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Dynamo of Eternia · 12-30-2023, 06:17 PM

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"Prices for Best Buy Steelbooks are skyrocketing on eBay and other auction sites, spurred by word that the mighty consumer electronics chain, which helped birth the DVD sellthrough business in the late 1990s, is ditching the disc for good."

"A sealed copy of Best Buy’s exclusive 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Steelbook of The Wizard of Oz, released in October 2019, has an asking price of $999 on eBay, despite a “minor tiny dent,” according to the listing."

"The same seller, who goes by the name Matineemagic, has sealed Best Buy Steelbooks of half a dozen other films, including Aladdin, Ratatouille, Blade and the first three Toy Story films, listed at the same price."

"Other exclusive Best Buy Steelbooks offered for sale on eBay as of Dec. 28 include The Goonies, $800; the Spider-Man Legacy Collection (described as “ultra rare A+++”), $699.99; the Planet Of The Apes Trilogy (“rare OOP mint”), $700 or best offer; and Lord of the Rings: Motion Picture Trilogy, $699.99."

https://www.mediaplaynews.com/as-dis...ilite=BEST+BUY

I hate when articles like this report on absurdly priced UNSOLD ebay listings. It just gives the people the general impression that things have a larger value on the secondary market than they actually do.

People can list things for any absurd price on ebay that they like. It doesn't mean it will sell.

I also don't see why Best Buy getting out of the disc business suddenly, inherently makes previous Steelbook releases from years ago, which were already discontinued well ahead of Best Buy's decision to stop selling discs, more valuable than they would have been anyway.

Steedeel · 12-31-2023, 11:27 AM

Have a great new year’s Eve and day folks. I don’t drink, so a quiet one for me. Roast Beef and Yorkshire puddings tomorrow with family and a football match to attend.

Hopefully time to watch one of my 4K purchases in the evening.

I’m thinking Babylon or Bad Times At The El Royale.

Better in Blu · 12-31-2023, 01:52 PM

Same to you and yours. Babylon is quite a bit better for me, albeit somewhat over the top at times.

crutzulee · 12-31-2023, 05:25 PM

After introducing a few small tastes over the last couple of years, I decided this year to go all out and show my family what a full blown Christmas was like from my youth (minus the midnight mass).
Full sized tree with plenty of presents... in addition to my usual killer turkey and stuffing, I made a tonne of sides....
New Years is about ordering in and relaxing... I'm the only one in the house that drinks and I'll be well pickled by the countdown...LOL..
We have stuffed cannoli's from my son's favourite Italian restaurant, soup dumplings from my favourite China town dive, Sweet and sour chicken balls from another place, a bunch of vegetarian options from wife's favourite place and a couple of pies from a local pie shop...
My son is in charge of the charcuterie and cheese boards and I've trained him well so everything will be in my favourite style... which is simply LOTS!!

I hope everyone is with loved ones tonight and has someone to kiss at midnight... hold 'em tight tonight...I pray that I'm wrong, but I despair for the year coming...

Steedeel · 01-01-2024, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Better in Blu

Same to you and yours. Babylon is quite a bit better for me, albeit somewhat over the top at times.

Thanks. Ended up not having time so will watch early this week.

CV19 · 01-01-2024, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Steedeel

Thanks. Ended up not having time so will watch early this week.

Good luck against Preston (correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you're a Sunderland fan).

A very Happy New Year to you, and to everybody else here too.

Steedeel · 01-01-2024, 09:38 AM

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Good luck against Preston (correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you're a Sunderland fan).

A very Happy New Year to you, and to everybody else here too.

Yeah, same to you mate. I am leaving out in 30 minutes, crowd of 42,000 expected today. Hopefully we get three points.

crutzulee · 01-01-2024, 02:35 PM

s2mikey · 01-01-2024, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Dynamo of Eternia

I hate when articles like this report on absurdly priced UNSOLD ebay listings. It just gives the people the general impression that things have a larger value on the secondary market than they actually do.

People can list things for any absurd price on ebay that they like. It doesn't mean it will sell.

