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28-12-2007, 10:26 AM
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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.....
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28-12-2007, 10:37 AM
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Hi pal
which website did you get it from? And did you get hit for customs charges if it was an import?
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28-12-2007, 11:22 AM
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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)
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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.
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Originally Posted by Dan87 | Abit pricy at nearly £90 though, can be had for around £70 from other customs friendly companies.
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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?
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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!!
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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.
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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. | Quote:
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
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lol talk about throwing money away then.
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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
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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 
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29-12-2007, 10:58 PM
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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?
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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.
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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
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