Buying imports... - Blu-ray Forum

Meeklo · 11-06-2008, 04:54 AM

Anyone in the US refuse to buy from other countries even though the regions match and the movie will still play? (i.e.- Canada)

Are there advantages or disadvantages?

jw · 11-06-2008, 05:13 AM

Why would you refuse to buy from Canada? Actually with the recent drop in their dollar, there was and still is value in importing from there.

The UK is a bit more pricier but their blus are a little cheaper in £. i.e Gonnies is £11.98 there and would have been priced $19.99 here

sinister184 · 11-06-2008, 05:19 AM

yeah seriously idk why anyone would "refuse" to buy them? if you cant wait for the US release then its worth the extra few bucks (to me anyway, im very impatient

) to go ahead and buy them.

richieb1971 · 11-06-2008, 05:56 AM

I am from the UK and most of the UK blu's are subpar in terms of the offerings in the USA. I usually buy US Blu's whenever possible.

I have replaced prestige from UK to US for example. However, if the movie is not available in the USA I will buy the UK version.

aramis109 · 11-06-2008, 11:56 AM

I have a couple imports, and they'll probably be my only ones. "Children of Men" and "The Island". Both are great visually but they have no lossless audio and COM has no extras. Add to that the menus aren't in English on it and it's kind of annoying.

I can understand the OP's desire not to import- while the movie is usually solid, that's all you're getting. "Sin City" from Canada has NO extras and some French on the disc and cover. I'm going to wait on it for now.

benett0n · 11-06-2008, 01:27 PM

What would you say about Bulgaria where each Blu-Ray movie released is 40$
And they release only WB,Sony and Universal i think

mikejet · 11-06-2008, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meeklo

Anyone in the US refuse to buy from other countries even though the regions match and the movie will still play? (i.e.- Canada)

Are there advantages or disadvantages?

Advantages: Getting BD's before they are released here.

Disadvantages: Shipping. Increasing the trade deficit.

metsfan1545d · 11-06-2008, 01:52 PM

I have Bruce almighty, American pie, mr and mrs smith directors cut and transformers 86 as imports but I after my fiasco with amazon. Germany I'll never import again

Luis_A51 · 11-06-2008, 02:00 PM

I imported 3 UK blus (Reign over me, Run lola Run and Almost Famous)

Very pleased with all 3.

Planning on importing Asian BDs like The Protege, Exiled, The Warlords, Sparrow, SPL, etc since they all got great review on here, and ALL have 7.1 lossless.

11-06-2008, 04:54 AM	#1
Meeklo Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Oct 2008 Home Theater Gallery:6 Blu-ray collection:687 DVD collection:3 Blu-ray reviews:28 Trading Score:25	Buying imports... Anyone in the US refuse to buy from other countries even though the regions match and the movie will still play? (i.e.- Canada) Are there advantages or disadvantages?

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11-06-2008, 05:13 AM	#2
jw Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Apr 2007 Location:USA Trading Score:519	Why would you refuse to buy from Canada? Actually with the recent drop in their dollar, there was and still is value in importing from there. The UK is a bit more pricier but their blus are a little cheaper in £. i.e Gonnies is £11.98 there and would have been priced $19.99 here

11-06-2008, 05:19 AM	#3
sinister184 Special Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:FL, USA Home Theater Gallery:4 4K collection:52 Blu-ray collection:593 Blu-ray reviews:7 Trading Score:17	yeah seriously idk why anyone would "refuse" to buy them? if you cant wait for the US release then its worth the extra few bucks (to me anyway, im very impatient ) to go ahead and buy them.

11-06-2008, 05:56 AM	#4
richieb1971 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 4K collection:89 Blu-ray collection:706 Trading Score:16	I am from the UK and most of the UK blu's are subpar in terms of the offerings in the USA. I usually buy US Blu's whenever possible. I have replaced prestige from UK to US for example. However, if the movie is not available in the USA I will buy the UK version.

11-06-2008, 11:56 AM	#5
aramis109 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Milwaukee, WI Home Theater Gallery:10 4K collection:4 Blu-ray collection:360 Trading Score:18	I have a couple imports, and they'll probably be my only ones. "Children of Men" and "The Island". Both are great visually but they have no lossless audio and COM has no extras. Add to that the menus aren't in English on it and it's kind of annoying. I can understand the OP's desire not to import- while the movie is usually solid, that's all you're getting. "Sin City" from Canada has NO extras and some French on the disc and cover. I'm going to wait on it for now.

11-06-2008, 01:27 PM	#6
benett0n Junior Member Member since:Jun 2008 4K collection:1 Blu-ray collection:42	What would you say about Bulgaria where each Blu-Ray movie released is 40$ And they release only WB,Sony and Universal i think

11-06-2008, 01:52 PM	#8
metsfan1545d Special Member Member since:Sep 2008 4K collection:1 Blu-ray collection:134 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:14	I have Bruce almighty, American pie, mr and mrs smith directors cut and transformers 86 as imports but I after my fiasco with amazon. Germany I'll never import again

11-06-2008, 02:00 PM	#9
Luis_A51 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Calgary, AB Blu-ray reviews:4	I imported 3 UK blus (Reign over me, Run lola Run and Almost Famous) Very pleased with all 3. Planning on importing Asian BDs like The Protege, Exiled, The Warlords, Sparrow, SPL, etc since they all got great review on here, and ALL have 7.1 lossless.

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