BDs That Are Out of Print (OOP)

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Pirate King

HD.......... pretty sure that Planet of the Apes-40 Year Evolution Collection is oop. (The big box set)

Done.

[NeMo_ET]

Does anyone know if the Mill Creek re-releases of the Sony OOP titles are the same transfer, etc? Thanks!

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by Torrente

Hi HD, thank you so much for everything you do for us on these boards!!!
Great thread, as always

Have to second this, HD. You have started and continue to monitor some of the most useful threads on this entire site. Thank you and to everyone who contributes all their helpful research and expertise.

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by NeMo_ET

Does anyone know if the Mill Creek re-releases of the Sony OOP titles are the same transfer, etc? Thanks!

I know Last Action Hero was reduced in quality to fit on a single layer BD. Not sure about the rest off the top of my head. Hollow Man still looks good but might have been similarly reduced to fit on one layer.

[Clark Kent]

Originally Posted by NeMo_ET

Does anyone know if the Mill Creek re-releases of the Sony OOP titles are the same transfer, etc? Thanks!

They are usually the same transfer but with Mill Creek's inferior compression encodes. Mill Creek always shrinks a release to BD-25 when they can get away with it.

[j2raymond]

Originally Posted by NeMo_ET

Does anyone know if the Mill Creek re-releases of the Sony OOP titles are the same transfer, etc? Thanks!

The audio in the Mill Creek "Flatliners" release was downgraded to 2.0. Can't speak for their other titles.

[kiltymchaggis]

Originally Posted by j2raymond

The audio in the Mill Creek "Flatliners" release was downgraded to 2.0. Can't speak for their other titles.

Anaconda was downgraded to 2.0 lossy audio as well.

[NeMo_ET]

Thanks for the replies! I've been trying to get as many of the Sony titles that I would like to have before they get crazy in price and wasn't sure if I would be just as well off getting the mill creek version. Yesterday I managed to find Ghosts of Mars, Basic Instinct 2, Flatliners, Starship Troopers, 30 Days of Night, Thirteenth Floor, Secret Window, Untraceable, Gattaca & Wild Things. All for about $5-$10 each. Keeping my eye out for titles with that silver banner along the bottom!

[bigdaddyhorse]

Originally Posted by NeMo_ET

Does anyone know if the Mill Creek re-releases of the Sony OOP titles are the same transfer, etc? Thanks!

I think the transfers are the same but audio has been downgraded, and features stripped.

If you mean the ones like Replacment Killers and Hollowman which were on the Mill Creek 2-packs, those are different transfers, as they are different cuts of the movies than the stand alone BD's!

[thecalm_7]

Originally Posted by NeMo_ET

Does anyone know if the Mill Creek re-releases of the Sony OOP titles are the same transfer, etc? Thanks!

the double feature it came from beneath the sea/20 million miles to earth is only black and white, no more color, audio is 2.0 lossy. Last action Hero, Blue Thunder, Flatliners, Anaconda, Donnie Brasco (Theatrical), all are lossy audio, BD25, and very limited extras if any. Can't really say for the others.

[bigdaddyhorse]

Originally Posted by thecalm_7

the double feature it came from beneath the sea/20 million miles to earth is only black and white, no more color, audio is 2.0 lossy. Last action Hero, Blue Thunder, Flatliners, Anaconda, Donnie Brasco (Theatrical), all are lossy audio, BD25, and very limited extras if any. Can't really say for the others.

Donnie Brasco must be a new transfer also, since the old Sony disc was only the extended cut and the re-issue is theater.
I think it's safe to say with the exception of different cuts, the OOP Sony discs will be better audio/extras in every case.

[jon angell]

once again this thread help me find a great ( deal 3 for $10 on blurays) had 2 that I wanted, found a great 3rd U2 Rattle and Hum and I was happy with 1 oop blu & got 2 oop the other one was the phantom

[amoergosum]

Originally Posted by jon angell

found a great 3rd U2 Rattle and Hum

I love this thread...just purchased a copy of the DE Blu-ray (also OOP) on Ebay (10,- Euro + shipping, mint condition) .

[bigdaddyhorse]

Reports in the Scorpion thread of The Unseen and Day of the Animals have gone OOP already, so jump on em now with the rest of us!

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by bigdaddyhorse

Reports in the Scorpion thread of The Unseen and Day of the Animals have gone OOP already, so jump on em now with the rest of us!

Done.

[Thomas Irwin]

Originally Posted by bigdaddyhorse

Reports in the Scorpion thread of The Unseen and Day of the Animals have gone OOP already, so jump on em now with the rest of us!

These are going extremely fast. Most of the sites I checked last night were OOS. I ordered from Target.com, now also OOS as of this morning. There were still a few on eBay last night for a somewhat reasonable price, but I can't say for sure this morning. I hope my order gets fulfilled as these two have been on my "to buy" list for a while now.

[Dirk Pitt]

Originally Posted by Thomas Irwin

These are going extremely fast. Most of the sites I checked last night were OOS. I ordered from Target.com, now also OOS as of this morning. There were still a few on eBay last night for a somewhat reasonable price, but I can't say for sure this morning. I hope my order gets fulfilled as these two have been on my "to buy" list for a while now.

OOS means? I know OOP is out of print.


Okay. OOS = out of stock.

[ingmog]

Ordered from Deep Discount yesterday due to Amazon being OOS (out of stock) and received an email this morning canceling the order because they are also OOS.

[NeMo_ET]

Not interested in those titles myself, but Amazon.ca has some in stock. Also says (more on the way) but I don't know how accurate that is.

[littleprince32]

Originally Posted by Thomas Irwin

There were still a few on eBay last night for a somewhat reasonable price, but I can't say for sure this morning.

Looks like all the eBay copies were either sold or pulled. I checked last night, too, and there were at least 5-10 blu ray copies. I had a weird feeling they wouldn't last, though, so I pulled the trigger on the cheapest one available. Good timing, since I couldn't find any listings on eBay as of this afternoon.