nobody support pirate stuff anymore also... most of my neighbourhood "durian" sellers have closed down business – people either streamed contents or download themselves nowadays although my household has two netflix accounts, nothing beats the ori physical media when it comes to movies – picture & audio quality, additional contents etc – unbeatable IMO

haha... netflix got pirate one oso ar? cheaper or free?
yup true, it has 4K too, but the problem is... this is beautiful malaysia, our internet speed here although claimed to be the broadest of the bands, it is not the US... picture quality fluctuates when bitrate drops etc and does interfere with our viewing pleasure at times, at least here in my area

This post has been edited by fadthil: Jul 10 2019, 01:47 PM

yup, looks like we have to go with the flow sooner if not later... with the tech

i guess nowadays we like everything simplified in our lives – for good or bad. we used to glorify 5.1 separates home theatre system; receiver, subwoofer, with surround speakers bla bla... now we have soundbar and all-in-one

well not really, i'm still using my dino-age dolby digital 5.1 home theatre system . but everytime i made rounds to home theatre centres or at electrical appliances section, one sales person will want to promote / sell the soundbar to me, when i asked for separates

aik, nobody visits this thread anymore arr... are we all saying we are not buying blu-rays anymore? all converted to streaming oredi arr...? now disney+ also coming this end of the year!

no! dont close this thread la... we must be the saviour for this dying format....

btw, just want to share this weird thing happened to me. being a cheapskate as i am, i only buy blu-rays towards the end of the year when the Black Friday is around the corner! so no purchases during the rest of the year.... but late last month, out of the blue, i received some refunds (around USD2+) credited into my credit card from amazon.com! when i checked in the email, it mentioned "refund – export fee reduced" from my last order way back from last november! does anyone else here experienced this same thing from amazon?

not that i complained, but if want to refund... much2 more than USD2 la...

yup, the mid-valley outlet has already closed down...

true bro... USD2 can be used for BF next month

btw, just discovered this: i chose amazon global expedited shipping... though price is same as international shipping, they added ‘import tax deposit’ into the invoice that’s why!! and it takes 9-10 months to refund!? tapi okla... at least i got my stuff earlier than international shipping...

oh, that's a shame.... i think they know it's immenent, physical is dying. but i still prefer physical over streaming and all that.

but hey, who needs speedy video when we can buy from online retailers which is way cheaper. price was a factor too for physicals selling in m'sia (unless the selective discounted titles offered by speedy recently). if we compare side-by-side the price of a normal movie ticket; in m'sia about RM15-18... and so does in the States USD15-16 ish, so it is close. so why the-f when a blu-ray in the US is selling between USD15-25, in m'sia price difference is like sky high at around RM79.00-100.00++???

they already have online business quite sometime ago actually... the last time i visited their website, nothing much there

here's the link to SPEEDY Online

This post has been edited by fadthil: Oct 10 2019, 06:31 PM

i share the same feeling with you AVFAN. but mine goes way back 20+ years ago when DVD was in their infancy in m'sia. me getting stock not from speedy (because speedy only stock Region 3 DVDs and not so many choices ), but from those individual shops run by uncles at sg wang plaza in KL who also selling laser discs, DVD players, TVs, top-end AV equipments and stuffs it's always an exciting trip from d'sara utama to sg wang right after office knowing certain titles just being released on DVD and already arrived at the store! but at that time only can afford one title per visit! i paid between RM120-125 per title for a red hot Region 1 DVD! good old days....

certainly the excitement and fun already gone nowadays when you get to just click what title you want and all almost readily available....

This post has been edited by fadthil: Oct 10 2019, 11:26 PM

does anybody still dwell into the black friday sales on amazon since friday... or no one here has any interest in physical copy anymore?

i think the price of blu-ray and 4k titles not as alluring as they used to be years ago. but i bought some, because some titles i held back from purchasing during streetdate releases, so they're quite a good bargain.

Black Friday / Cyber Monday

i ordered mostly the titles that i wanted with significantly reduced price (all blu-ray) like Avengers Endgame, Spider-Man Far From Home, John Wick Chapter 3 & Shazam! (all USD7.99), Bumblebee & Goosebumps 2 (USD5.99), Justice League (USD3.99) and a few other catalogue titles just to reduce shipping fee

the one that i sorely missed was Mission: Impossible 6-Movie Collection when price dropped to USD12.99 but only for a short while!!

This post has been edited by fadthil: Dec 3 2019, 10:35 AM

yup, all normal blu-ray. i would've bought the 4K ones if price is lower or almost similar

ya lor, it goes on sale like "lightning deal" quick... i managed to put into my cart but when i was about to check out, it says out of stock... so it went straight into 'wait for later' and then few hours later back to USD19.90 (but still a good deal for 6 flix!) btw, currently still got stock with USD19.96 price i even have a few titles from previous years' BF purchase that i still have not opened yet obviously now the prices are very much lower than when i bought them, oh well....

i just have this disease of impulse purchase, especially during black friday... cannot tahan the cheap price reduction yup... actually it's for keeping (for collection)! some movies just nice for holding and looking at the covers etc; and not just watching the movies in them... if to just watch, then can go to netflix or other 'sources'

btw, do you consider selling the unopenend collections after a few years...? sometimes i do feel that – wanted to sell those titles and then repurchase later on those with a bundle-up or in boxsets which are value for money and bang for the buck while save on shipping per item fee!

...and to add, can save space on my small and cramped blu-ray shelf! imagine 1 movie and its 7 sequels can saved the space to just one thick bluray case

oh ok, that make sense... i will probably sell only some and repurchase new version; which have been re-released or remastered from the ones i have now...

it's true when you have a big shelf... i bet you do, and that's good for you. i have my fast & furious octalogy with individual casing lined-up and filled almost half of my shelf!

that's a big haul!! oh wOw... 4K sumore. good for you when will yours arrive? mine mostly after new year, if right after x'mas can be considered lucky