So I upgraded the HTPC to Bluray goodness today and am now on the hunt for cheap places to get Bluray movies from. So far the best looks to be Amazon UK with some dirt cheap prices (Bourne Trilogy for GBP18 and Matrix trilogy for GBP17).

Does anyone have AU recommendations for cheap prices other than JB?

Dunno how they compare to JB in terms of cheapness, but I've bought a few things from http://www.ezydvd.com.au/blu-ray.zml

been having trouble finding anywhere irl with a decent range in brisbane myself :(

Ticles I am still ordering from Amazon.co.uk and getting them delivered here, it's dead cheap on delivery and usually arrives within less then a week.

Note I am still using my Irish credit card so the conversion doesn't kill me as much, but the AUD:GBP is relatively strong in any case.

Other option is Amazon.com and go against the USD

Also - http://www.dvdboxoffice.com is Candian so that might be OK too and they ship internationally for free

ezy dvd is a rip off compared 2 amazon

I use this site to work out if it has regions on the disc http://bluray.liesinc.net/

than either buy from amazon.com or amazon.uk
they are the chepest

i just bought season 1-4 of how i met your mother for 75$ from amazon.com, checked on ezydvd and each season is priced between 30-50$ each...

f***ing rimjaw. ezydvd is such a rip off

http://www.deepdiscount.com/

Any good?

I bought quite a few HD DVDs when the battle was lost from this place.

www.cdwow.com.au

all Aus/PAL format. games or movies.

last edited by ViperInc at 08:32:45 01/Jan/10

HeardY - then everything needs a converter though yeah?

Not from Amazon UK, we're in the same region for BluRay as them. Man I bought some awesome s*** from there for cheap;

Complete Band of Brothers for GBP14.77
Ultimate Bourne Collection for GBP15.55
Matrix Trilogy for GBP14.33

and a bunch of single movies for about GBP8. Ended up spending AU$280 and bought 16 movies & BoB box set.

just got district 9 on bluray from jbhifi for $35

just got district 9 on bluray from jbhifi for $35

sounds expensive?? if that's cheap then damn it's taking bluray forever to become mainstream.

yer thats pretty cheap. new releases are generally $40+

I bought Star Trek & Terminator Salvation ex-rental blu-ray from our local Blockbusters for 19 each. Still in pretty good nick, no scratches and put my name down for District 9 when it's available for purchase ex-rental probably on Monday.

I'd say if you want new releases, try ex-rental because you can usually get it at about half price sometimes really cheap.

Not from Amazon UK, we're in the same region for BluRay as them.

Wouldn't Bluray regions be the same as DVD regions, i.e. they don't apply to us? All DVD players in Australia are supposed to be region free, I would have thought it would apply to Bluray as well.

Can't believe how cheap Amazon is, their BR's are cheaper than a lot of standard DVD's from JB's. Got a sale going at the moment.

gotta take shipping into account. depending on what type you go with you could be spending more.

however most people would probably just go for the cheapest which is delivery within 18-32 business days.

got pretty much all of the movies in this thread on BR from JB on boxing day for cheapo as (> $20) and some good deals on Bourne collection amd band of brothers... does anyone else think the range of movies on bluray sux!? even looking on torrent sites there is f*** all

deadlyf - BD regions are different. There's only 3 and we're in the same one was the UK.

Are you sure? I mean it was an ACCC ruling against region codes for DVD's, why would Blurays be different?

They still have regions but the players are meant to be region free or capable of becoming region free with a code. Then again I can't see any difference between region codes on DVDs and places like Steam being allowed to price based on which country you are from so maybe you're right.

What about ex rentals? They are cheap

Wikipedia says Yes!.

Movie studios have different region coding policies. Among major U.S. studios, Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios have released all of their titles region-free. Sony Pictures and Warner Bros. have released most of their titles region-free. Lionsgate and Walt Disney Pictures have released a mix of region-free and region-coded titles. 20th Century Fox has released most of their titles region-coded.

The Blu-ray Disc region coding scheme divides the world into 3 regions, labelled 'A', 'B' and 'C'.

Region A includes most North, Central and South American and Southeast Asian countries plus Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea.
Region B includes most European, African and southwest Asian countries plus Australia and New Zealand.
Region C contains the remaining central and south Asian countries, as well as China and Russia.

Don't know about region free players in AU because of the ACCC rulings though. When I look at the properties on my BDROM it says I can change the region up to 5 times before it's locked though.

Don't know about region free players in AU because of the ACCC rulings though. When I look at the properties on my BDROM it says I can change the region up to 5 times before it's locked though.

Did you buy it from MSY? It might be an elcheapo azn import.

When I look at the properties on my BDROM it says I can change the region up to 5 times before it's locked though.

DVD drives say that too, but I've reset the counter on my DVD drive many times.

Did you buy it from MSY? It might be an elcheapo azn import.

Of course I did :) It's a Samsung drive so not sure how elcheapo it might be to allow unlimited region swapping.