haha steelbook arrived this morning. in good condition, AMZ CANADA used fill-air inflatable packaging to protect the disc, AMZ CANADA is my 1st choice now.

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Added on April 23, 2011, 10:32 ama home entertainment disc is to present the movi in the way that the movi director intended to, WAR OF THE WORLD is meant to be grainy, so the BD present it in grainny way. it is faithful to director's intention.

check out the review:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/42562/war-of-the-worlds/
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/3125/waroftheworlds.html

i am not arguing that WAR OF THE WORLD has no grain, i am saying the grainy look is natural & faithful to the movi original look. it is the best presentation of the movi original look.

if it is not original & failure in transfer, DVD TALK REVIEW, BLURAY.COM & BLURAY HIDIFDIGEST would not give iy 4 /4.5 star rating.

the movi applied heavy grain reduction is FRENCH CONNECTION & PREDATOR, both received bad reviews.

Not an arguement, brother, but a personnel opinion, and it is my cup of tea.

This post has been edited by johnbluraylover: Apr 23 2011, 10:39 AM

Just watched some parts of 71 into fire, KILL BILL 1 & 2 from CANADA, YIYI, FLOWER & SNAKE, all looks good.

KILL BILL 1 & 2 ALLIANCE QUALITY = AMAZON UK, dif is the cool steel book.

also tried PSYCHO black & white, very sharp, much better than DVD.

TAXI DRIVER is gonna to be my TOP 10 BLURAY DISC, good movi with good bluray release, pic/sound/packing & price all a must.

INCREDIBLES - DISNEY PIXAR also looks very good.

This post has been edited by johnbluraylover: Apr 23 2011, 06:11 PM

i would like to stick with AMAZON, so far, everything ok & i need to honor their replacement on every complaint we made so far.

HMV is a retailer like SPEEDY, since they do not do VAT reduction, i do not think it will be much cheaper than AMZ UK.

is the TRUE GRIT STEELBOOK available in AMZ UK? or HMV exclusive?



This post has been edited by johnbluraylover: Apr 24 2011, 09:05 AM

DAYLIGHT - AMZ UK - very cheap, but quality soso, JUGDE DREDD - AMZ GERMAN

actually, it is totally up to you, after all it is between u & AMZ.

HOWEVER, MY PERSONNEL OPINION IS AS FOLLOW:

do not request replacement for bluray standard keep case, because it can be replaced easily, it is not customized. average every 10 disc i bought from AMZ, 3 BLURAY KEEPCASE are broken, regardless AMZ US/UK/GERMAN.

u should reserve the right for the replacement when u buy the customized bookcase/steelbook/boxset when it is broken.

if u request too many replacement, i believe they keep record.

i requested they replace the DR. ZHIVAGO bookcase for me, but they send the new disc/bookcase. i accept it as i cannot replace the bookcase. but i can easily buy the standrad bluray keepcase over here for the broken one.

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Added on April 24, 2011, 1:49 pmi would not go for trilogy, part 2 & 3 are soso (i felt), unlike TOY STORY trilogy, all goods.

This post has been edited by johnbluraylover: Apr 24 2011, 01:49 PM

i also face lot of packing problem from AMZ DE, my 1st batch steelbook 2 dented/broken, 1 missing disc, after the replacemnet, i would say problem half solved.

AMZ CANADA got better packing, the steelbook from AMZ CANADA also better quality.

hi guys,

my friend is goin to HONG KONG & i got RM500 budget for him to buy me HONG KONG bluray disc. need some advice:

1 - the best HONG KONG release bluray disc
2 - website/webpage on HONG KONG BLURAY $ & review
3 - any cool movie only can be found in HONG KONG.

please advice/suggest.

thanks brothers.

hi all, thanks for the advice, will start searching.................

by the way, really cool toys set u got, i just order the BLURAY DISC of GOEMON.

