any case, since it might be a while before it's released on Blu-Ray with all the web features, I thought I would let everyone interested know. Also, I used a Reward Zone coupon for 10% off movies that I got in the mail. Hey, it shaved off the tax! The clerk said it would not work on sale items, but I insisted that she scan it and it worked, so your mileage may vary on that. If you didn't get the coupons you can find them on the Slickdeals.net forums and print them out. They'll work just the same. I didn't see this posted anywhere, but I'm sorry if it's been previously posted.
[Post edited by gmelgartex on Feb 18, 2008]
Monday, February 18, 2008
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I'll order mine from Amazon... I don't like Best Buy...
Monday, February 18, 2008
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An excellent decision Sir. Right now the set is only $63.95 at Amazon and you get free shipping!
Might I also suggest Circuit City. right now their set is only $99.99 with your choice of paying either shipping or tax. Enjoy!
[Post edited by gmelgartex on Feb 18, 2008]
Might I also suggest Circuit City. right now their set is only $99.99 with your choice of paying either shipping or tax. Enjoy!
[Post edited by gmelgartex on Feb 18, 2008]
Monday, February 18, 2008
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Of course to do this you have to have an XBOX 360 and an Xbox Live subscription.
XBOX Live silver is FREE, and it allows you to use marketplace. In case you did not know this.
Monday, February 18, 2008
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Right now the set is only $63.95 at Amazon and you get free shipping!
Just ordered it... Thanks for the heads up!
Monday, February 18, 2008
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Blu_bawla is correct. I should have been more specific. I should have said Xbox Live "account" and not really "subscription" which implies paying for a service. you can download from the marketplace with either the free "silver" account or the paid "gold" account.
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I did not try to some off sounding like a dick there I apologize if I did )
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why would spoonard order for about 20 bucks more, just cause dont like BB? 
Monday, February 18, 2008
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It's called sticking to one's own principles. It's not as common these days as it used to be I think. I have some really strong feeling against Blu-Ray and Sony in general. I am the type of person that hates to see people getting screwed over whether they see it happening or not. I honestly believe that Sony worked their hardest to eliminate the consumers choice when it came to Blu-Ray and HD DVD. This is from another post here on these forums. They had too much to lose if Blu-Ray was beaten as a format by HD DVD. The PS3 would have been killed and all the money they sank into BD as a whole would have been basically a HUGE financial loss. Probably in the high billions of dollars. Anyway, read this post if you haven't already. It's probably the most intellegent, non-fanboyish post I have read in these forums.
Kenneth Davis says:
I love HD DVD and those of you who know me know that throughout this format war I consistently called for studio format neutrality to allow consumers to choose the winner (as opposed to payoffs from mega-corporations for the expressed purpose of denying consumers a choice)!
Regardless of what happens in the coming weeks, I love my HD DVD player and will continue to enjoy the incredible quality of both my HD DVD collection and my upconverted DVD collection.
Most of the regulars on this site intuitively realized that having two HD formats was a very good thing for BOTH sides. It dramatically accelerated the price drop and encouraged competition to improve features and performance. That's why you never saw me call for Blu-Ray to "die" or "go away" because I knew that competition is good for everybody.
I cannot understand why some of the major corporations are willing to collaborate with Sony at this point, but history will tell the tale.
To those Blu-Ray fans that are celebrating now, I offer a warning... Be prepared for across the board price hikes.
If and when Toshiba decides to call this game, Sony will be changing all the rules both with its willing cohorts (I'm looking at you, WB, Fox, Disney, Netflix, and Panasonic) and with its customers (Thankfully, I will never be one!)
Right now, you may or may not realize that Sony has been paying off EVERYBODY that it can find in order to deny consumers choice in format. That's right, unlike the VHS/Beta war, consumers never had a chance to vote on this one. This contest was decided by paying off all of the right companies until HD DVD which had an exceptional product at launch and played an honest game had nowhere to turn. If studios had been neutral throughout this contest is there ANYBODY out there that honestly believes that HD DVD wouldn't have CRUSHED Blu-Ray?
So what happens now? Well as soon as it is officially over Sony will wait a week and then "renegotiate" its contracts with every studio. No more free Blu-Ray discs for you WB, Disney, and Fox... Those discs are going to cost you X dollars per unit + the standard Blu-Ray "trademark" fee. How can they do that? Simple... There will no longer be any choice.
And Panasonic, Samsung and Denon... Those hardware licensing fees that Sony slashed to compete with HD DVD's incredible prices just went back up too + the same the standard Blu-Ray "trademark" fee. Don't like it? Too bad, because you no longer have a choice!
And guess what? Those profile 2.0 players that you wanted to come in at a super low consumer friendly price? Not going to happen. Sony will drag its feet getting them to market now while milking top dollar out of the existing obsolete 1.0 and 1.1 players that up until recently they were going to have to dump in a fire sale. Don't be surprised if the BD standalones for Christmas 2008 are priced for even more money than those at Christmas 2007. How can they do that? Simple, you no longer have a choice!
