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I just took delivery of the wonderful Alien Quadrilogy Boxset - 9 DVD's containg 2 versions of all four films with extras discs. This is a must buy if you like these movies. Outstanding.

Here's the best bit....I bought it from play.com for £7.99! The price has gone up in the last couple of days to £12.99, but it's still a bargain.

I'm a very happy bunny

Only one downside - My wife hates the Alien movies. Probably uncomfortable with the likeness I guess. Truth always hurts doesn't it?

Wishmaster wrote:My wife hates the Alien movies. Probably uncomfortable with the likeness I guess. Truth always hurts doesn't it?

I sincerely hope all your insurance policies are up to date and your will made out.... it's been nice knowing you...

Yes, superb box set. I paid £17 for it, three years ago, and I thought that was a bargain. At £8 they're practically giving it away.

All you need now is the Matrix box set (10 discs). Superb.

(While you're at it, pick up the Godfather, Lord of the Rings and Underworld box sets, too....)

Wishmaster wrote:Only one downside - My wife hates the Alien movies. Probably uncomfortable with the likeness I guess. Truth always hurts doesn't it?

What, big teeth and an acid tongue? Sounds like my wif... er, nothing.

Mandrake wrote:I sincerely hope all your insurance policies are up to date and your will made out.... it's been nice knowing you...

I'm safe. She's hopelessly lost online and will never venture onto this site. Erm, unless she's been pretending to be blonde all these years.

Replicant wrote:What, big teeth and an acid tongue? Sounds like my wif... er, nothing.

Hehe, you are in deep do do Replicant

I remember buying this box set when it first came out several years ago and back then it was over £40. Converted into todays money that's around £126,000 so I reckon you got a bargain there.

I'm surprised you didn't spend a little bit extra to get the box set that includes the Aliens vs Predator movies.

Oh, I remember; they were rubbish.

A J Irving wrote:I'm surprised you didn't spend a little bit extra to get the box set that includes the Aliens vs Predator movies.

Oh, I remember; they were rubbish.

Disappointing wasn't it?

The reason for such a cheap price is because of blu-ray. I know I am stating the obvious but I remember the same thing happening with video when DVD came along. The X Files video boxset was about £180 for the entire series on video, it then went down to half that, then last time I saw it anywhere it was about £20. I was tempted but as everything was very much DVD I did not bother.

I worry the same about DVD's now because being a natural hoarder (FTW!) I still have lots of videos I will never watch again taking up room in my house and are now probably unable to sell to anyone, anywhere.

A_n_t wrote:
I worry the same about DVD's now because being a natural hoarder (FTW!) I still have lots of videos I will never watch again taking up room in my house and are now probably unable to sell to anyone, anywhere.

I used to have hundreds of videos and then one day I decided to donate them to charity (checking that they were all 'appropriate'). The next day I received an email from Firebox informing me that for a very reasonable price I could purchase a magical device that can transfer all my videos to digital files on my computer.

I was very close to tears and I still don't think I've gotten over it. I'm welling up now just thinking about it. I think I need a lie down.

A J Irving wrote:

A_n_t wrote:
I worry the same about DVD's now because being a natural hoarder (FTW!) I still have lots of videos I will never watch again taking up room in my house and are now probably unable to sell to anyone, anywhere.

I used to have hundreds of videos and then one day I decided to donate them to charity (checking that they were all 'appropriate'). The next day I received an email from Firebox informing me that for a very reasonable price I could purchase a magical device that can transfer all my videos to digital files on my computer.

I was very close to tears and I still don't think I've gotten over it. I'm welling up now just thinking about it. I think I need a lie down.

I would not feel too bad about it, have you watched a video recently?

I got a boxset of DVD's for Christmas which included some older films that were clearly shot for video and remastered and I thought the quality was shocking. Having still got the original video I put it in to the video recorder to check the difference - it was awful.

As we are subjected more and more to super high resolution, high definition, high quality yadda, yadda, yadda technology we come to expect more. Even the picture quality at the cinema is beginning to annoy me as I can wait for it to be released on blu-ray and get a sharper picture on my TV at home.

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