Highly possible it's region-locked.

Anyway, initially retailers were told by the studio that they were not allowed to have "exclusive" versions of the movie (including steelbooks), which fueled speculation at the time that the studio may be releasing the 3D version which may have included 3D specs, hence requiring special packing. Now that the studio has put out that they're not planning to release a 3D version of Avatar at least until the technology matures, perhaps it's possible that the studio is giving retailers some leeway to releasing steelbook versions of Avatar. So far, only UK and Denmark versions have surfaced. So it's not inconceivable that eventually we may see a US-version steelbook as well. Well, I'm hoping so anyway.

I have Best Buy's steelbook of This Is It. However, take note that it is DVD-sized, so it's larger than standard blu-ray casing, sticks out like a sore thumb in my collection. Not happy.

Ended up getting the Speedy one too.

p/s : thanks bighead.

Just the size of the steelbook. the best buy version is a dvd-sized casing (i.e. bigger) whereas the Speedy one is a proper blu-ray sized steelbook.

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Added on March 4, 2010, 7:07 pmi believe what htkaki said was that in certain climatic scenes, he expected "more oomphh" i.e. "the feeling u get when having a bulldozer plough through your AV room" kinda oomph.

hardly the same as saying it sounds flat.

This post has been edited by terranova: Mar 4 2010, 07:08 PM

I'm getting LoTR T.E. because:
(1) i'm getting the steelbook version cos i'm a sucker
(2) i haven't seen LoTR yet
(3) I can't wait till 2020 (or whateva date it is) to watch the E.E. version.

errm ..... actually they're referred to as steelbook, not steelbox.

anyway, there are currently 3 known versions which have been announced:
(1) amazon.de has each of the 3 movies in separate steelbooks with different cover art for each
(2) best buy has a sticker-style steelbook version
(3) futureshop has a proper imprinted steelbook version

there could be more versions down the road, but as of now, i know of only these 3.

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Added on March 5, 2010, 5:38 pmI plan to double-dip, yes. Since I did not buy any of the DVD, i feel less guilty.

This post has been edited by terranova: Mar 5 2010, 05:38 PM

sorry. i'm also quite lazy. hence i'm here trolling the forums instead of working.

wow! that's an interesting cover for Lord of The Rings.

(photo credits to bluray.com forum)

blu-ray sized (not the horrendous dvd-size, like This Is it).
sticker-steelbook style (not imprinted).
steelbook casing only for $5.
no need to buy the LoTR blu-ray.
order online, no need in-store purchase.
US delivery only.
from Best Buy.

link

Now ex-husband.

she text-ed me last nite.



when coming to HK again?

This post has been edited by terranova: Mar 16 2010, 03:52 PM

Those tits really spoils it for me. I'm saying NO to tits on steelbooks. I'll let u know when HMV HK comes out with their local version.

the car no. plate guy ah?

yep, that's what all the girls said.

For what it's worth, take note that Best Buy's New Moon steelbook is dvd-sized.

u can get BoB at a reasonable price at amazon.uk now ma. should grab it.

I think it has been repeated many times in this thread, and you being an active member here should have picked up on it as well. Does region-lock ring a bell?

I believe Mr. Ho is referring to the former. Some ppl are averse to black bars like some are to nipples on BD case.

Was out to lunch just now and noticed that Toy Story 1 & 2 is out in Hong Kong already.

Several new chinese movie titles are out too, including Confucious. Also Hins Leung Unplugged concert.

Then u need to get this bro:
How To Lose Friends And Alienate People

Recommended only to Oppo brothers with region-free blu-ray players.