Gatchaman (Battle of the Planets) Collection Oct 29 - Page 16 - Blu-ray Forum

Thomas Guycott · 04-23-2014, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Petey Parker

You can still order it at that price though even if both Best Buy and Amazon are backordered

Curse yooouuu!

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Petey Parker · 04-24-2014, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Thomas Guycott

Curse yooouuu!

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LegacyCosts · 04-24-2014, 02:37 AM

Purchased, broke, and happy.

SGB · 04-24-2014, 03:34 AM

*Sees the lowered price on Amazon, jaw drops*

*Orders title*

Glad I held off from immediately purchasing the blu.

Jar Jar Stinks · 04-26-2014, 10:39 PM

Still on sale for one more day at Best Buy.

Can't wait to get my set! I don't usually care about packaging, but this set is beautiful.

Jar Jar Stinks · 04-27-2014, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Jar Jar Stinks

Still on sale for one more day at Best Buy.

My mistake. This sale is still going on.

GenPion · 05-03-2014, 05:23 AM

Does anyone think this will be on sale for $60 again ever? It's a really low sale price and I want the set but I am considering cancelling as things are a bit tight.

Jar Jar Stinks · 05-03-2014, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by GenPion

Does anyone think this will be on sale for $60 again ever? It's a really low sale price and I want the set but I am considering cancelling as things are a bit tight.

It hasn't been this low before - might be a long time before it hits this price again.

Lorenzol · 05-04-2014, 02:47 AM

I bought it when it first came out and paid over $100. I have no regrets about it. Buying this set for $60, as an anime fan, is a must.

The only blemish of the set is that the extras are "stretched" instead of leaving it as a 4:3 ratio.

reason108 · 05-04-2014, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Lorenzol

I bought it when it first came out and paid over $100. I have no regrets about it. Buying this set for $60, as an anime fan, is a must.

The only blemish of the set is that the extras are "stretched" instead of leaving it as a 4:3 ratio.

and its missing some of the extras that were on the dvd set.

Clark Kent · 05-04-2014, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by GenPion

Does anyone think this will be on sale for $60 again ever? It's a really low sale price and I want the set but I am considering cancelling as things are a bit tight.

Possibly around Christmas. Distributors hate these huge box sets hanging around in inventory and taking up space.

Jar Jar Stinks · 05-05-2014, 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by reason108

and its missing some of the extras that were on the dvd set.

But what did the entire DVD set cost?

Thomas Guycott · 05-05-2014, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Jar Jar Stinks

But what did the entire DVD set cost?

I didn't really follow the DVD release back in the day, but apparently it was nine sets at $34.98 MSRP each.

BrentLW · 05-07-2014, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Thomas Guycott

I didn't really follow the DVD release back in the day, but apparently it was nine sets at $34.98 MSRP each.

I paid under $15 a set for them, but only managed to snag 6 of the nine sets. I just got my Best Buy backorder of the BD set today. $39.99 after redeeming $20 in RZ certificates and shopkick points.

SGB · 05-08-2014, 06:18 AM

My order of the blu from Amazon's $60 sale has shipped.

reason108 · 05-10-2014, 01:55 PM

I have managed to spend a small fortune on getting all 9 of the dvd box sets. At least I was able to get most of them discounted. And, it was all nerves not knowing when the next set was coming out and making sure that I did not miss a set. I think those were released over the span of a year or so.

At least the blu ray release made it easy with everything in one.

bajor27 · 05-17-2014, 03:21 AM

I couldn't resist the Amazon sale so I blind bought this set. Looking forward to diving in.

ikms · 05-23-2014, 09:07 AM

Set arrived today, and I am enjoying it... but a word of caution to those in Japan. I don't know if this is common knowledge but Sentai Filmworks is crippling their releases in a fashion I have never seen before. Region A ostensibly yes, but it seems they weren't satisfied and have decided to create their own workaround towards tighter nationalization. On my main BD-R + hard disk set-top recorder the disk pops up a "Licensed solely for USA and Canada" text on black and refuses to play. In English no less. I figured they were keying off the menu setting on the player (which was set to Japanese, and allows a lot of major international releases to "hide" Japanese compatibility where non-Japanese setting prevents Japanese language selections from coming up) but even when I switched it to English the warning message didn't change. I tried it in my standalone and eventually figured out what was going on. The menu default language setting has nothing to do with it, but a deeper setting for "country" DOES. On my recorder deck, which is tied into broadcast TV, well of course there is no way to switch this, but on my Toshiba standalone device it seems switching this to any country BUT Japan lets it work. Godzilla disks from "Kracken Releasing" arrived today with the same "feature" and just the other day I noticed a few people posting an inability to playback US versions of Frozen on Japanese decks on Amazon.co.jp and wondered what they were on about... so this may have become a new region coding "security though obscurity" approach (the only work-around is to buy a second player hoping it lets you change that setting freely). Or maybe I am just the last person to figure this out!

Sucks, but I can't say this practice surprises me. Embracing the free-market is anathema to monopolistic pricing practices on both sides of the pond. I expect Japanese player manufacturers to quietly leave out country-selection in future domestic models (if this hasn't already started).

Girls With Guns · 05-23-2014, 07:23 PM

This is nothing new - it is to help prevent reverse importation. Many US Anime releases are locked like this.

ikms · 05-25-2014, 08:38 AM

Oh, I am sure all involved would like to keep lining their pockets by preventing common-folk Japanese from getting anything close to a fair market price for our own product...

but the idea that BD-spec promised "Region A" compatibility can be trumped by a low-level player setting that isn't even user-switchable on many devices, that takes balls. A class-action lawsuit slam dunk, except the affected parties are halfway across the world. During country selection, I lost count of how many countries were on the list (some were sub-divisions of countries) but it means there is at least one undocumented method for country-by-country restrictions on all BD pressings. I wonder what else is possible in software, I figure at least a player-model specific query against a black-list of country-specific devices? Sony didn't go to these dubious lengths with their own (bargain priced) Godzilla "double-feature" BDs, Sentai is out on their own here.

