Deep Discount DVD is having their 20% off sale again.

[silkamilkamonic]

Now the debate is whether or not to grab Planet Earth now on DVD, or wait til I have HD-DVD or Bluray, but who knows when that will actually be :brick:

What's the deal with the blu ray discs? Do you have to have a "blu ray player" to play them?

[badlandz]

What's the deal with the blu ray discs? Do you have to have a "blu ray player" to play them?

Yes, both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray are high definition formats for HDTVs and both need new players. The players are backwards compatible to play regular DVDs but cannot play the other format(Blu-Ray players can't play HD-DVD discs and vice versa). Currently each side has exclusives right now, so there are movies/shows that you can get on one but not the other. There is a "format war" going on and many are waiting to see who wins.

[tpryce93]

Yes, both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray are high definition formats for HDTVs and both need new players. The players are backwards compatible to play regular DVDs but cannot play the other format(Blu-Ray players can't play HD-DVD discs and vice versa). Currently each side has exclusives right now, so there are movies/shows that you can get on one but not the other. There is a "format war" going on and many are waiting to see who wins.

Actually there are some players that play both.

[tnedator]

I picked up

Planet Earth-complete Collection

Payback

and

Nine Inch Nails - Beside You in Time

all on Blu-Ray!

Bummer, I didn't notice this thread before. Sunday I bought the HD-DVD version of Planet Earth from Amazon for $66.95 It shoudl arrive tomorrow with the Prime two day shipping.

Just as an aside, I don't know if Amazon's prices on the old ($4.95 type) movies is as good, but looking at some of the new releases like Ghost Rider and such, Amazon's prices are the same or better on all the one's I checked. Obviously, the 20% discount would change that, but as to regular prices several I looked at on this site were higher than Amazon.

Ghost Rider (Non HD/Non Directors cut) Amazon $15.99 DeepDiscount $18.87 (as an example).

[badlandz]

Actually there are some players that play both.

True, they run somewhere around $1k right now and if the format war drags on I expect to see more of them.

[The Dark Knight]

Bummer, I didn't notice this thread before. Sunday I bought the HD-DVD version of Planet Earth from Amazon for $66.95 It shoudl arrive tomorrow with the Prime two day shipping.

Just as an aside, I don't know if Amazon's prices on the old ($4.95 type) movies is as good, but looking at some of the new releases like Ghost Rider and such, Amazon's prices are the same or better on all the one's I checked. Obviously, the 20% discount would change that, but as to regular prices several I looked at on this site were higher than Amazon.

Ghost Rider (Non HD/Non Directors cut) Amazon $15.99 DeepDiscount $18.87 (as an example).

Yeah, generally Amazon is cheaper than anyone but that isn't always the case.

I use http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/ to search multiple places at once.

Alot of times their prices aren't updated though so be aware of that.

[keithbishop]

Just ordered The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Complete Series DVD at a nice price. Thanks for the heads up, TDK.

[Raiderfan76]

I ordered these dam things a month ago, still nothing.........
The order status is 'open'..........

[The Dark Knight]

I ordered these dam things a month ago, still nothing.........
The order status is 'open'..........

Really?

I got mine in 4 days.

I'd send them an email.

[Raiderfan76]

Really?

I got mine in 4 days.

I'd send them an email.

I did three days ago, no response yet....