If you love movies, then you're probably working on your blu ray collection. I only have around 35 - 40 titles myself at the moment, but it is steadily growing by the week. All the essentials are already in place, The Dark Knight, North by Northwest, The Godfather trilogy. Yesterday I added Die Hard to that list.
I have been looking forward to the Psycho (1960) blu ray release for some time now. The HD treatment on North by Northwest was spectacular, and easily one of the best examples of the format.
So I went into town today with every intention of picking it up and sliding the disc into the player this evening. However, I was shocked to find that HMV are charging £17.99 for the release of a 50 year old film. Now I have already bought Psycho at least twice (original and a special two disc edition), because I love Hitchcock's work and am always interested to see new documentaries and footage of the master of suspense. However a quick look online on my mobile (isn't technology wonderful), I was not only shocked to see that HMV.com was selling it for £13.99, but that Amazon was cheaper again at £12.99.
Surely HMV.com's pricing should be the same as their store pricing? I'm spending money on a product from the same company so why the price difference? It's something that really annoys me. I mean, blu ray will never take off as a format while this ridiculous price structure is in place. Another example. (500) days of Summer, one of my favourite movies from the past year. £8 on dvd, yet it's £22 on blu ray? Surely a film such as this, with no amazing upgrade in picture or sound, or special features for that matter, should be around the same price? As I say, the blu ray industry will not take off like this.
Anyway, rant over for now. I'm off to order Pyscho from Amazon. The upshot being, that a movie as good as this, is worth the 3 or 4 day extra wait :)
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