05-23-2014, 09:07 AM	#318
ikms Active Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2009 Location:Japan Home Theater Gallery:4 4K collection:183 Blu-ray collection:4909 Blu-ray reviews: 22	Japanese viewer warning Set arrived today, and I am enjoying it... but a word of caution to those in Japan. I don't know if this is common knowledge but Sentai Filmworks is crippling their releases in a fashion I have never seen before. Region A ostensibly yes, but it seems they weren't satisfied and have decided to create their own workaround towards *tighter* nationalization. On my main BD-R + hard disk set-top recorder the disk pops up a "Licensed solely for USA and Canada" text on black and refuses to play. In English no less. I figured they were keying off the menu setting on the player (which was set to Japanese, and allows a lot of major international releases to "hide" Japanese compatibility where non-Japanese setting prevents Japanese language selections from coming up) but even when I switched it to English the warning message didn't change. I tried it in my standalone and eventually figured out what was going on. The menu default language setting has nothing to do with it, but a deeper setting for "country" DOES. On my recorder deck, which is tied into broadcast TV, well of course there is no way to switch this, but on my Toshiba standalone device it seems switching this to any country BUT Japan lets it work. Godzilla disks from "Kracken Releasing" arrived today with the same "feature" and just the other day I noticed a few people posting an inability to playback US versions of Frozen on Japanese decks on Amazon.co.jp and wondered what they were on about... so this may have become a new region coding "security though obscurity" approach (the only work-around is to buy a second player hoping it lets you change that setting freely). Or maybe I am just the last person to figure this out! Sucks, but I can't say this practice surprises me. Embracing the free-market is anathema to monopolistic pricing practices on both sides of the pond. I expect Japanese player manufacturers to quietly leave out country-selection in future domestic models (if this hasn't already started).

04-24-2014, 02:37 AM	#303
LegacyCosts Blu-ray Knight Member since:Oct 2013 Location:Chicago 4K collection:177 Blu-ray collection:452 Trading Score:20	Purchased, broke, and happy.

04-24-2014, 03:34 AM	#304
SGB Special Member Member since:Oct 2012 Location:Australia 4K collection:197 Blu-ray collection:823 DVD collection:267 Trading Score:6	Sees the lowered price on Amazon, jaw drops Orders title Glad I held off from immediately purchasing the blu.

04-26-2014, 10:39 PM	#305
Jar Jar Stinks Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Aug 2011 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:- Trading Score:246	Still on sale for one more day at Best Buy. Can't wait to get my set! I don't usually care about packaging, but this set is beautiful.

05-03-2014, 05:23 AM	#307
GenPion Blu-ray.com Reviewer Top contributor Member since:Feb 2009 Location:Texas 4K collection:1218 Blu-ray collection:6997 DVD collection:44 Blu-ray reviews: 3 Trading Score:271	Does anyone think this will be on sale for $60 again ever? It's a really low sale price and I want the set but I am considering cancelling as things are a bit tight.

05-04-2014, 02:47 AM	#309
Lorenzol Active Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2009 Location:Mississauga, ON 4K collection:30 Blu-ray collection:878 DVD collection:951 MA collection:61 iTunes collection:74	I bought it when it first came out and paid over $100. I have no regrets about it. Buying this set for $60, as an anime fan, is a must. The only blemish of the set is that the extras are "stretched" instead of leaving it as a 4:3 ratio.

05-08-2014, 06:18 AM	#315
SGB Special Member Member since:Oct 2012 Location:Australia 4K collection:197 Blu-ray collection:823 DVD collection:267 Trading Score:6	My order of the blu from Amazon's $60 sale has shipped.

05-10-2014, 01:55 PM	#316
reason108 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Mar 2013 Blu-ray collection:- Blu-ray reviews: 8	I have managed to spend a small fortune on getting all 9 of the dvd box sets. At least I was able to get most of them discounted. And, it was all nerves not knowing when the next set was coming out and making sure that I did not miss a set. I think those were released over the span of a year or so. At least the blu ray release made it easy with everything in one.

05-17-2014, 03:21 AM	#317
bajor27 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Location:BC, Canada Blu-ray collection:1031 DVD collection:2 Trading Score:5	I couldn't resist the Amazon sale so I blind bought this set. Looking forward to diving in.

05-23-2014, 07:23 PM	#319
Girls With Guns Blu-ray Baron Member since:May 2014 Location:Amish Farm Country, PA Home Theater Gallery:32 Blu-ray collection:469 DVD collection:146 Trading Score:26	This is nothing new - it is to help prevent reverse importation. Many US Anime releases are locked like this.

05-25-2014, 08:38 AM	#320
ikms Active Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2009 Location:Japan Home Theater Gallery:4 4K collection:183 Blu-ray collection:4909 Blu-ray reviews: 22	Oh, I am sure all involved would like to keep lining their pockets by preventing common-folk Japanese from getting anything close to a fair market price for our own product... but the idea that BD-spec promised "Region A" compatibility can be trumped by a low-level player setting that isn't even user-switchable on many devices, that takes balls. A class-action lawsuit slam dunk, except the affected parties are halfway across the world. During country selection, I lost count of how many countries were on the list (some were sub-divisions of countries) but it means there is at least one undocumented method for country-by-country restrictions on all BD pressings. I wonder what else is possible in software, I figure at least a player-model specific query against a black-list of country-specific devices? Sony didn't go to these dubious lengths with their own (bargain priced) Godzilla "double-feature" BDs, Sentai is out on their own here.

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