I also don't see why Best Buy getting out of the disc business suddenly, inherently makes previous Steelbook releases from years ago, which were already discontinued well ahead of Best Buy's decision to stop selling discs, more valuable than they would have been anyway.

With ya totally here. ebay is a terrible place to gauge the value of something. Everything looks insanely overpriced on eBay. Just peruse the 4K discs for sale.... yeah, good luck, LOL.

Now searching through completed auctions is where you'll get some valid data for what items are truly selling for. Still, most sellers on eBay are trying to hit home runs and the items never sell. But to the casual browsing customer, they will get the wrong ideas in their head for what discs cost.

As for BB and steelbooks? Ive bought some when they came out but I wont get tangled up in bidding wars or overpaying for them on the used market. If I cant get it at a reasonable price then I just dont buy it. I like steelbooks but they arent the end all either.

Phillip c. Niethe · 01-01-2024, 04:21 PM

Walmart is taking over the Steelbook exclusives and sales won’t stop, they will swell over to Barnes and Nobles, Walmart , Target, VStock and such. We will have to use boutique shops more and when physical media does stop it won’t be due to low demand. It will be an agenda driven green dictatorship that says “STREAM!!!” If you don’t like it you will LUMP IT! and by the way, prices for catalogue movies and television shows is now a monthly bill equivalent to cable bills which we financially collapsed and new release viewings in home will cost the same amount as a 4 person trip to a theater….ha ha hhaaaaa ha!

Warm Gun · 01-01-2024, 04:44 PM

Removed my center channel again. Too difficult to accommodate in a non-projection setup. This time I not only disabled it in the AVR, but physically removed it, brought the shelf farther down and put the UHD player in the speaker's place. The phantom center is better than having the center that low. Also allows me to use the buttons on the bottom of the TV again.

Anthony P · 01-01-2024, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by t-mel

Speaking of TV settings, I visited my cousin the other day and the default settings on her TV were horrendous. It was a Samsung. I was compelled to change it by reducing the sharpening to zero, getting rid of the smoothing, and other changes. People actually looked human afterwards. It's crazy most don't notice how odd it all looks.

The issue is that most companies want the default settings to be for the big box store and most people don't try and fix that disgustingness because they are assuming the default should be the best settings.

Anthony P · 01-01-2024, 07:20 PM

just popped in to wish everyone an amazing and healthy 2024.

Steedeel · 01-01-2024, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Anthony P

just popped in to wish everyone an amazing and healthy 2024.

Right back at ya Anthony.

Cheers. 🥂

alchav21 · 01-01-2024, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Steedeel

Right back at ya Anthony.

Cheers. 🥂

Happy New Year Everyone!!!

Steedeel · 01-01-2024, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by alchav21

Happy New Year Everyone!!!

Happy new year.

Ender14 · 01-02-2024, 12:50 PM

Added a few more titles in the last week of the year:

Overall the lightest buying year for me in a while. I only added 34 titles to my collection in 2023. But my son graduated High School and started college so a lot more expenses this past year. Hopefully I can get my numbers to a more respectable level this year

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crutzulee · 01-02-2024, 05:51 PM

We watched LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND as our new year's day feature and it made me glad that I haven't yet headed my daughter's demand that I cancel our NETFLIX subscription..LOL..
As a fan of Shyamalan, this was right up my alley and didn't dissapoint. In fact this was better than most of his output.

I bring it up here in this thread as I don't think I've ever seen a movie with a more overt endorsement of physical media as a central plot point... the irony of this title perhaps NOT getting a physical release is mind blowing...

Wendell R. Breland · 01-02-2024, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by alchav21

Happy New Year Everyone!!!

Here is hopping Santa brought you that new Sony TV that you like. If not, maybe sometime in the near future.

Wendell R. Breland · 01-02-2024, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Ender14

Added a few more titles in the last week of the year:

Have not checked my 2023 haul but I bought everything we deemed worthy of repeat viewings. Got Cool Hand Luke as well but have not viewed.