This post has been edited by johnbluraylover: Apr 25 2011, 08:09 PM

actually i am kind of confuse, i heard from some of my friend the BD at HK is around RM50/disc, but from the web, all sell at least RM100++, very expensive.

bro, very disipline, i am dif in a way i almost bought every disc when the $ is reasonale, especially during sales. i had gone mad recently, i think i spend>RM10K since 2011. i lost count already.

sometimes, also depends on my investment. if i made good money in my investment, i will just spend big in entertainment. afterall, we are all gonna die & have to enjoy life.

big stanley kubrick fans already pre-order the stanley kubrick box set, will be release in 1 month time, so, stay away from the individual title 7 grab the fancy box set.

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Added on April 26, 2011, 10:34 amya bro, made some profit recently, so enjoy life a bit. after all, i hate travel, dislike fancy dress, save me a lots.

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Added on April 26, 2011, 10:36 amthanks bro, will change my name to johnbluraymadman soon. i believe u will overtake me soon.

This post has been edited by johnbluraylover: Apr 26 2011, 10:36 AM

not always box set, but STANLEY KUBRICK is god, a must lah.

just received a call from me wife, AMZ DE final package arrived, 4 steelbook, 1 box set & 2 standard keepcase. hope no broken this time.

poison baby, poison.....

sometimes AMZ is very bad/unfair in pricing, just few days ago, blow out was selling at U$27, now U$19?

This post has been edited by johnbluraylover: Apr 26 2011, 11:05 PM

Hi , welcome to our forum, i pre-order from AMZON US, u might want to try AMZ UK for cheaper $, if u do not care much on packing, & becareful of the region code.

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Added on April 27, 2011, 11:15 ami have found a way to put a "bra" on the uk nipples,
will show u guys when my project completed.

This post has been edited by johnbluraylover: Apr 27 2011, 11:15 AM

brother, the UK will have 17.5%VAT refund, so is around RM300. u might want to consider postage$ too.

usuauuly UK $ will drop significantly after release. if for pre-oreder, not much dif.

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Added on April 27, 2011, 1:22 pmwow, samuraisan, seems like u want to overtake us, cool choice,

GODFATHER & MUMMY TRILOGY both region free & very good quality,

u might consider BORNE TRILOGY, FAST & FURIOUS 4 MOVI SET, BANDS OF BROTHER too, all very reasonale $ at AMZ UK.

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Added on April 27, 2011, 1:24 pmbrother,

go for PANASONIC BD player, if u like picture quality at reasonale $.

SAMSUNG also good color.

PIONEER a bit picky in playing disc but best quality among all.

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Added on April 27, 2011, 1:36 pmi made the biggest mistake in mt BLURAY disc buying history, i bought DARKSTAR from AMZON DE, it was suppose to be an english movi, but the BD only got GERMAN language & no subtitle.

sakit kepala.

This post has been edited by johnbluraylover: Apr 27 2011, 01:36 PM

good suggestion, but i prefer JAPANESE first.

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Added on April 27, 2011, 1:51 pmbra = $

This post has been edited by johnbluraylover: Apr 27 2011, 01:51 PM

ME ordered 6 TITLES, 3 black & white - 8 & 1/2, BREATHLESS, WING OF DESIRE & 3 color- STILL WALKING, Le Cercle & Blow out

i was lucky not to pre-order blow out, , i pre-order FEAR & LOATHING AT VEGAS at U$27, luckily didn't see it at discount bin. , but i paid U$28 for PATH OF GLORY & never watched it.

thinking of NAKED KISS & SHOCK CORRIDOR, but again, I never watched any of my criterion, some I owned it > a year.

thinking of watching some silly movi, like TIME COP, TREMORS, like to be brainless for a while.

watch some parts of TRANSPORTER last night, cool.

i am looking forward CRITERION to release for HIGH & LOW, IN THE MOOD OF LOVE, THE MISSING, DEAD RINGER, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, RUSHMORE.

This post has been edited by johnbluraylover: Apr 27 2011, 09:42 PM

ya, forgot it is color when the ANGEL turn human.

KING OF THE ROAD is full black & white.

U$18/disc is very cheap for criterion, usually even sales, it is around U$22/disc.

this canada scream only selling at C$15 during last week. good choice.