Best Buy -- Many Superbit DVDs now $9.99 (1 Viewer)

[Craig W]

I find it funny that the Superbit line is on sale, but it is almost like BB does not want you to know that they are on sale.

I went back to the Best Buy yesterday that had all of their Superbits marked in the $20-range with the exception of Das Boot $9.99 which I quickly grabbed.

I could not find a copy of the flyer with the sale mentioned so I asked a worker about it and he went to find the flyer and brought one out to me. I was ready for a battle with the checkout girl.

I also picked up Labyrinth, Cliffhanger and Vertical Limit. I had the flyer in hand and showed her the sale price and her reply was "no problem". To my surprise they all came out at $9.99 when she scanned them. Nothing needed to be adjusted.

Now my SB collection is complete, but do I go back for SWAT?
It's hard to resist at these prices.

 

[Patrick Sun]

I think I'm going back for Dralion (Cirque du Soleil)...

 

[Mike Frezon]

Patrick: I like the way you think! That is a damn good idea!

I've been wanting to buy a Cirque de Soleil disc for a while now...but always thought them overpriced for a blind buy. I'll be checking that out this week. I've only got one Best Buy in my area. I hope its in stock.

 

[GarySchrock]

The Les Miserables one from the original list on the first page of this thread doesn't really exist, correct? As I recall it was supposed to be the Les Mis in concert thing, but never actually got released? (Which is a shame, because I did want it).

 

[Sean A]

Picked up Lawrence of Arabia and Guns of Navarone at my local BB in Queens NY at $10 each. May go back for the Spider-man flicks at that price, or even Das Boot .

It was a rare double dip for me with LOA , since I had the 3 disc set, but at 10 bucks and all the talk I hear about the improved transfer, how I could I say no ?

 

[Rodon]

Black Hawk Down
Heavy Metal
The Fifth Element
All today


Soon:
Gattaca
The two Cirqs
Dark Crystal

 

[Citizen87645]

I picked up Heavy Metal and The Dark Crystal.

 

[Nathan-C]

This is a great deal. I was able to get the Fifth element, Black hawk down, das boot, and once upon a time in mexico, all superbit and all for 9.99. Going back to get Spider man 2 and underworld. Every superbit they had at my sacramento store was and still is 9.99. Unfortunately they don't carry Straship troopers. and I tried a ton of stores online no store carries it and its the only superbit at bestbuy.com that is still 20.99. Also no Leon the professional online or in stores.

 

[David Norman]

Labyrinth
Dark Crystal
Das Boot
5th Element
Desperado
Once Upon a Time
Zorro (I think I got Banderas fever somehow)
Black Hawk Down


Closer was still at 22.99 though I didn't really push the issue and see if they would honor the "All Superbit" deal. maybe later.

 

[ChrisBEA]

I picked up a whole mess of SB's last week:
Closer (tagged at 19.99, rang up 22.99, didn't even question the markdown, she just did it)
From Here to Eternity
Resident Evil
Hook
Vertical Limit
Cirque Du Soleil: Dralion
The Guns of Navarone
The Big Hit
Air Force One
Das Boot
Desperado
Spider-Man
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Lawrence of Arabia
Seven Years in Tibet
Johnny Mnemonic
The Patriot
Heavy Metal
Gattaca

Are there any other worthy SB's that I missed, or any that look so much better than the regular releases that I should make a point of acquiring?

Thanks

 

[Matthew_Mel]

If anyone can find it and wants to push the envelope, check out Cirque de Soleil: Solstrom superbit

Its the 5 disk series that retails for like $50 i think. Its a superbit and i tried to find it but no store in 50 miles carries it. so give it a shot.

 

[TonyD]

from bb.com

"Solstrom (5 Disc) - Widescreen Subtitle AC3 Dolby Dts - DVD

In Stock Usually ships in 1 business day
Store Availability Not Available"

 

[GordonL]

I was fortunate enough to find the ad and picked up Fifth Element UE, Leon: The Professional DE, and The Brown Bunny (blind buy). The IMDB review doesn't look too good for The Brown Bunny though.

Here is the official magazine

 

[Frank@N]

Chris, I was wondering if you owned the standard versions of the DVDs you mentioned in your post?

If so, then that was almost a $200 double-dip or are you planning to sell your old versions to offset the cost?

I was just curious about the strategy of those who are investing heavily in SuperBit.

On a side note, I'm always amused that the HTF spellchecker wants to turn 'SuperBit' into 'SuperBad' (didn't know that was even a word).

 

[Craig W]

The only Superbit title that I have ever double dipped on was LOA due to the newly restored print. Other than that I have purposely avoided all of Columbia Tristar intial releases because high demand titles usually mean Superbit re-release.

 

[Frank@N]

As a follow up question, are most SB buyers big DTS fans?

That is one feature that the SB line can clearly boast.

I'm on the sidelines with SB because I already own the titles, have a smaller screen, and don't have DTS.

 

[Ernesto.Morin]

Yes. Main reason I have been buying SB is because of DTS.

 

[ChrisBEA]

Frank,
I only had a few:
Johnny Mnemonic: I got burned on a full screen from the walmart dump bin, I sold it to my sister.
Resident Evil: I read of improved PQ.
Desperado: I read is definitely better over the other release.
The Big Hit: this was an older release, so I am betting on improved PQ.
Spider-Man: Improved PQ and Tobey commentary.
The rest are first time purchases for me.
I am keeping the other doubles for the extras.
I don't have a great system and actually do a lot of viewing on a widescreen laptop where the better transfers do make a difference.

 

[Frank@N]

Interesting point.

 

[ChrisBEA]

I sort of enjoy Mnemonic for the B movie it is.

I have noticed different transfer qualities between laptop and regular TV viewing. Not sure if it's just me or the increased resolution of a PC or what, but better transfers=better viewing!