Spider-Man -films (Blu-ray) on 10-30-07 (1 Viewer)

[Chris S]

The lower discount rate (currently 10%) won't hold at Amazon for very long. It will go back up to 30% or 35% soon or if nothing else at least by the release week to stay in competition with other vendors.

 

[Grant H]

I suspect the high price on SM3 is to drive more people to the box set, so that Sony can say:

Look how many more copies of the Spider-Man Trilogy sold compared with the Matrix Trilogy!

That's what I'd do.

Slick way to get people to upgrade all the films rather than stick with their SB DVDs.

I have no explanation for Amazon however. Maybe they need to cut down on customers.

 

[MarekM]

new info from sony insider :

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.ph...8&postcount=25

 

[Jim_K]

Hopefully the box set price will also drop.

 

[Eric F]

The box price has to drop from Amazon. No way in hell am I paying $82 for it.(after 10% discount)

 

[MarekM]

I hope it will go back to 69 or so, before it jumped to 90

Marek

 

[Eric F]

I saw it for that price but was entitled something like "Spiderman 1-2-3" which was fairly cryptic, plus I was waiting for the discount to be added too before I purchased.

Either way, if Amazon decides not to lower their prices that's fine with me. I'm sure I can find somewhere else to make my purchase, like DeepDiscount, whose 20% off sale comes very close to the release date as well.

 

[MarekM]

I ordered UK version from sendit.com

Spider-Man 1, 2 and 3 (Blu-Ray) (Region 2) 32.89 (was 49.99)
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subtotal: 32.89
giftwrap: 0.00
Postage: 1.75
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Grand Total: 34.64 pounds
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Marek

 

[Chris S]

I ordered the Spider-man Trilogy from Amazon the other day to get the higher 10% additional discount (~$9). Simply email then after the transaction to get it applied. Then you can use their pre-order price guarantee when they resume the lower $68 price thus making the total purchase price ~$59. In the end, if they don't bring the overall price back down I'll just cancel the order and get it elsewhere.

 

[Vincent_P]

Perhaps somebody with some audio expertise can chime in, but is there a reason for this? Would there be any difference encoding a 16-bit source using 24-bit Dolby THD as opposed to 16-bit THD? If THD is "lossless", I don't get what benefit they'll get by encoding a 16-bit source at 24-bit.

Vincent

 

[Eric F]

Marek, that's still $70 US dollars. No bargain in my book.

 

[MarekM]

yes but for me is quite cheaper, because slovak crown is very strong now against $, euro or pound, so now for me after recomputing to slovak crown and back to $ it will be around 66-67$

and most importatn thing, this is already with TAX etc...

Marek

 

[MarekM]

finaly changes on amazon

Spider-Man 3 (Two Discs) [Blu-ray] ~ Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, and Thomas Haden Church (Blu-ray - 2007)
Buy new: $43.95 $29.95
You Save: $14.00 (32%)


Spider-Man - The High Definition Trilogy (Spider-Man / Spider-Man 2 / Spider-Man 2.1 / Spider-Man 3) [Blu-ray] ~ Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, and Alfred Molina (Blu-ray - 2004)
Buy new: $92.95 $64.99
You Save: $27.96 (30%)

 

[Chris S]

Sigh..... they're still not applying the 10% discount for those eligible.

 

[Douglas Monce]

The original source audio on most films is 16 bit. 24 bit is a selling point, like saying New and Improved.

Doug

 

[Paul Arnette]

I've given up on this. I just order it now and send an e-mail asking for the price correction. I had to do that with the Anchor Bay BDs too. After the Spider-man box set soared to $89 for awhile, I decided this method causes less heart-ache in the long run.

 

[Jim_K]

Great, a little over $21 per title. That's more like it. Order placed.

 

[Southpaw]

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...gy_Blu-ray/887

What is up with this, Sony???????
No PCM track on first 2 movies and no extras ported over from SD. Canceling order as I type. Guess I will have to rent them from Netflix. Still considering buying the 3rd one though.

 

[Paul Arnette]

I feared the worst re: lossless audio, but I see that they are at least including Dolby Digital TrueHD. The lack of extras has been rumored for some time, and it is not a deal-breaker for me.

 

[Southpaw]

Paul - I thought I read that they weren't doing any high-def extras for the 1st 2...I had no idea they weren't including ANY extras. What a waste. Oh well. I'll still watch via NF but they lost my purchase with this decision.