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Casino Royale on Blu-ray Amazon pre-order is up.

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Matrix

LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world he’d rather have. The problem is, Dwyane’s not a woman.
Sweet,ordered :)
 
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Suikoguy

I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
Does not have the 10% off applied yet for the deal they ran and extended last year.

Remember to buy it though the neogaf link to support neogaf :D
 
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Matrix

LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world he’d rather have. The problem is, Dwyane’s not a woman.
Yea if they put up the 10% off later I'll just cancel the order and rebuy :)
 
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Suikoguy

I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
Matrix said:
Yea if they put up the 10% off later I'll just cancel the order and rebuy :)
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They do on all of them, it just can take them sometimes up to a week. And unfortunately, it does not update in your cart.
 
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sykoex

Lost all credibility.
Would seeing it in blu-ray presumably be better quality than a movie theater projection?
 
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Solo

Member
OK, I am probably the biggest Bond nut around here. With that said, I feel obligated to ask: why in god's name would you pre-order a DVD/BRD that will be readily available day one? This isn't a game or a console, people. It won't be sold out. If anything, you'll get the disc later due to shipping issues, and pay more than you might at a brick and mortar. Just doesn't make sense to me. Personally I think it's a much better alternative to just get my ass over to Futureshop/Walmart/etc and take advantage of a day one discount /end rant
 
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gofreak

GAF's Bob Woodward
I'll preorder once I can get my 10% discount on it.

Anyone with a PS3 should go to http://www.p-tv.jp/HD/ using the PS3 browser, and download the 1080p Casino Royale trailer. It is really yummy..and the BD will just look better still, obviously.
 
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wasting

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Solo said:
OK, I am probably the biggest Bond nut around here. With that said, I feel obligated to ask: why in god's name would you pre-order a DVD/BRD that will be readily available day one? This isn't a game or a console, people. It won't be sold out. If anything, you'll get the disc later due to shipping issues, and pay more than you might at a brick and mortar. Just doesn't make sense to me. Personally I think it's a much better alternative to just get my ass over to Futureshop/Walmart/etc and take advantage of a day one discount /end rant
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not buying it online doesnt make bluray look as good at hdgamedb.com
 
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jjasper

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wasting said:
not buying it online doesnt make bluray look as good at hdgamedb.com
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:lol I hope to god that isn't why people are doing it, I just did it cause I was bored at work and Amazon has the cheapest prices on HD DVD/Blu ray disks. For me it was $27.99 total with shipping, it will be $34.99 plus tax at Best buy I am sure.
 
Brofist

Brofist

Member
gofreak said:
I'll preorder once I can get my 10% discount on it.

Anyone with a PS3 should go to http://www.p-tv.jp/HD/ using the PS3 browser, and download the 1080p Casino Royale trailer. It is really yummy..and the BD will just look better still, obviously.
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is it better than the 1080p trailer up on the Japanese PSN?
 
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gofreak

GAF's Bob Woodward
kpop100 said:
is it better than the 1080p trailer up on the Japanese PSN?
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I am not sure, I don't have a japanese psn account. Didn't know there was a trailer up there! I imagine they're probably the same..
 
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dammitmattt

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temp said:
Roughly 5x better, yes.
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I seriously doubt that. I'm not sure what theater you saw it in, but I saw Casino Royale on a DLP projection screen and the image quality was PHENOMENAL. Along with Superman, it was one of the cleanest pictures I've seen in a movie theater outside of the CG movies.
 
ManaByte

ManaByte

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temp said:
Roughly 5x better, yes.
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Not if you saw it on a digital projected. ****, even normal film projection is the same as BRD.

Before HD seeing it in the theaters was the best way to see it because DVD couldn't match the same resolution as film. But now that there are 1080p players and sets you get CLOSE to the same resolution at home, but still not quite.

Academy Sound (Sound movies before 1955): 15 mm × 21 mm (1.375) = 2160 × 2970
Academy camera US Widescreen: 11 mm × 21 mm (1.85) = 1605 × 2970
Current Anamorphic Panavision ('Scope"): 17.5 mm × 21 mm (2.39) = 2485 × 2970
Super-35 for Anamorphic prints: 10 mm × 24 mm (2.39) = 1420 × 3390

Most of the Christie digital projectors major theater chains use (such as Regal/Edwards) have a resolution of 2048x1080.

The theatrical resolution of digital projectors is still just a bit higher than even BRD so saying it's 5x better than the theater is wrong.
 
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Matrix

LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world he’d rather have. The problem is, Dwyane’s not a woman.
Solo said:
OK, I am probably the biggest Bond nut around here. With that said, I feel obligated to ask: why in god's name would you pre-order a DVD/BRD that will be readily available day one? This isn't a game or a console, people. It won't be sold out. If anything, you'll get the disc later due to shipping issues, and pay more than you might at a brick and mortar. Just doesn't make sense to me. Personally I think it's a much better alternative to just get my ass over to Futureshop/Walmart/etc and take advantage of a day one discount /end rant
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It's cheaper for me cause I have amazon prime and I'm getting it with free 2 day shipping/no tax *which they always seem to get to me in 1 day*

Also its best to get get pre-orders in early with amazon if thats where you plan to buy from. Blu ray movies that are popular will go in and out of stock a lot or they will say usually ships in 6-11 days.

I'm sure they will have a ton of Casion Royale,but it doesnt hurt me to pre-order and save money.
 
