'300' HD-DVD, up for Amazon pre-order (1 Viewer)

[Jason Roer]

And it's down again. At least for me.

Cheers,

Jason

 

[Cees Alons]

Indeed! Something "funny" happening to that title there. :frowning:


Cees

 

[Jim_K]

Vendors are not supposed to have it available to pre-order until on or after July 3 (I forget) per Warners instructions.

 

[Cees Alons]

EST, or else local time, I suppose?


Cees

 

[Jim_K]

US Central time maybe? dunno.

I try again later today if that don't work try tomorrow (though thats a national holiday so it might not be updated) in not then try the 5th, if not then try the 6th.

I'm ordering through Warner directly as I get a better discount.

 

[Cees Alons]

How come, Jim?


Cees

 

[Tim Glover]

Warner has some coupons like

WBWEL which is a 15% discount? Not sure. And if you get 2 or more, free shipping is applied. Only problem with WB Home Video. I made a larger order back in early april when they had several different coupons working and got several HD DVDs for under $14. But 6/7 came with loose discs and broken disc holder thingys.

 

[Jim_K]

Coupon code WBWEL gives 20% off. and free shipping as long as you order enough ($60 I think) which usually gets here in 2 days. Just have to group the orders, this go round was 300 and Deliverance on BD and T3 and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on HD.

Never had a problem with broken discs.

I use Amazon for my non-WB HD/BD purchases and I like to throw a bone out to Digitaleyes/DVDplanet from time to time for their good customer service over the years.

 

[Cees Alons]

I see thanks, Jim.

I still have the -10% from Amazon, my shipping is more expensive, but the rest of my purchase behaviour is like yours (with the same considerations ).


Cees

 

[Jim_K]

I missed out on the 10% deal at Amazon Cees, got into BD a few weeks too late (Jan) and HD in April. I think the deadline was Dec 31st last year.

 

[Cees Alons]

Jim, yes it was. And because of some ambiguity in the original description ("for a year") they decided to extend it to December 2007 (while originally they probably had meant to have during 2006 only) for those who were eligible already.


Cees

 

[Chris S]

Seems to be working now. Preorder... uh... ordered.

 

[Ron-P]

Anyone know if the BD will have a UPCM track?

 

[Tim Glover]

Ron, I'm assuming it will much like Warner did for the BD of The Departed.

Regarding Amazon....looks like the combo is about .18 cents less than usual. Rings up $24.97 shipped instead of $25.15.

 

[BrettGallman]

As far as I know, the BD version is only going to have a TrueHD track, but not a PCM track, which is why I pre-ordered this on HD-DVD since the first gen Samsung BD player doesn't decode TrueHD (while the A1 does).

 

[Shane Martin]

True Hd on both releases AFAIK. The BR version is $5 less. That makes it an easy decision. $5 for IME isn't worth it.

 

[BrettGallman]

True, but in my case, the cost ends up being about the same on Amazon when you consider that the BD doesn't qualify for Super Saving shipping, while the HD-DVD does. Also, I would pay more anyway since I want to hear the TrueHD soundtrack, which I can't do on the first-gen Samsung player.

 

[Tim Glover]

Good to see you back Brett. Missed your posts lately.

 

[BrettGallman]

Yeah, I've been busy wasting time actually watching all these discs that I've amassed for the past couple of years, and it hasn't really left me with a lot of time to talk about them.

I really can't wait to check 300 out--if any film was made for the HD formats, it's this one. The thought of this with lossless audio makes me drool, as I remember it being quite a seat-rocker in the theater.

 

[Ron-P]

This is going to be a tough decision. Buy the HD-DVD and rewire my machines so I can listen to the TrueHD track or buy the BD and wait until I upgrade players. hmmmmmmm

With this out in a few weeks has anyone found a site that has the actual disc's specs posted?