Best Buy: Blu-ray Blowout $16.99

[Formula1]

Starts Friday. 30 titles to choose from. Pictured in ad are:

300
Blood Diamond
The Fountain
Syriana
Enter the Dragon
Goodfellas
Swordfish

Probably have to wait till midnight to find out the rest of the movies.

[StoneColdWhat]

starting to be the price of a regular dvd back in the day. good.

[darklord700]

starting to be the price of a regular dvd back in the day. good.

Not sure if you can still get the Preferred Customer Sales 10% off.

[Raddo]

Thanks OP! This sure beats FS buy 2 get 1 free sale! Gonna check it out tomorrow! :D

[wlee]

thx 4 the heads-up :D

[ADRiiAN`]

30 titles?!
Awww sweeet!

[amplified]

any ideas if blu-ray's are included in the customer appreciation on Sept 8 instore or online? possible 10% off the lowest price.

[trackercowe]

I saw the same dvd's at a rack a few days ago. Almost every title was $20 then, also for the most part they are the $5 Warner HD titles. So if you already have them on HD, there won't be many different titles.

[Andro]

Thanks OP! This sure beats FS buy 2 get 1 free sale! Gonna check it out tomorrow! :D

Unless you bought Transformers, since it's not included in this sale. So It was pretty much transformers for 29.99$ + 2 other movies for 26.99$, which made each movie 13.495$.

[Captain Snazzypants]

Unless you bought Transformers, since it's not included in this sale. So It was pretty much transformers for 29.99$ + 2 other movies for 26.99$, which made each movie 13.495$.

I'm no mathematician, but those numbers don't make a lick of sense :twisted:

[Formula1]

Some of the movies on BB website seem to be at $16.99 already.

Blood Diamond (http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFSM2128530&catid=24098)
300 (http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFSM2135458&catid=24097)

[Andro]

I'm no mathematician, but those numbers don't make a lick of sense :twisted:

let me break it down for you then:

You buy transformers for 29.99$+tax....you can't get transformers with this sale.

Then you buy another movie for 26.99$+tax

Then you get another movie for FREE.

If you don't count transformers it's 26.99$ for 2 movies = 13.495$ each. I did not count transformers since they are not included in this deal anyways and I had to buy them.

[CastIronStove]

let me break it down for you then:

You buy transformers for 29.99$+tax....you can't get transformers with this sale.

Then you buy another movie for 26.99$+tax

Then you get another movie for FREE.

If you don't count transformers it's 26.99$ for 2 movies = 13.495$ each. I did not count transformers since they are not included in this deal anyways and I had to buy them.

You would have to be an idiot to not spend money on movies you don't want and will never watch, you're getting them for half price!

[Andro]

You would have to be an idiot to not spend money on movies you don't want and will never watch, you're getting them for half price!

I got the movies I actually wanted to watch, and as a matter of fact enjoyed them alot. What's your point?

[sb_tor]

So it begins. The great sale of our time...

[CastIronStove]

I got the movies I actually wanted to watch, and as a matter of fact enjoyed them alot. What's your point?

Glad to hear. I, however, did not see any movies that I wanted to watch. In fact, I was rather annoyed that they decided to have such an uninspired selection of (probably dusty) movies in their promotion.

[dealsmonkey]

Starts Friday. 30 titles to choose from. Pictured in ad are:

300
Blood Diamond
The Fountain
Syriana
Enter the Dragon
Goodfellas
Swordfish

Probably have to wait till midnight to find out the rest of the movies.

There's a few good ones there, but oof, The Fountain? That was a rough watch.

[Viper98]

Here's the list


2001: A Space Odyssey


300

American Psycho

Basic Instinct

Battle of the Bulge

Blood Diamond

Bullitt


Clockwork Orange

Devil's Reject, The

Dirty Dancing

Enter the Dragon

Fountain

Fugitive

Full Metal Jacket

Goodfellas

House of Wax

Song Remains the Same
Ocean's Thirteen (Bilingual) (2007) (Blu-ray)



Rambo: First Blood

Reaping

Reservoir Dogs


The Omega Man

Saw (2004)

Shining


Short Circuit

Space Cowboys

Stargate

Swordfish

Syriana


Total Recall

Pat Metheny - The Way Up Live

[invisible]

Meh not bad. Nothing worth buying IMO.

