The DVD (Bargain!) thread...

[Jim]

I don't know if we've had this before. Probably. I know that we have a DVD you last bought thread, but that's kind of different...This thread is for people like me that spend more money than they probably should on DVD's. Every now and again, when I'm looking around the internet, I'll find something that will make me do this -> 

Other than porn. There are some great deals to be had out there, on old and new stuff. And what better time to start than the beggining of the year, because...Well, I don't know why actually. But, why not.

In short, when you find a DVD (any region, anybody taking this seriously will have a multi-region player...) that looks great value, don't keep it to yourself! Tell the rest of us!



PS: I didn't look, I had no idea what to look for. So I'm sorry if this has been done before.

[Jim]

Right, that's the rules. I'll post first! Unless somebody else is damn fast.

My first two are both from www.play.com. Now, I'm sure that anybody who has ever bought anything from the internet that lives in the UK has been to this site, but there is often so much stuff hidden within so many different deals that a lot of it can slip you by. These two are both TV series, both...American.

This, first.

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?page=title&r=R2&title=866898&p=57&g=72&pa=sr

X-Files. Man, I used to love this show. Kind of stopped watching it though.

When I saw that price, I couldn't believe it. I have always wanted to start collecting all of the series' on DVD, but it has been really, ridiculously expensive whenever I have looked into it. Now, I know that serious fans will probably know about the recent repackage and price drop already, but for people like me who lost touch around Season 6, it's incredible!

And then, this.

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?page=title&r=R2&title=103565&p=57&g=72&pa=sr

24. I never got into this show, but always wanted to...And I clearly couldn't start watching half-way through the season. However, as with the X-Files, it seemed a bit too expensive for me to start buying them. But now I will be able to! Bear in mind, the above is just the promotion price. They've been that low before, and I missed them. So, I'm not sure, when they go on sale, how long it will stay that low.


Oh, and on Amazon you can get a ten disc Tintin set, with every episode, for about ?18! I just thought I'd slip that in there.


Note: Oh, yeah. The latter X-Files series are cheaper on Amazon. And, also, the 24 offer isn't exclusive to Season 1 

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

www.cdiscount.com

i buy dvds for 2 or 3 euros.
not big movies like spielberg or so ... but still.

the rule on  that site is to make sure your average price stays around 4 or 5 euros before checking out. and you can make good deals.

yesterday i got that
- in the mood for love
- zombie
- 4dvd set of Return of the king (9 euros)
- Dogville
- crouching tiger and hidden dragon
- furyo

all that for like 23 euros (the lord of the rings boxset ruined my average damnit !! )

 

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

Oh, and on Amazon you can get a ten disc Tintin set, with every episode, for about ?18! I just thought I'd slip that in there.

u read Tintin ? what country are you fucker comin' from ?
didnt know tintin was know out of france / belgium ! ?___?

tintin is a racist.

[Evolution]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6474074859

Outstanding!

[Izzy]

http://www.choicesdirect.com/shop.asp

Every season of Babylon 5 - ?17.99 - retail price ?54.99

Bargain?

I think so

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6474074859

Outstanding!

we are not interested in muscular men in bathing suit, thank you.

[Evolution]

we are not interested in muscular men in bathing suit, thank you.

Come to the Wrestling Thread and say that! I dare you 

[Mr. Dick Purple]

Jim I think this one is better, but I guess they are cheap cause they are used
Im also an x files fan and I have only the first season on DVD actually yesterady I spent 2 hours watching the last episode of the season. 

http://cgi.ebay.com/X-Files-complete-1-9-season-DVD-BoxSet_W0QQitemZ6473845388QQcategoryZ617QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Izzy]

Jim I think this one is better, but I guess they are cheap cause they are used
Im also an x files fan and I have only the first season on DVD actually yesterady I spent 2 hours watching the last episode of the season.?

http://cgi.ebay.com/X-Files-complete-1-9-season-DVD-BoxSet_W0QQitemZ6473845388QQcategoryZ617QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Hong Kong - oh my, u'll get those evil Chinese Versions which though legit are invariable in worse condition that ones that are illegal......

