Popular HD DVD Box Sets on Sale
by Pravin on August 24th, 2008 in shopping.
If you somehow managed to miss (or skip) the love-fest that HD DVD fans have had with Planet Earth, Discovery Channel wants to give you another chance.
The Discovery Channel store has a new HD DVD sale which includes the ever-popular Planet Earth set for $29.95, as well as Sunrise Earth for $24.99, both with free shipping. A third disc, Planet Earth: Pole to Pole, Mountains & Deep Ocean is only $7.99 and is actually just one of the discs from the Planet Earth collection. Just remember that these are Discovery versions which aired on that HD channel, and not the exact same as the BBC versions.
Another box set with a good sale price is Battlestar Galactica: Season One over at INetVideo.com, currently going for $19.99. If you order by midnight on Monday (Eastern time), then the BSG order can help qualify you for the 15% off shipping promotion they’re also running. It’s 15% off shipping on orders over $25. A prior promotion had free shipping on orders over $50, and many HD DVD fans easily found enough $7.99 and $9.99 discs to be able to take advantage of that deal.
While we’re on the subject of box sets, DeepDiscount has two notable collections on sale: The Ocean’s 11/12/13 set is only $19.98, and more remarkable is their $28.99 price on the The Ultimate Matrix Collection. DeepDiscount has a bunch of other HD DVD discs on sale too, all with free shipping.
I know some people think, “why the heck do you people keep buying these discs?” Well, it’s something you can only understand if you have an HD DVD player, and you’ve seen that many movies are now as cheap as, or cheaper than, the standard DVD or Blu-ray versions. For example, even though Amazon currently has a nearly 50% off sale on over 80 Blu-ray titles, most cost around $20, with Ultimate Matrix taking pre-orders for $90 on that system.
Special thanks to readers patrick and Applezz for tipping me off to a couple of these deals. Feel free to add any of your own deals in the comments.
- Planet Earth for $29.99, Sunrise Earth for $24.99 at Discovery Channel Store
- Oceans 11, 12, 13, $19.98 and Ultimate Matrix, $28.99 at DeepDiscount.com
- Battlestar Galactica – Season One at INetVideo.com
August 24th, 2008 at 10:51 am
I just purchased Battle Star Galactica off of Inetvideo.com, I purchased Ocean 11,12 & 13 off of Deep Discount. However it was on backorder. I hope it come soon. I really purchased it because one of my favorite comedian’s The Late Bernie Mac is in it & I had to own all three in HD DVD format. Thanks again for the great deals!!!
August 24th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Has anyone found a well transferred Paramount HD DVD? I only have 3, but they are all the poorest of the group (considering the original content). I have mission impossible, the italian job and sleepy hollow all of which have grain issues and dirty transfers. Maybe these are older releases and the format came a long way since then? I figured Italian Job would pop since it was a newer movie and filled with flashy colors and locations…but it just lays there like an upres sdvd.
August 24th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
also…I read on the amazon HD DVD board that Channel 4 is planning to release Trainspotting on HD DVD in the UK. The guy appeared to copy and paste an email he got from a Channel 4 rep, so I’m not sure how trustworthy the news is. It would be pretty sweet though, especially to show that new HD DVD titles would still sell.
August 24th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
There’s “noise” and there’s “grain.” Noise is that crud you see on images on your compressed satellite or cable TV feed, and it’s in just about all YouTube videos. Grain is actually part of the film, and is not the result of compression problems. When you can see grain, you know you’re seeing some of the original detail from the film frame itself. Nowadays, they actually add grain to make some movies look more like film.
Shrek 3 was extremely sharp as was Beowulf, but those are computer-generated in the first place so we’d expect them to be high-quality transfers. Transformers had some of that grain added to it, but it was great looking too.
The news about a new BBC disc coming out is unusual, and we can hope that (1) the customer service person who sent it was working with correct information, and (2) they don’t change their minds in the next few months.
September 4th, 2008 at 1:12 am
I just received my order from Deep Discount. The craziest thing happened. I opened my box to examine the DVD’s as I have learned to do. While I ordered the HD DVD giftset what I received was the Blu-ray set that was shrinkwrapped in the HD DVD Box. I started to send them back but since I have a PS3 I decided to keep them since the Blu ray set cost $55.00 and I technically bought it for $19.99. Just an FYI for those of you wanting the HD DVD set examine before settling into thinking you have the HD DVD set. It may be that I received some sort of Snafu but in case not you may want to note this as my set was on backorder.
September 4th, 2008 at 1:26 am
Charles, at least you got some sort of HD and have the ability to view it.
I’d be upset if I paid for an HD DVD or Blu-ray and got only a standard DVD. It happens now and then on my Netflix discs, but at least those are just rentals.