12-31-2023, 11:27 AM	#45022
Steedeel Blu-ray King Member since:Apr 2011 Location:England 4K collection:284 Blu-ray collection:1253	Have a great new year’s Eve and day folks. I don’t drink, so a quiet one for me. Roast Beef and Yorkshire puddings tomorrow with family and a football match to attend. Hopefully time to watch one of my 4K purchases in the evening. I’m thinking Babylon or Bad Times At The El Royale.

12-31-2023, 01:52 PM	#45023
Better in Blu Senior Member Member since:Dec 2010 Location:North Palm Beach 4K collection:848 Blu-ray collection:1584	Same to you and yours. Babylon is quite a bit better for me, albeit somewhat over the top at times.

12-31-2023, 05:25 PM	#45024
crutzulee Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Sep 2014 Location:Toronto Home Theater Gallery:18	After introducing a few small tastes over the last couple of years, I decided this year to go all out and show my family what a full blown Christmas was like from my youth (minus the midnight mass). Full sized tree with plenty of presents... in addition to my usual killer turkey and stuffing, I made a tonne of sides.... New Years is about ordering in and relaxing... I'm the only one in the house that drinks and I'll be well pickled by the countdown...LOL.. We have stuffed cannoli's from my son's favourite Italian restaurant, soup dumplings from my favourite China town dive, Sweet and sour chicken balls from another place, a bunch of vegetarian options from wife's favourite place and a couple of pies from a local pie shop... My son is in charge of the charcuterie and cheese boards and I've trained him well so everything will be in my favourite style... which is simply LOTS!! I hope everyone is with loved ones tonight and has someone to kiss at midnight... hold 'em tight tonight...I pray that I'm wrong, but I despair for the year coming...

01-01-2024, 02:35 PM	#45028
crutzulee Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Sep 2014 Location:Toronto Home Theater Gallery:18

01-01-2024, 04:21 PM	#45030
Phillip c. Niethe Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2015 Location:DARK CITY… in search of Shell Beach 4K collection:391 Blu-ray collection:391 Blu-ray reviews: 1 Trading Score:13	Walmart is taking over the Steelbook exclusives and sales won’t stop, they will swell over to Barnes and Nobles, Walmart , Target, VStock and such. We will have to use boutique shops more and when physical media does stop it won’t be due to low demand. It will be an agenda driven green dictatorship that says “STREAM!!!” If you don’t like it you will LUMP IT! and by the way, prices for catalogue movies and television shows is now a monthly bill equivalent to cable bills which we financially collapsed and new release viewings in home will cost the same amount as a 4 person trip to a theater….ha ha hhaaaaa ha!

01-01-2024, 04:44 PM	#45031
Warm Gun Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2020 4K collection:127 Blu-ray collection:653 DVD collection:103 Digital collection:2 Trading Score:10	Removed my center channel again. Too difficult to accommodate in a non-projection setup. This time I not only disabled it in the AVR, but physically removed it, brought the shelf farther down and put the UHD player in the speaker's place. The phantom center is better than having the center that low. Also allows me to use the buttons on the bottom of the TV again.

01-01-2024, 07:20 PM	#45033
Anthony P Blu-ray Count Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Montreal, Canada	just popped in to wish everyone an amazing and healthy 2024.

01-02-2024, 12:50 PM	#45037
Ender14 Special Member Member since:Dec 2014 Location:Georgia 4K collection:533 Blu-ray collection:1242 DVD collection:186 MA collection:469 Digital collection:147 iTunes collection:1	Added a few more titles in the last week of the year: Overall the lightest buying year for me in a while. I only added 34 titles to my collection in 2023. But my son graduated High School and started college so a lot more expenses this past year. Hopefully I can get my numbers to a more respectable level this year .

01-02-2024, 05:51 PM	#45038
crutzulee Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Sep 2014 Location:Toronto Home Theater Gallery:18	We watched LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND as our new year's day feature and it made me glad that I haven't yet headed my daughter's demand that I cancel our NETFLIX subscription..LOL.. As a fan of Shyamalan, this was right up my alley and didn't dissapoint. In fact this was better than most of his output. I bring it up here in this thread as I don't think I've ever seen a movie with a more overt endorsement of physical media as a central plot point... the irony of this title perhaps NOT getting a physical release is mind blowing...

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