**Official Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Thread Part II**

[Beantown]

Ill probably pick up both of those for my GFs birthday tomorrow or Tuesday, actually. Forgot they were out.

[PhilliesFan13]

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Ill probably pick up both of those for my GFs birthday tomorrow or Tuesday, actually. Forgot they were out.

I did see that The Lucky One is going to be $3.99 on Black Friday at Best Buy if you want to wait until then. I only got it today for $7.99 because I was using a Reward Zone certificate towards my total.

[Beantown]

Doubt there is any chance I actually go out shopping on BF, and her birthday is Tuesday, so if I can't get anything else I may just grab those.

I'd probably only get her the DVDs though. Save a few bucks. No need to buy her ****ty movies on BR, LOL

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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There must be a glitch in Best Buys' system. I got Breaking Bad Seasons 1 & 2 for the grand total of 11.99

Nope. Its part of their BOGO.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage****p?type=category&id=pcmcat287400050008

[Boltman]

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Nope. Its part of their BOGO.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage*...at287400050008

Page not found.

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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Page not found.

goto bestbuy.com

search for "the vow blu ray"

right under ADD TO CART you shoud see "Buy 1, get 2nd free" offer

that should take you to the list

For $15...I got Raid Redemption and Lockout

For $10 I got Girl with a dragon tattoo and London Blvd.

[55]

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The Barnes and Noble Criterion sale has been extended until next week.

I just did a quick count and I now have 62 different Criterion Blu-rays in my collection:

Spoiler

12 Angry Men
The 39 Steps
The 400 Blows
8½
Amarcord
Anatomy of a Murder
Army of Shadows
Being John Malkovich
Bigger Than Life
Black Narcissus
Blow Out
Bottle Rocket
Branded to Kill
Breathless
Broadcast News
Le Cercle Rouge
Charade
Cul-de-sac
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Darjeeling Limited
Days of Heaven
Dazed and Confused
Diabolique
The Double Life of Veronique
Down by Law
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Godzilla
Harakiri
High and Low
Kagemusha
The Killing
Kiss Me Deadly
The Lady Vanishes
The Last Emperor
Last Year at Marienbad
M
Mystery Train
The Night of the Hunter
El Norte
Pale Flower
Paris, Texas
Paths of Glory
Rashomon
The Red Shoes
Repulsion
Rosemary's Baby
The Royal Tenenbaums
Rushmore
Sanjuro
Seven Samurai
The Seventh Seal
Shallow Grave
Something Wild
Stagecoach
Summer Interlude
Summer with Monika
The Thin Red Line
Tokyo Drifter
Traffic
Vivre Sa Vie
The Wages of Fear
Yojimbo

My goal is to hit 100 Criterions by the end of next year.

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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For Blzer or anyone else with 3D blu rays: Looking for recommendations on future 3D purchases.

Instead of upgrading my LG plasma, I picked up a 3D converter box: 3D Wizard
http://www.amazon.com/3D-Video-Wizar...ords=3D+wizard

I figured for $30 (box, remote, 4 adult size glasses, and HDMI cable) it was worth a shot. Combined with a 3D blu ray player + 3D content...it works surprisingly well. Claims to do 2D to 3D conversion but not bothering with it.

Have or in transit:
Avengers
Titanic
Prometheus
My Blood Valentine
Transformers DoTM

[Blzer]

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For Blzer or anyone else with 3D blu rays: Looking for recommendations on future 3D purchases.

Instead of upgrading my LG plasma, I picked up a 3D converter box: 3D Wizard
http://www.amazon.com/3D-Video-Wizar...ords=3D+wizard

I figured for $30 (box, remote, 4 adult size glasses, and HDMI cable) it was worth a shot. Combined with a 3D blu ray player + 3D content...it works surprisingly well. Claims to do 2D to 3D conversion but not bothering with it.

Have or in transit:
Avengers
Titanic
Prometheus
My Blood Valentine
Transformers DoTM

Other ones I own:

- Toy Story 3 (recommended)
- Thor
- Avatar (recommended)
- Cars 2 (recommended)
- Final Destination 5

Going to get The Amazing Spider-Man for Christmas, but didn't see it in 3D in theaters.

