Archive for February 8th, 2008

Amazon: Paramount HD DVD Sale

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Update: This sale has been merged with the existing 50% off sale that was going on on Amazon before, but I’ll leave the list here for easy reference.

Normally I would list the Blu-ray and HD DVD deals on this page, but this deal appears to be not listed anywhere on Amazon and without the special page that Amazon usually creates for this kind of sale (yet). So the best way is to list them here (I’ve bolded the items which I think are particularly good value):

Aeon Flux – $14.99
A Mighty Heart – $19.99
Anchorman – The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Unrated) – $14.99
Arctic Tale – $19.99
Black Rain (Special Collector’s Edition) – $14.99
Black Snake Moan – $19.99
Blades of Glory – $19.99
Coming to America – $14.99
Disturbia – $19.99
Dreamgirls (Two-Disc Showstopper Edition) – $19.99
Face Off – $18.49
Failure to Launch – $14.99
Flags of Our Fathers (Two-Disc Special Edition) – $19.99
Four Brothers – $14.99
Freedom Writers – $19.99
Hot Rod – $19.99
Hustle and Flow – $14.99
Lara Croft – Tomb Raider – $14.99
Mission Impossible (Special Collector’s Edition) – $14.99
Mission Impossible II (Special Collectors Edition) – $14.99
Mission Impossible III (Two-Disc Collector’s Edition) – $19.99
Mission Impossible – Ultimate Missions Collection (Mission Impossible / Mission Impossible II / Mission Impossible III) – $49.99
Nacho Libre – $19.99
Next – $19.99
Norbit – $19.99
Old School (Unrated) – $14.99
Payback – Straight Up – The Director’s Cut – $14.99
Reds (25th Anniversary Edition) – $18.49
Sahara – $14.99
Sky Captain & The World of Tomorrow – $14.99
Sleepy Hollow – $14.99
Shooter – $19.99
Stardust – $19.99
Star Trek: The Original Series – The Complete First Season – $97.49
The Heartbreak Kid – $19.99
The Italian Job – $14.99
The Manchurian Candidate – $14.99
The Untouchables (Special Collector’s Edition) – $14.99
The Warriors (The Ultimate Director’s Cut) – $14.99
Top Gun – $14.99
Trading Places (Special Collector’s Edition) – $14.99
Transformers (Two-Disc Special Edition) – $19.99
U2 – Rattle & Hum – $14.99
We Were Soldiers – $14.99
World Trade Center (Two-Disc Special Collector’s Edition) – $19.99
Zodiac (Two-Disc Director’s Cut) – $19.99

Enjoy!

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My Xbox 360 Just Died – (Final?) Part 4

Friday, February 8th, 2008

A courier just came and delivered my repaired Xbox 360. So that’s 8 days since I originally sent the box away, although this includes a weekend and also the fact that I went to the post office quite late last Thursday.

By checking the serial number and manufacturing date (October 2006), I’ve found that it is indeed the same console that was repaired and returned to me. Everything looks good, nothing out of place or damaged. Hooked it up, and seems to be working fine. Got the letter with apologies from Microsoft and a free 1 month Xbox Live Gold card as per usual.

Xbox 360 Returned!

So so far so good, and this warranty experience has been quite pleasent, with the most difficult part being trying to locate a box and stuffing it with enough bubble wrap to prevent damage.

Now I will need to go back to playing Dead Rising for a few hours, to test if the repair has really fixed the console or not, and not because I’m lazy and don’t want to work or anything.

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