HD DVD trends (1 Viewer)

[Yumbo]

Departed has dropped the promo montage at beginning, and goes straight into movie!
The SD version is highly compressed! Artifacts abound.

Universal drops pricing for new combos to $34.99, and catalog to $28.99.

Some covers for Universal titles have a terrible open flap which stays open!

 

[Denny_S]

This is good news, that promo has started to get annoying. Reminds of that other old annoying ...'Are you ready for FOX DVD...' promo.

 

[Jason Seaver]

What catalog combos have been announced at $29? I've heard of catalog titles previously announced as combos getting a price drop, but the information indicated that they were no longer combo discs.

 

[Denny_S]

I've seen Universal catalog titles such as Seabiscuit, Red Dragon, Fast & the Furious 1 & 2, Fear & Loathing in Las Veags, The Rundown etc. drop to $27.99 CAD at most B&Ms. A lot of these had previous stickered prices of $32-$36 each.
The Departed combo is on sale at BB and FS here in Canada for $32.99!

 

[Shaun]

These flaps are not required to keep the case closed and are easily removable.

 

[Yumbo]

Thanks Shaun.

Jason,

Combo $35 overall drop.
Catalog $29 in line with Warner.

 

[elMalloc]

Our best buy only had 3 HD-DVD copies and people went out in the blizzard to get them before 3 PM.

 

[Mark Zimmer]

If these are the flaps I'm thinking of, just fold them in and close the case normally.

 

[Brent T]

I got to our Best Buy (out side of philly) and I was surprised by two things.

#1 - Best Buy had the HD-DVD of the Departed right out front in the New Releases section (no Blue Ray)

#2 - They were sold out of it. When I asked about it was told that they got 10 or so in and that they were all gone by lunch time.

#3 - I went to another Best Buy closer to my house and was able to pick up the 2nd to last copy for $22.99, $24.37 with tax