[Bonjour43ma]

god... bunch of crappy titles.

[grappos13]

im only gonna get ones that i want to see or that are good that i dont have on regular DVD.. so it looks like ill be getting blood diamond and resevoir dogs.. also gotta check out the SIG deal on saturday

[mahjongmaniac]

starting to be the price of a regular dvd back in the day. good.

this should be the price to start w/... $25+ for BD movie is too much...


BTW, a lot of these titles seem to be what they were selling for 2/$40 for the past few mths. sounds like they couldn't get rid of excess stock and are trying to w/ this sale...

[Raddo]

im only gonna get ones that i want to see or that are good that i dont have on regular DVD.. so it looks like ill be getting blood diamond and resevoir dogs.. also gotta check out the SIG deal on saturday

the Sig deal is only in-store no? Is there a SIG in the GTA? :D

[ADRiiAN`]

god... bunch of crappy titles.

Blood Diamond and GOODFELLAS are crappy titles?! :evil:

[Gasket]

Ordered one, thanks OP! Can't wait to watch 300 on my Kuro :cheesygri

[grappos13]

the Sig deal is only in-store no? Is there a SIG in the GTA? :D

there is one at Leslie and Hwy 7.. which i guess is considered GTA.. if u dont have a car, it wouldnt be too bad to get there..subway to finch station. then take the viva Pink east bound from finch station and get off at west beaver creek (just west of leslie) and it should be no more than a 2 min walk from there... hope that helps :)

[Raddo]

there is one at Leslie and Hwy 7.. which i guess is considered GTA.. if u dont have a car, it wouldnt be too bad to get there..subway to finch station. then take the viva Pink east bound from finch station and get off at west beaver creek (just west of leslie) and it should be no more than a 2 min walk from there... hope that helps :)

Thanks man! will check it out! For some reason I thought SIG was only on the west coast! :D

[ericdraven]

Thanks for the heads up!

[rinse]

Goodfellas is a definite classic but the BD transfer is prety disapointing.

[grappos13]

ya goodfellas is great.. not sure if id get it on BD when i have the regular one.. and it doesnt seme like it would be the best transfer

[MrKat]

Here's the list


2001: A Space Odyssey


300

American Psycho

Basic Instinct

Battle of the Bulge

Blood Diamond

Bullitt


Clockwork Orange

Devil's Reject, The

Dirty Dancing

Enter the Dragon

Fountain

Fugitive

Full Metal Jacket

Goodfellas

House of Wax

Song Remains the Same
Ocean's Thirteen (Bilingual) (2007) (Blu-ray)



Rambo: First Blood

Reaping

Reservoir Dogs


The Omega Man

Saw (2004)

Shining


Short Circuit

Space Cowboys

Stargate

Swordfish

Syriana


Total Recall

Pat Metheny - The Way Up Live

Horrible selection - but you get what you pay for ha. Will pick up The Shining though...finally.

[Viper98]

Horrible selection - but you get what you pay for ha. Will pick up The Shining though...finally.

there's a few phenomenal movies there

but none that haven't been < $20 for quite some time now

[SaraLee]

The Shining! Thanks OP.

[mlc2000]

The only ones I would buy, I already have on HD DVD, for alot less than $17+tax

[tomincanada]

The only ones I would buy, I already have on HD DVD, for alot less than $17+tax

These are still some good prices for those of us that didn't buy into a format that quickly died and had a fire sale.

It will be quite a while before blu-ray prices are as low the clearance sale prices that are/were available for HD-DVD. Does this mean every blu-ray sale thread for the next few years is going to have someone commenting on how their HD-DVD version was cheaper?

I hope not. I'm already tired of it.