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Solo

Member
Fair enough I guess. I just asked because I have been buying DVDs for 8 years nows, and have never not been able to walk into any retailer and get what I was looking for on day one.
 
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DarkJediKnight

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Solo said:
Fair enough I guess. I just asked because I have been buying DVDs for 8 years nows, and have never not been able to walk into any retailer and get what I was looking for on day one.
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You're Canadian right? Amazon ships their packages in a way that doesn't charge you tax or brokerage fees. You can save a lot of money buying online.

DVDs are one thing, but in Canada I'm sure you've noticed that we don't get all the new releases on Day 1 for HD stuff. I still haven't see Crank on Blu-ray anywhere, but Amazon shipped it to me 3 days before it hit the street.
 
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jjasper

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DarkJediKnight said:
DVDs are one thing, but in Canada I'm sure you've noticed that we don't get all the new releases on Day 1 for HD stuff. I still haven't see Crank on Blu-ray anywhere, but Amazon shipped it to me 3 days before it hit the street.
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Yeah that is the other problem it is hard to find new releases on day one for a lot of titles.
 
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Lord Error

Insane For Sony
DarkJediKnight said:
DVDs are one thing, but in Canada I'm sure you've noticed that we don't get all the new releases on Day 1 for HD stuff. I still haven't see Crank on Blu-ray anywhere, but Amazon shipped it to me 3 days before it hit the street.
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Best Buy had Crunk yesterday
 
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Suikoguy

I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
The 10% Off is now being Applied to Casino Royale for those who took advantage of the Buy 3 get 10% off deal last year.

Just a heads up
 
The Elite

The Elite

BOSS
Sirolf said:
Thank you to a certain canadian online shop :p
Just saw a few scenes ...:O :O :O
Mindblowing!!
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Post pictures of the box.

Because I get off on that sorta thing... :D

So are you guys saying that if I go to Futureshop on day 1 then I might not get my copy of Royale here in Canada.
 
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Petrarca

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I've got these blu-ray on my pre-order list

1. Casino Royale
2. Mr & Mrs Smith
3. Eragon
4. Rocky Balboa
5. Happy Feet
6. Pursuit of Happiness
7. Night at the Museum
8. Pirates of the Caribbean 1 & 2


...are The Rock, Con Air, Crimson Tide pre-orders up anywhere yet?
 
Sirolf

Sirolf

Member
DoctorWho said:
Post pictures of the box.

Because I get off on that sorta thing... :D

So are you guys saying that if I go to Futureshop on day 1 then I might not get my copy of Royale here in Canada.
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Here are the pictures (sorry for the quality but i was in a hurry!) :

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On the disc :

-Trailers (Rocky Balboa,Stranger than fiction) + Bluray incoming titles(Spiderman 2!)
-4 documentary : Becoming Bond (1080p) ,James Bond : for real (1080p),Bond girls are forever (SD) and the clip introduction by Chris Cornell (SD).

Going to watch the movie tomorrow with the wife so i will post much longer impressions sunday(if all is going well) !!
 
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Solo

Member
Petrarca said:
I've got these blu-ray on my pre-order list

1. Casino Royale
2. Mr & Mrs Smith
3. Eragon
4. Rocky Balboa
5. Happy Feet
6. Pursuit of Happiness
7. Night at the Museum
8. Pirates of the Caribbean 1 & 2


...are The Rock, Con Air, Crimson Tide pre-orders up anywhere yet?
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Are you just buying every BRD that comes out?
 
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Petrarca

Banned
Solo said:
Are you just buying every BRD that comes out?
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no, not even close...just have a few dozens BD movies, 60 or so

never had any movie collection before BD (not in DVD, not in VHS, not in Laser disc), so I don't feel guilty indulging myself in HD-era
 
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Cheebs

Member
At least Blu-Ray and HD-DVD are taking away all of useless "film" fans who only care about movies with pretty special effects and leaving dvd topics to the film fans.
 
Schattenjäger

Schattenjäger

Gabriel Knight
casino royale is the only movie tempting me to go BR.. but then i remind myself that DVD is just as good for me.. and how the majority of BR movies are all popcorn flicks and not too engaging
 
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distantmantra

Member
Petrarca said:
I've got these blu-ray on my pre-order list

1. Casino Royale
2. Mr & Mrs Smith
3. Eragon
4. Rocky Balboa
5. Happy Feet
6. Pursuit of Happiness
7. Night at the Museum
8. Pirates of the Caribbean 1 & 2


...are The Rock, Con Air, Crimson Tide pre-orders up anywhere yet?
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Wow, you'll buy anything on BR!

My upcoming BR wish list is as follows:

Casino Royale
A Scanner Darkly
Volver
Pirates of the Caribbean 1 & 2
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society (rumored)

There isn't a whole lot coming out on BR that I want, and I refuse to double dip on purchases I already have on DVD.
 
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DarkJediKnight

Member
distantmantra said:
I refuse to double dip on purchases I already have on DVD.
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Movies that I love, I have to double dip. It's a completely new experience. Esspecially if you have a kickass sound system. The audio alone is worth it to me over the improvement in video.
 
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distantmantra

Member
DarkJediKnight said:
Movies that I love, I have to double dip. It's a completely new experience. Esspecially if you have a kickass sound system. The audio alone is worth it to me over the improvement in video.
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The only films I'll seriously consider on BR are those of Wong Kar-Wai and Pedro Almodovar. I'm content with everything else on DVD.
 
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