Fast & Furious Price Round-up

The Price round-up is back and this week it's for the title Fast and Furious which was released last Thursday.

Fast and Furious blu-ray

Bricks and Mortar stores
Big W - $28.98
JB HiFi - $34.98
Target - $34.99
K Mart - $39.99

Online Stores
Amazon.co.uk - £15.88 (~ $30.72 AU) + Digital Copy - Region B (Same as Australian blu-rays)
Play4me - $41.12 (Limited Edition Steel Packaging)
Chaos - $41.12 (Limited Edition Steel Packaging)
CDWOW - $42.95 + FREE SHIPPING (Limited Edition Steel Packaging)

Fast & Furious 1-4 Box Set
Amazon.co.uk - £33.98 (~ $65.72 AU) - Region B (Same as Australian blu-rays)


Bricks and Mortar prices correct as at Thurs 27th Aug. Online store prices correct as at 31 Aug 09.

Free Shipping till Thurs + Special roundup @ Play4me

Play4me have free shipping till this Thursday at 4pm AEST. Just enter the code "P4MFREEWORD" in the promo box at the checkout. Full terms and conditions can be found here.

They also have a number of blu-ray specials including DIE HARD QUADRILOGY for $77.95, BATMAN: THE MOTION PICTURE ANTHOLOGY for $87.95, Various Fox blu-rays for $28.95 and Various Roadshow blu-rays for $29.95

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$19.95 blu-ray titles @ WOW Sight and Sound

WOW Sight and Sound currently have a number of blu-ray titles on special for $19.95 in their online store.

Check out all the titles here

Blu-ray titles from $9.95 @ MovieXpress

MovieXpress are having a Blu-Ray Blow-Out Sale. Prices start from a crazy $9.95 and there's over 200 titles to choose from. Save 20%, 30%, 40% and more! Some stocks are limited so be quick.

Most of the titles available can be picked up for the same price at retail from stores like JB HiFi so you may want to shop around.

Check out all the titles here.

Fast & Furious & Race To Witch Mountain $28.98 @ Big W from 27 Aug - 5 Sept

Big W have the latest Fast & Furious movie & Race To Witch Mountain on sale for $28.98 from 27 Aug till 5 Sept. The Fast and Furious 1 disc blu-ray is selling for the same price as the 2 disc DVD., It's good to see new release blu-rays at this price point.

CDWOW! - $2 off EVERYTHING Today‏ + FREE Delivery

Get $2 off everything at CDWOW! till midnight tonight.

Some blu-ray bargains to note are STARSHIP TROOPERS 1 - 3 [BOX SET] for $25.95 and STEALTH for $18.95

If you want to further 10% discount code you can participate in Australia Post's Australian Lifestyle Survey 2009.

Chaos - FREE SHIPPING With This Discount Code - Ends 4pm AEST 31st August

Chaos are currently offering free shipping. To redeem free shipping, just enter the codeword "FREEWORD" when you see the promotional code box on the shopping cart page.

* Excludes: Gaming Hardware & Large DVD Boxsets
* Free Shipping Is Not Available When Using Paypal Express Checkout.

Offer Expires 4PM AEST Monday 31st August

> Click here for more offer details and to start shopping.

The Blu-ray Blitz @ Amazon.co.uk - Up to 70% Off

Amazon.co.uk have up to 70% off selected blu-ray titles in there Blu-ray Blitz sale. There are 48 titles to choose from. Check them all out here.

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Quickflix is currently are offering a free double pass to see the movie Push in cinemas as well as the 8 Free DVD or blu-ray rental trial over 30 days. Click here to take up this offer.

Australian Blu-Ray realeases W/C Monday August 17

Wednesday, August 19
Damages - The Complete 1st Season (3 Disc Set) (Blu-ray)
International, The (Blu-ray)
Mad Men - Season 2 (3 Disc Set) (Blu-ray)
Mad Men - The Complete 1st Season (3 Disc Set) (Blu-ray)
Stephen Fry in America (2 Disc Set) (Blu-ray)

Thursday, August 20
Ghost (Blu-ray)
Indecent Proposal (Blu-ray)
Into The Wild (Blu-ray)
M:I-2 (Mission: Impossible 2) (Blu-ray)
Mission: Impossible (1996) - Special Collector's Edition (Blu-...
Old School - Uncut (Blu-ray)
Pride and Glory (Blu-ray)
TT Isle of Man 2009 - Official Review of the Isle of Man TT Ra...


> Purchase from Play4me and receive 5% off with promotional code "P4MPACK" + Free shipping for preorders

Blu-ray specials @ K-mart till 2 Sept

K-Mart has a number of blu-ray titles on special as part of their loads of entertainment for less sale.

$16 Blu-ray Titles

  • The Fugitive
  • Lethal Weapon 2
  • Lethal Weapon
  • The Perfect Storm

$20 Blu-ray Titles

  • Batman Begins
  • The Departed
  • Blood Diamond
  • Clone Wars

$25 Blu-ray Titles

  • Hellboy: The Golden Army
  • Death Race
  • The Mummy:Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
  • Mamma Mia: The Movie
  • Wanted

2 for $50 Blu-ray Titles (or $39.99 each)

  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
  • Gone in 60 Seconds
  • Kill Bill Vol. 2
  • Ratatouille
  • Wall-E

$33 Blu-ray Titles

  • Quantum of Solace
  • Final Destination
  • The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

$33 Blu-ray Titles Released on 20/8

  • Indecent Proposal
  • Old School
  • Mission Impossible
  • Mission Impossible 2
  • Mission Impossible
Boxsets
  • Band of Brothers - $62

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My local K-mart also had a number of other blu-ray titles on sale that weren't listed in the brochure. Not sure if these are at all stores.