[Mr. Dick Purple]

Ok what about this?
Is from Canada, but the thing is that I have a friend in Hong Kong and he comes here very often so I can give him the money and thats it, but as you said it might be worst than an Iligal copy 

http://cgi.ebay.com/X-Files-Complete-Season-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-Giftbox-Set_W0QQitemZ6474168661QQcategoryZ617QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Axls Locomotive]

http://www.choicesdirect.com/shop.asp

Every season of Babylon 5 - ?17.99 - retail price ?54.99

Bargain?

I think so

absolutely,

battlestar galactica season 1 for ?17.99 at play.com

a couple of weeks ago you could have got every season of xfiles for ?135, its now selling for much more than that at every place i looked...its ?160 at blah dvd, its not bad for ?2.50 per dvd

dvd.co.uk and filmnight.com are selling most of the special 2 disk editions of star trek movies for ?6.99 or less...excellent value

and if by chance you are a laurel and hardy fan, 21 disc set for ?115
http://www.play.com/play247.asp?source=675&page=title&Cur=257&r=R2&title=157802

thats another fine bargain ive given you mmmh hmmm

[Hammy]

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=pba&page=title&r=R2&title=135757

What a bargain (Well sort of...), what a cast, still yet to see this one, been watching re-runs of the first series recently i was hoping they'd all be released on DVD but i heard it would cost way too much cos of all the music they use.....

[Jim]

u read Tintin ? what country are you fucker comin' from ?
didnt know tintin was know out of france / belgium ! ?___?

tintin is a racist.

England, of course...

 

Tintin is pretty big over here. When I was younger, it was the best thing on TV weekend mornings. The adaptions are fantastic, the truest on-screen adaptations ever made. They kept everything that made the books so great!

I read them all when I was younger, countless times...I was never into Asterix though...

[Jim]

a couple of weeks ago you could have got every season of xfiles for ?135, its now selling for much more than that at every place i looked...its ?160 at blah dvd, its not bad for ?2.50 per dvd

Aye. Though, at Amazon each series is around the ?20 mark now, and considering they used to retail at about ?80...

?60+ drop, and the only 'disadvantage' is the M-Lock packaging.

Disadvantage? Ha!

[Axls Locomotive]

a couple of weeks ago you could have got every season of xfiles for ?135, its now selling for much more than that at every place i looked...its ?160 at blah dvd, its not bad for ?2.50 per dvd

Aye. Though, at Amazon each series is around the ?20 mark now, and considering they used to retail at about ?80...

?60+ drop, and the only 'disadvantage' is the M-Lock packaging.

Disadvantage? Ha!

what is m-lock?

[Jim]

It's this new packaging. Well, when I say new I guess I'm using the term loosly...No, not loosly actually, adjectives are variables aren't they? Especialy in measurement and time. Exponentialy so. Wait, hang on. What's going on...

Oh yes. M-Lock. It's not new at all, really.

Here, look.

Well, you know those fold out cases that most every multiple disc (being above three or four) DVD set uses? The ones that are a bitch when you want to watch the last few episodes of a series...? I hesitate to say cardboard but...That's what they are, essentialy.

The M-Lock hub things are what the repackaged Seasons are comming out in now.

http://www.american-digital.com/prodsite/product.asp?p=1420&c=186&name=DVDCase-BlackSixDVDM-LockHub

This is the M-Lock hub. To be honest, I'm not sure what they make such a big fuss of it...I don't really know what the difference is that's that great....I don't actually own one packaged that way. But, if you are on Amazon or the like, and it says (M-Lock) next to a DVD, well...

That's what you're getting. Something that's slightly less pleasing on the eyes. As big a bitch as they are, the fold out packaging looks fantastic...

Even if it can be a flimsy as shit.

[Axls Locomotive]

cheers

sounds like a load of ole bollocks

[Jim]

Aye, pretty much.

[Jim]

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=srmr&page=title&r=R2&title=256056

Now, look me in the eye and tell me that's not value for money...