Harry Potter HD DVD giftset

babybearbarker · 28-12-2007, 10:26 AM

Hi all,

Just wanted to share, got my HD DVD Harry Potter Giftset (all 5 movies) and skipped through them briefly last night - the sound and picture quality on all of them are very good - a definite improvement over SD, and the latest one (Order of the Phoenix - which I had to be careful what I watched as I haven't seen the last two) was stunning - the opening shots of the cornfield are amazing and possibly the best HD picture I have seen.

The sound, well, once I realised that I had the player set up wrong - woops - the trueHD soundtrack was amazing and really rumbled the room and was clearer - not as much of a jump as some people may think, but to my ears there was a widening of the sound and an extra clarity.

Thoroughly recommend the set (altho you do have to import it) and the extras and packaging are just LUSH ! The quality of the bookmarks are brilliant and the fact it cost me about £55 at current exchange rate is very good too.

Oh god, I am such a packaging fanboy.....

Abbeygoo · 28-12-2007, 10:37 AM

Hi pal

which website did you get it from? And did you get hit for customs charges if it was an import?

babybearbarker · 28-12-2007, 11:22 AM

I got it from Amazon and didn't get caught by customs but this is purely by luck as I have been caught with other items (such as the Star Trek HD DVD box set which cost me an extra £22)

Dan87 · 28-12-2007, 1:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Abbeygoo

Hi pal

which website did you get it from? And did you get hit for customs charges if it was an import?

I got this last week from http://stores.ebay.co.uk/HD-DVD-BLU-RAY-Movies-For-You its posted from their shop in the UK so no custom charges.

Indiana Jones · 28-12-2007, 3:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan87

I got this last week from http://stores.ebay.co.uk/HD-DVD-BLU-RAY-Movies-For-You its posted from their shop in the UK so no custom charges.

Abit pricy at nearly £90 though, can be had for around £70 from other customs friendly companies.

Abbeygoo · 28-12-2007, 3:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Indiana Jones

Abit pricy at nearly £90 though, can be had for around £70 from other customs friendly companies.

what would you suggest as a "customs friendly" company?

philbam · 28-12-2007, 4:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Abbeygoo

what would you suggest as a "customs friendly" company?

Movietyme.
Got mine from there just before Christmas - £69.99 with guaranteed no customs charges whatsoever.
Really is a stunning package!!

Indiana Jones · 28-12-2007, 4:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Abbeygoo

what would you suggest as a "customs friendly" company?

DVDWorldUSA, Movietyme, Axel Music, DVDsLimited

They are all customs friendly and each has the set at a different price.

KevD · 28-12-2007, 5:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan87

I got this last week from http://stores.ebay.co.uk/HD-DVD-BLU-RAY-Movies-For-You its posted from their shop in the UK so no custom charges.

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Originally Posted by Indiana Jones

Abit pricy at nearly £90 though, can be had for around £70 from other customs friendly companies.

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Originally Posted by Indiana Jones

DVDWorldUSA, Movietyme, Axel Music, DVDsLimited

They are all customs friendly and each has the set at a different price.

Thats ebay store actually is DVDsLimited

I think they add on a premium to cover fees, always better going through the site

Indiana Jones · 29-12-2007, 2:40 PM

lol talk about throwing money away then.

Dan87 · 29-12-2007, 3:28 PM

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Originally Posted by KevD

Thats ebay store actually is DVDsLimited

I think they add on a premium to cover fees, always better going through the site

Some of DVDsLimited DVDs are cheaper on their ebay shop than website. Matrix Website

Matrix ebay shop

cascade · 29-12-2007, 7:31 PM

babybearbarker, Totally agree mate, got mine at Christmas and love everything about it. and your right about the bookmarks. I wasn't expecting them to be the quality they are.

Trouble is i think i'll have to buy the films seperate as i don't like to keep opening sets like this. The packaging is too good to mess up

**Greg** · 29-12-2007, 10:58 PM

I would be interested in this as I have none of the Harry Potters on high def yet, but is it true that the first two films are just in CD cases?

Rom · 29-12-2007, 11:19 PM

No Greg. The 5 films are in sort of school exercise books stylee. The first 2 films are in 'books' the same size as CD cases where the last 3 films are in longer cases. The covers are folded card affairs with a plastic disc holder glued inside.

If you need futher details I can take some photos for you.

cascade · 30-12-2007, 1:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Rom

No Greg. The 5 films are in sort of school exercise books stylee. The first 2 films are in 'books' the same size as CD cases where the last 3 films are in longer cases. The covers are folded card affairs with a plastic disc holder glued inside.

If you need futher details I can take some photos for you.

Just to add to Rom's details, the cases have embossed covers too which adds a bit more to the quality. May be small but it all adds up in the end

**Greg** · 30-12-2007, 2:04 PM

Thanks Rom and Cascade, that answers my question. Now need to find this at a super cheap price!

chelsea.tone · 30-12-2007, 2:28 PM

Problem is what about the last 2 films in the series? There will be a box set after they are released.

Tony

dvdworld & movietyme are both £69.99

cascade · 30-12-2007, 6:18 PM

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Originally Posted by chelsea.tone

Problem is what about the last 2 films in the series? There will be a box set after they are released.

Tony

dvdworld & movietyme are both £69.99

I did think about that and thought it would be nice if the remaining 2 movies were also released in the same covers that were used in this set.

I must have dreamt it

We all know Warner will release another box set

babybearbarker · 31-12-2007, 1:56 PM

It's quite annoying really when they do this, cos collectorgeeks like myself have to go and buy it - there's no reason that they can't actually release the next 2 discs in special packaging to ADD to this collection - that wouldn't be too hard now would it (lives in a dreamworld sometimes me does....)

The quality of this is stunning and thanks for the folks who have searched out custom friendly sites, it's really handy - my mate got stung for this and ended up costing him about £90 in total - ouch....

T

babybearbarker · 31-12-2007, 1:57 PM

As a quick update as well - watched Goblet and Order the last two nights and the pic quality is stunning - Order is probably the best HD DVD I have I reckon - the Dolby TrueHD soundtrack nearly rattled me windows out - eek - the neighbours are gonna blow !!!!

MrSynner · 31-12-2007, 9:29 PM

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Originally Posted by babybearbarker

It's quite annoying really when they do this, cos collectorgeeks like myself have to go and buy it - there's no reason that they can't actually release the next 2 discs in special packaging to ADD to this collection - that wouldn't be too hard now would it (lives in a dreamworld sometimes me does....)

The quality of this is stunning and thanks for the folks who have searched out custom friendly sites, it's really handy - my mate got stung for this and ended up costing him about £90 in total - ouch....

T

Inside the lid of the trunk, there is a piece of clear plastic, moulded to anchor the discs in place with the lid closed. If you look closely inside the lid, there is a large open space - into which two extra HD-DVD cases (the slimmer US ones rather than the chunkier UK ones) will neatly fit.

Nice one Warner!

Seems Warner aren't quite as mercenary as some of the other studios that would make you buy another set with each movie release.