Reasonably priced DVDs?
There seems to be an influx of cheaper DVDs entering the Philippine market. A forthnight or two weeks ago, I was at a video store at Rockwell and noticed a DVD of the movie Love Actually only selling for 275 pesos. And last weekend, I saw a shelf of original DVDs priced between 299 to 350 pesos for sale at the video store at Gateway.
In the Philippines it pays to wait till the price of VCDs and DVDs drop. If you control the urge to buy the film for a few months you will the price of VCD drop in half and the DVD off by a hundred or so pesos. It pays to be a patient man.
Now these newly priced and definetly an improvement from the original price DVDs are still bit expensive compared to the bootleg versions. Maybe they need to lower the price further.
If you scan the titles on sale though you might find that some of the titles is a steal at its present price. There are special/director's cut double disc versions of classic or popular movies that seem to be good buys.
The movies that seemed to be good buys, because they are special double disc editions and I like them*, are the following:
Martin Scorcese's Goodfellas
Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven
George Lucas' THX1138
All three discs contain extra and special features that are worthwhile. What I found interesting is the documentary about Zoetrope Pictures. The film company established Coppola and had as its VP a young George Lucas.
(*This last reason seems to be valid for me alone so you might have your own criteria for what is good or bad movie for you - better see the DVDs for yourself)
Other interesting films for sale, again at least for me, were the following:
Lost Boys 2 Disc Edition
Interview with the Vampire
John Boorman's Excaliber
The collection of titles for sale are of course not limited to the titles mentioned and taste differs from person to person so it might be wise to take a look at the present titles for sale.
In the Philippines it pays to wait till the price of VCDs and DVDs drop. If you control the urge to buy the film for a few months you will the price of VCD drop in half and the DVD off by a hundred or so pesos. It pays to be a patient man.
Now these newly priced and definetly an improvement from the original price DVDs are still bit expensive compared to the bootleg versions. Maybe they need to lower the price further.
If you scan the titles on sale though you might find that some of the titles is a steal at its present price. There are special/director's cut double disc versions of classic or popular movies that seem to be good buys.
The movies that seemed to be good buys, because they are special double disc editions and I like them*, are the following:
Martin Scorcese's Goodfellas
Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven
George Lucas' THX1138
All three discs contain extra and special features that are worthwhile. What I found interesting is the documentary about Zoetrope Pictures. The film company established Coppola and had as its VP a young George Lucas.
(*This last reason seems to be valid for me alone so you might have your own criteria for what is good or bad movie for you - better see the DVDs for yourself)
Other interesting films for sale, again at least for me, were the following:
Lost Boys 2 Disc Edition
Interview with the Vampire
John Boorman's Excaliber
The collection of titles for sale are of course not limited to the titles mentioned and taste differs from person to person so it might be wise to take a look at the present titles for sale.
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