[Viper98]

Here's the list


2001: A Space Odyssey
300
American Psycho
Blood Diamond
Devil's Reject, The
Full Metal Jacket
Goodfellas
Song Remains the Same
Reservoir Dogs
Saw (2004)
Shining
Short Circuit
Total Recall


my personal reccomendations for purchases

*note some great movies were removed because their video quality is barely better than that of an upconverted dvd like Clockwork

[mlc2000]

These are still some good prices for those of us that didn't buy into a format that quickly died and had a fire sale.

It will be quite a while before blu-ray prices are as low the clearance sale prices that are/were available for HD-DVD. Does this mean every blu-ray sale thread for the next few years is going to have someone commenting on how their HD-DVD version was cheaper?

I hope not. I'm already tired of it.

I have both formats, so I can comment either way.

And for the record, there's no discernible differences between the two,
except that HD DVD has better sound codecs and the limited movies available, are exceptionally cheap.

Oh yeah, there's some really amazing facts about how Blu rays have 50gb discs vs HD DVD with 25gb disks,
but all they are using the extra space for is 'extras' like deleted scenes.

[MrKat]

HD DVD is a thing of the past, end of story. Nobody cares about it anymore. Just hope your player(s) dont break on you LOL.

[tomincanada]

I have both formats, so I can comment either way.

And for the record, there's no discernible differences between the two,
except that HD DVD has better sound codecs and the limited movies available, are exceptionally cheap.

Oh yeah, there's some really amazing facts about how Blu rays have 50gb discs vs HD DVD with 25gb disks,
but all they are using the extra space for is 'extras' like deleted scenes.

Nothing in this post addresses my annoyance with the "I got these much cheaper on HD-DVD" posts that are in pretty much every blu-ray thread I read.

[sb_tor]

back to topic, I noticed there are a lot of $19.99 titles as well.
might be worth checking out.

[Viper98]

HD DVD is a thing of the past, end of story. Nobody cares about it anymore. Just hope your player(s) dont break on you LOL.


I've had one break

luckily I have 5 back ups

[Viper98]

I have both formats, so I can comment either way.

And for the record, there's no discernible differences between the two,
except that HD DVD has better sound codecs and the limited movies available, are exceptionally cheap.

Oh yeah, there's some really amazing facts about how Blu rays have 50gb discs vs HD DVD with 25gb disks,
but all they are using the extra space for is 'extras' like deleted scenes.

actually in most cases that extra space isn't even used

I was ripping some BD's to my PC and even discs that were BD50 they almost all were < 22gb

so they burn perfectly on to a BD-R/RE SL disc to boot

[sb_tor]

The extra space in blu-ray discs provides vaious options, like totally uncompressed sound.
The space is not really being used in many discs at the moment though.

[BinaryJay]

actually in most cases that extra space isn't even used

I was ripping some BD's to my PC and even discs that were BD50 they almost all were < 22gb

so they burn perfectly on to a BD-R/RE SL disc to boot

Doesn't really make sense why they wouldn't use all the space to up the bitrate of the video...

[nathangl]

I cannot comment on the rest, but I'll be picking up, 2001, 300, Shining, and Goodfellas.. possibly bullit and enter the dragon.. the rest are so so.. Full Metal JAcket is a **** bluray! don't get it!!! Also, you guys may not notice, but amazon.ca nearly has identical prices on most of the ones on the list....

[Viper98]

I cannot comment on the rest, but I'll be picking up, 2001, 300, Shining, and Goodfellas.. possibly bullit and enter the dragon.. the rest are so so.. Full Metal JAcket is a **** bluray! don't get it!!! Also, you guys may not notice, but amazon.ca nearly has identical prices on most of the ones on the list....

why is FMJ ****?

this is the re-release not the original release

the reissue is great in both sound and video quality(substantially better than the first)

[Andro]

I was thinking about getting some Blu-rays froim this deal, and then i went to Futureshop website and most(if not all) of these blu-rays are regularly priced @ 19.99$ each. So this sale is not so good after all, unless you want those movies right away. I'am sure we'll see much better sales on these soon enough.