The Aussie / Kiwi Super Mega General Banter Thread

[Aunt Peg]

Another thing I forgot to mention - inflation.

Everything globally is going up so this is another factor.

[shireguy]

Originally Posted by micpp

I emailed Zavvi about the disappearing blurays and this is what they said

It's entirely possible that their customer service person is not informed or doesn't know what is going on but that seems to imply that the blurays disappearing might just be a temporary thing?

I suspect that their call centre is WAY OFF SHORE - I think South Africa.

And much like any service hub - they just get spoon-fed garbage to respond with.

Originally Posted by dvdspice

The timing of this is really bad, I wanted that Argo 4K steelbook, only Zavvi has it

[Rick Grimes]

There is a God!

Disney Streaming Tops 235 Million Global Subscribers, Loses $1.5 Billion

https://www.adweek.com/convergent-tv...s-1-5-billion/

[BroadwayGuy2018]

I have heard from a friend in the UK that due to the Royal Mail's recent cyberattack, all non-UK packages are being turned away for the present.

https://www.cmcmarkets.com/en-gb/opt...oyal-mail-woes

[Mr_Orange]

Originally Posted by BroadwayGuy2018

I have heard from a friend in the UK that due to the Royal Mail's recent cyberattack, all non-UK packages are being turned away for the present.

https://www.cmcmarkets.com/en-gb/opt...oyal-mail-woes

Eureka told me that international deliveries from the UK are heavily delayed and I have four titles pre-ordered from them, one of which, was released over a week ago.

[bwatt99]

Originally Posted by BroadwayGuy2018

I have heard from a friend in the UK that due to the Royal Mail's recent cyberattack, all non-UK packages are being turned away for the present.

https://www.cmcmarkets.com/en-gb/opt...oyal-mail-woes

I could only read part of it and most likely the reason for zavvi to do what they did hopefully it’s fixed soon.
The uk is slowing falling apart glad I’m not there anymore

[Mr_Orange]

Are there really two versions of Bumblebee available in Australia with different ratings (PG & M)?

[Alister_M]

Originally Posted by Mr_Orange

Are there really two versions of Bumblebee available in Australia with different ratings (PG & M)?

Nah, both the same cut version. The M was only there for the extras on the BD so the 4K-only version is PG because it lacks those.

[Mr_Orange]

Another question: is the local AU Icon release of Zero Dark Thirty



the same disc as the US Sony release?

[Alister_M]

Originally Posted by Mr_Orange

Another question: is the local AU Icon release of Zero Dark Thirty



the same disc as the US Sony release?

Not quite. Probably the same master, but it has a TrueHD track along with the DTS-HD one, instead of the lossy stereo option on the US disc.

[Mr_Orange]

Originally Posted by Alister_M

Not quite. Probably the same master, but it has a TrueHD track along with the DTS-HD one, instead of the lossy stereo option on the US disc.

Thanks. I didn't spot that as I was focussing on the PQ and noticed the slight difference in bit rate. I wonder if it is the same encode buth with different audio options.

[Walrus Gumboot]

Originally Posted by BroadwayGuy2018

I have heard from a friend in the UK that due to the Royal Mail's recent cyberattack, all non-UK packages are being turned away for the present.

https://www.cmcmarkets.com/en-gb/opt...oyal-mail-woes

A week after the cyberattack happened, I bought 10 movies from Network during their sale and was expecting to have to wait it out... The order shipped 2 days later on the 21st of January, and I received it here in Sydney on the 27th of January... Must've been the luck of the Irish!

[shireguy]

Originally Posted by Mr_Orange

Eureka told me that international deliveries from the UK are heavily delayed and I have four titles pre-ordered from them, one of which, was released over a week ago.

yes and no - had nearly all my Rarewaves (two orders in the past 4-6 weeks) rock up this week.

[Mr_Orange]

Originally Posted by shireguy

yes and no - had nearly all my Rarewaves (two orders in the past 4-6 weeks) rock up this week.

Eureka haven't even shipped my order yet though. They said tha RM weren't even accepting international deliveries .

[DaLe_Insanity]

Finally picked up & assembled a couple of Billy's from IKEA.

Guess what I'll be doing for the next few days?

[shireguy]

Originally Posted by DaLe_Insanity

Finally picked up & assembled a couple of Billy's from IKEA.

Guess what I'll be doing for the next few days?

[Alister_M]

Originally Posted by Mr_Orange

Thanks. I didn't spot that as I was focussing on the PQ and noticed the slight difference in bit rate. I wonder if it is the same encode buth with different audio options.

Yeah could be the Aussie one throttled the video rate slightly to accomodate the extra lossless 5.1 track, which presumably would take up more space than two lossy stereo tracks. But if it's PQ/video bitrate you're concerned with, the UK version is the BD option with the highest bitrate (27 Mbps) if you don't want to shell out for the US 4K release. Even though the UK disc has four additional DTS dub tracks and two Audio Descriptive options on it, so either the English track is at lower bitrate or the US and Aussie discs don't even utilize the full disc capacity.

[DaLe_Insanity]

Originally Posted by shireguy

All done with the putting together/swearing, haha. Next will be pulling piles of movies out of various different storage spaces/cupboards all around the house & stacking in some kind of reasonable order

[HumanMedia]

No more BD & UHD sales from zavvi.com.au
Anyone heard any explanation for this?

[rightformula1]

Originally Posted by HumanMedia

No more BD & UHD sales from zavvi.com.au
Anyone heard any explanation for this?

Last couple pages have more info friend - it's caused quite the stir!