I may have more outside of what you already own, but that's thinking off the top of my head. I'd stay away from Saw 3D, but I'm not really remembering what I have or what is out there otherwise.

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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Other ones I own:

- Toy Story 3 (recommended)
- Thor
- Avatar (recommended)
- Cars 2 (recommended)
- Final Destination 5

Going to get The Amazing Spider-Man for Christmas, but didn't see it in 3D in theaters.

I may have more outside of what you already own, but that's thinking off the top of my head. I'd stay away from Saw 3D, but I'm not really remembering what I have or what is out there otherwise.

'preciate it. ASM in 3D was very good in the theaters. (I ordered the 2D version though)

Went ahead and rolled the dice on these:
Alice in Wonderland
Conan the barbarian
The Darkest Hour

Close to pulling the trigger on the last Underworld movie.

[aukevin]

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For Blzer or anyone else with 3D blu rays: Looking for recommendations on future 3D purchases.

Instead of upgrading my LG plasma, I picked up a 3D converter box: 3D Wizard
http://www.amazon.com/3D-Video-Wizar...ords=3D+wizard

I figured for $30 (box, remote, 4 adult size glasses, and HDMI cable) it was worth a shot. Combined with a 3D blu ray player + 3D content...it works surprisingly well. Claims to do 2D to 3D conversion but not bothering with it.

Have or in transit:
Avengers
Titanic
Prometheus
My Blood Valentine
Transformers DoTM

I'd add Avatar for sure. I just watched The Amazing Spider-man in 3D this weekend, get that too.

Transformers is really good in 3D, glad to see that on your list. I don't really watch the cartoon/animated stuff, but the one I do have is How to Train Your Dragon, that one is real funny and looks great in 3D.

For the movies that you only care about the 3D version, you can do what I do and look on eBay for people selling just the 3D disc. You can get them for around $12 which is a good deal when the movie is new.

[Boltman]

Re: **Official Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Thread Part II**

For Blzer or anyone else with 3D blu rays: Looking for recommendations on future 3D purchases.

Instead of upgrading my LG plasma, I picked up a 3D converter box: 3D Wizard
http://www.amazon.com/3D-Video-Wizar...=operasport-20

I figured for $30 (box, remote, 4 adult size glasses, and HDMI cable) it was worth a shot. Combined with a 3D blu ray player + 3D content...it works surprisingly well. Claims to do 2D to 3D conversion but not bothering with it.

Have or in transit:
Avengers
Titanic
Prometheus
My Blood Valentine
Transformers DoTM

It looks like that thing still uses old 3D glasses tech, it simply converts 3D signals to anaglyph (red/cyan glasses).

Not saying it's bad, but I'm not sure how I feel about that. Did you read up any reviews on it first?

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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It looks like that thing still uses old 3D glasses tech, it simply converts 3D signals to anaglyph (red/cyan glasses).

Not saying it's bad, but I'm not sure how I feel about that. Did you read up any reviews on it first?

That's exactly what it does. For $30 it accomplishes 2 objectives: 1) Provide depth and 2) Let's you watch high quality 3D content.

It's not going to ever be mistaken for active shutter 3D or even passive 3D but for the occasional 3D movie it does the job.

Obviously to get a true blu ray 3D experience you need a 3D display. I won't watch enough 3D movies to justify getting a new display just for 3D.

I read reviews the reviews and they fell into 2 camps: those with reasonable expectations and those with unrealistic expectations.

With that being said, I wouldn't have paid anywhere close to the MSRP of $150 though. $50-60 max

[Blzer]

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Hey man, forgot to mentioned I have Tangled in 3D as well. Highly recommended!

[PhilliesFan13]

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Blzer, did you end up keeping your TV calibration settings that Best Buy did at your house, or did you go back to what you had originally?

Asking because I have not heard back from Chad B. and I wrote an e-mail 2 months ago. Been thinking about the Best Buy calibration.