Amazon.co.uk Deals & Stories

[percyhanna]

I thought I would start a generic thread of deals from Amazon.co.uk and specific success stories from people who have managed to order from them in the past who live in Canada (and therefore this is specifically a Canadian Hot Deals Thread).

I recently placed two orders from them, with very favourable results. They can have some really killer deals, and is often more than worth shipping and (possible) duty charges.

I will save my personal success story for a separate post, but I will keep this section at the top for current great deals.

Special Notice:

The obvious warning is that Blu-Rays have region coding. However, surprisingly many titles on Amazon.co.uk are region-free, meaning they will play fine in the US. There are many websites that allow you to search and see if the titles are region-free. Caution should still be used, however.

Sites to check:

http://bluray.liesinc.net/index.php?region=b
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/
http://regionfreemovies.com/

Also check these forums obviously, and Amazon.co.uk will often even specify if it is region-free.

Current Hot Deals: (and supposedly region free)

Band of Brothers: £16.98
Matrix Trilogy: £16.48
Godfather Trilogy: £17.98
Bourne Trilogy: £17.88 (unconfirmed region coding?)
Pirates of the Caribbean: £24.98 (Should be region free)
Mission Impossible Trilogy: £14.98
Harry Potter 1-6: £37.98
Underworld Trilogy: £16.68 (possibly region locked)
Dirty Harry Collection: £27.97
M. Night Collection: £17.88 (Signs/Sixth Sense/Unbreakable)
Batman Anthology: £23.98

NTSC/PAL:

Something else to note is NTSC/PAL formats. HD is not affected by these formats, as these formats are SDTV (standard definition). However, special features are often in non-HD format, and therefore would likely be in PAL, and might not play on our non-PAL TVs. More information can be found in these forums as well as many others on the internet.