  • Harry Potter movies - $29
  • Rock and Rolla - $25
  • Dark Night - $29
  • Bladerunner - $20
  • Sweany Todd
  • Beowolf - $20
  • 10,000 BC - $20
  • Flags of the Fathers - $20
  • 300 - $20
  • and more.......
Check out the pic for all the specials

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Inside Sony's Blu-ray factory

For those that haven't already come across the photos from News.com.au that take you inside Sony's Blu-ray factory, check them out below (click to enlarge).

Rounds to flats ... each Blu-ray disc begins its life as a collection of small polycarbonate granules delivered to the factory by truck and stored in a silo / Charlie Brewer Clean room ... to reduce contamination, technicians must enter the production room through a chamber that blasts loose dust off their bodies with air jets / Charlie Brewer
Go with the flow ... the polycarbonate granules are piped around the factory until they arrive in this hopper above the moulding machine that measures them out evenly / Charlie Brewer Under pressure ... the mould compresses the melted plastic into a disc and creates the first layer of data. Then the disc is removed by a robotic arm for the next step / Charlie Brewer
Photobucket Toward the light ... the sputtered disc is then coated in a layer of UV resin and cured with light, before moving on to have the second layer of data embedded / Charlie Brewer

Under observation ... Sony Digital Audio Disc Company (DADC) technicians monitor of the of three Blu-ray machines. In full production, each machine can make up to 16,000 discs a day / Charlie Brewer Hard layer ... finally, the disc is given another coating of UV resin and a final protective layer before being checked for any tiny bubbles between layers by this machine / Charlie Brewer
Runtime ... the final stage of the production process is to check the data integrity of each disc through playback and scanning / Charlie Brewer All made up ... the discs, having been checked for errors, are then loaded into the printer that will add the artwork to their surface / Charlie Brewer
Master plates ... the artwork for every disc printed at the Sony plant is stored in this rack, ready to be loaded into the printer for another run / Charlie Brewer Silkscreen-style ... the artwork is broken down into black, cyan, magenta and yellow layers that are applied separately, building up to the final image which is blasted with ultra-bright light to set the ink / Charlie Brewer

Insert here ... the finished discs are then taken to the assembly packing line where they are matched with a plastic case, cover and any inserts / Charlie Brewer Flip and close ... the assembly packing line places the disc and insert into the box. At full production the machine can package 4500 Blu-ray discs per hour / Charlie Brewer
Time to hang up the boots ... from the factory in Huntingwood, the discs start going out to retail stores all over Australia. About two thirds of them are films and the rest games / Charlie Brewer

Blu-ray Specials @ Target till 19th August

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Die Hard Quadrilogy $64.99
Planet Earth: The complete series $69.99
Quantum of solace $29.9

13th to 19th August at Target

10% off storewide @ Play4me - Ends 4pm AEST Thurs

Play4me have 10% off storewide for 4 Days Only. To claim, just enter P4MMOON into promo box on the shopping cart page. The offer ends 4pm AEST this Thursday.

Offer can't be used when paying with Paypal or for gaming hardware and gift voucher purchases.

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Blu-ray Sale: Buy Two, Get One Free @ Amazon.com

Amazon.com have just started a buy two, get one free sale with an impressive 347 titles to choose from. Check out all the titles here.

Please note that note all discs from Amazon.com will play in Australian players. Please check region code information at http://regioncodes.blurayaustralia.com/ and help support our site by purchasing through this link.

Australian Blu-Ray realeases W/C Monday August 10

Tuesday, August 11
Battlestar Galactica (2004) - Complete Series: Limited Edition...
Battlestar Galactica (2004) - Season 1 (4 Disc Set) (Blu-ray)
Battlestar Galactica (2004) - Season 2.0 (5 Disc Set) (Blu-ray)
Battlestar Galactica (2004) - Season 3 (5 Disc Set) (Blu-ray)
Battlestar Galactica (2004) - Season 4: The Final Season (6 Di...
Boat That Rocked, The (Blu-ray)
Butterfly Effect 3, The - Revelations (Blu-ray)
I'm Not There - Limited Edition (Blu-ray)
New in Town (Blu-ray)

Disney blu-ray titles including Monsters Inc for under $25 AU @ Amazon.co.uk

Amazon.co.uk are helping you entertain the kids (or yourself) with movies and magic from Disney. They have a whole selection of Disney Blu-ray under £11.99. That means the most you will pay per disc in Aussie dollars (before postage) is $25. From Tinkerbell to WALL-E, we've got something to please everyone.

The biggest title to note is Monster Inc, not even released yet in Australia. All titles are the same region as Australian discs and thus will play on Australian blu-ray players.



Australian Blu-Ray realeases W/C Monday August 3

Tuesday, August 04
Confessions of a Shopaholic (Blu-ray)
Linea, La (The Line) (Blu-ray)
Nature's Great Events (Blu-ray)

Wednesday, August 05
28 Days Later + Weeks Later (2 Disc Set) (Blu-ray)
Big Trouble in Little China (Blu-ray)
Hills Have Eyes, The (2006) / The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007) (2 ...
Inkheart (Blu-ray)
Longest Day, The (Blu-ray)
Night Watch / Day Watch (2 Disc Set) (Blu-ray)
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (Blu-ray)
Predator Quadrilogy (4 Disc Box Set) (Blu-ray)
Siege, The (Blu-ray)
Transporter Collection, The (Transporter / Transporter 2) (2 D...
X-Files, The - Fight The Future / I Want To Believe (2 Disc S...

Thursday, August 06
A History of Violence (Blu-ray)
Final Destination (Blu-ray)
Matrix, The - 10th Anniversary (Blu-ray)

Friday, August 07
Romeo & Juliet (Kenneth MacMillan's) (The Royal Ballet) (B...