Thursday, November 5, 2009

BUT BLU-RAY IS EXPENSIVE, ISN'T IT?

ISN'T IT?!

No.

Amazon is running a special: Pixar's Up is priced at 20 bucks for the 4 disc Blu-ray. Ok, so one of the discs is a DVD copy and one of the discs is a digital copy disc, but still. That's 20 bucks for one of the best films of the year.

But wait. There's more. If you buy Pixar's Monsters Inc. along with it for 23 dollars, they knock off 10 bucks. You can pay 33 dollars for Up and Monsters Inc together. Pretty good, right? Averages out to about 16.50 per, which would be a great price even for a DVD of a successful Disney film.

But wait. There's more. There's also a general Disney promotion where buying a third Disney movie of your choice from a list will knock off another 10 dollars from the total. You could get Up, Monster's Inc, and Snow White for a total of 43 dollars (20+23+20-10-10). This is an average price of 14.33, practically unheard of for Disney films this well respected on home video overall, let alone in a high-end HD format.

That's 43 dollars. For three Blu-rays, each of which also happen to include a DVD copy of the movie. For reference, buying each DVD edition would cost $57.50!

Update: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_86017571_1?ie=UTF8&plgroup=2&docId=1000451521&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=right-1&pf_rd_r=1P3Y3D7S2D5XM9CV5C6N&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=499588751&pf_rd_i=193640011

Up + Monster's Inc. + Cars

For 35 dollars and change. That's less than 12 bucks a piece for three Pixar movies. On Blu-ray. Cars doesn't come with a DVD like Up and Monster's Inc., but seriously? Fuck DVD.