Originally Posted by VirusKiller
Daniel, I couldn't agree more. The box set is completely pointless until the other two films come out. From Movietype the individual HD DVDs are �18 a piece making a total of �90. The box set is �70 but there's no way that's going to escape VAT (�11) and the customs handling charge (�10?).

Movietype or did you mean Movietyme? I don`t see the individual HD DVD versions available there for some reason, but they have the Blu versions individually and they are all �13.99 - except for Order of the Phoenix which is �17.99.

The Phoenix disc between formats is quite interesting as Warner are playing to the technical advantages of both by providing the ‘in movie experience` on the HD DVD, whereas on the Blu-ray thanks to the extra space and bandwidth they are presenting most of the supplements (plus all the behind the scenes footage from the HD DVD`s IME content presented independently) in hi-def alongside an additional hour long documentary. They`re also playing to Blu`s space/bandwidth advantages iin another way by putting masses of multiple language and subtitle tracks on each disc, but more on that below.

I`m going to get 3, 4 and 5 from Movietyme as with their tendency to break street dates it`s the best assurance I can get of receiving them before Christmas. I don`t mind when Philosopher`s Stone and Chamber of Secrets show up. I`ll get the former from Amazon Canada, and the latter from Amazon US I expect.

All the movies have TrueHD on HD DVD and PCM on Blu-ray if anyone is interested (not that we M owners can enjoy such delights at this point in time of course).

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And I refuse point blank to buy the "sorcerer" version. Dumbing down makes me soooo mad mad mad mad mad mad mad mad

Thanks for the info BTW!

Back when the first film came out on DVD I was relieved that I could get it from Canada with its original title as I'm particular enough to let things like that irritate me as well. If you go to Amazon Canada you will see they are listing it as 'Philosopher's Stone' for the hi def formats, and Warner have clearly done two disc masters with one just being for the US market. The back covers for the US discs for films 2, 3, 4 and 5 clearly show the Blu-ray versions to be tailored for all global markets as each disc has about eleven or twelve 5.1 tracks and just as many subtitle streams in various languages, and the UK disc of Philosopher`s Stone that came out today is no exception - however the back cover for the US disc of the first movie clearly shows it to be a disc master tailored just for the US market as it boasts only English and Spanish, so it`s further indication that Canada will get the exact same pressing that is being used for the UK and everywhere else in the world.

Last edited by DanielB; 2007-11-12 21:29.