But we still get the Amazon Blu-Ray BOGO's right? Nope. No reason for Sony to sponsor BOGO's anymore. You will pay top dollar and you will like it, mister! Why? Because you no longer have a choice!
So who loses here? EVERYBODY but Sony! The studios that in their short-sightedness wanted a quick end to the format war at ANY cost will end up paying BILLIONS more for the unique privilege of releasing movies on Blu-Ray. Likewise, the manufacturers who thought Sony was their friend get the shaft and pay millions in licensing fees and suffer a much flatter and slower hardware price decrease than when there was a viable alternative HD format out there. And what about the retailers? Walmart could be selling HD-A3's today at $99.00 a pop and instead they will be hawking obsolete 1.0 and 1.1 BD boxes for $300+.
And what does that mean for the CONSUMERS? The consumers are the ones that will ultimately absorb all of these price hikes that will trickle down from every direction including the studios, hardware manufacturers, retailers and even the advertisers. That's right, it's the Blu-Ray fans that will pay more and keep paying more until or unless another alternative format else comes along.
Something to think about...
Kenneth Davis says:
I love HD DVD and those of you who know me know that throughout this format war I consistently called for studio format neutrality to allow consumers to choose the winner (as opposed to payoffs from mega-corporations for the expressed purpose of denying consumers a choice)!
Regardless of what happens in the coming weeks, I love my HD DVD player and will continue to enjoy the incredible quality of both my HD DVD collection and my upconverted DVD collection.
Most of the regulars on this site intuitively realized that having two HD formats was a very good thing for BOTH sides. It dramatically accelerated the price drop and encouraged competition to improve features and performance. That's why you never saw me call for Blu-Ray to "die" or "go away" because I knew that competition is good for everybody.
I cannot understand why some of the major corporations are willing to collaborate with Sony at this point, but history will tell the tale.
To those Blu-Ray fans that are celebrating now, I offer a warning... Be prepared for across the board price hikes.
If and when Toshiba decides to call this game, Sony will be changing all the rules both with its willing cohorts (I'm looking at you, WB, Fox, Disney, Netflix, and Panasonic) and with its customers (Thankfully, I will never be one!)
Right now, you may or may not realize that Sony has been paying off EVERYBODY that it can find in order to deny consumers choice in format. That's right, unlike the VHS/Beta war, consumers never had a chance to vote on this one. This contest was decided by paying off all of the right companies until HD DVD which had an exceptional product at launch and played an honest game had nowhere to turn. If studios had been neutral throughout this contest is there ANYBODY out there that honestly believes that HD DVD wouldn't have CRUSHED Blu-Ray?
So what happens now? Well as soon as it is officially over Sony will wait a week and then "renegotiate" its contracts with every studio. No more free Blu-Ray discs for you WB, Disney, and Fox... Those discs are going to cost you X dollars per unit + the standard Blu-Ray "trademark" fee. How can they do that? Simple... There will no longer be any choice.
And Panasonic, Samsung and Denon... Those hardware licensing fees that Sony slashed to compete with HD DVD's incredible prices just went back up too + the same the standard Blu-Ray "trademark" fee. Don't like it? Too bad, because you no longer have a choice!
And guess what? Those profile 2.0 players that you wanted to come in at a super low consumer friendly price? Not going to happen. Sony will drag its feet getting them to market now while milking top dollar out of the existing obsolete 1.0 and 1.1 players that up until recently they were going to have to dump in a fire sale. Don't be surprised if the BD standalones for Christmas 2008 are priced for even more money than those at Christmas 2007. How can they do that? Simple, you no longer have a choice!
But we still get the Amazon Blu-Ray BOGO's right? Nope. No reason for Sony to sponsor BOGO's anymore. You will pay top dollar and you will like it, mister! Why? Because you no longer have a choice!
So who loses here? EVERYBODY but Sony! The studios that in their short-sightedness wanted a quick end to the format war at ANY cost will end up paying BILLIONS more for the unique privilege of releasing movies on Blu-Ray. Likewise, the manufacturers who thought Sony was their friend get the shaft and pay millions in licensing fees and suffer a much flatter and slower hardware price decrease than when there was a viable alternative HD format out there. And what about the retailers? Walmart could be selling HD-A3's today at $99.00 a pop and instead they will be hawking obsolete 1.0 and 1.1 BD boxes for $300+.
And what does that mean for the CONSUMERS? The consumers are the ones that will ultimately absorb all of these price hikes that will trickle down from every direction including the studios, hardware manufacturers, retailers and even the advertisers. That's right, it's the Blu-Ray fans that will pay more and keep paying more until or unless another alternative format else comes along.
Something to think about...
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
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February 2008
February 2008
The dude who wrote that musta been hitting the crack pipe when he wrote it, such sour grapes.
