[Req] The Wire Season 3

dubmick

Anyone seen this at a decent price anywhere?

I'm not far from the end of season 2 and am hooked! The cheapest I have seen it online is about €50

fatal

dubmick wrote:

Anyone seen this at a decent price anywhere?

I'm not far from the end of season 2 and am hooked! The cheapest I have seen it online is about €50

It is one of the best shows on tv at the moment for sure......
I just download them

Ruu_Old

fatal, why don't you pay for it? dubmick, you might wait a little while if you can as season 1+2 are both on Amazon.co.uk for £17.97 so maybe the price might drop.

dubmick

Ruu

It was only released on the 7th of February 2007 in the UK so it might be a good while before it comes down in price. I think sendit.com have series one and two both priced at £17.99 (no postage) if anyone is looking for them on the cheap.

fatal

Ruu wrote:

fatal, why don't you pay for it? dubmick, you might wait a little while if you can as season 1+2 are both on Amazon.co.uk for £17.97 so maybe the price might drop.

I can download it in PERFECT quality so dont see the point in buying it

steve 0

dubmick wrote:

sendit.com have series one and two both priced at £17.99 (no postage) if anyone is looking for them on the cheap.

Blahdvd.com work out 50c cheaper than sendit at €26.49 each for series 1 or 2 here
Best I've seen for series 3 is €46.49 from play.com here

godtabh

fatal wrote:

I can download it in PERFECT quality so dont see the point in buying it

Its ilegal.

dubmick wrote:

It was only released on the 7th of February 2007 in the UK so it might be a good while before it comes down in price. I think sendit.com have series one and two both priced at £17.99 (no postage) if anyone is looking for them on the cheap.

Region one has been out longer. Get a region free dvd player and if you source it, it should be a lot cheaper. Chcek out amazon and ebay

fatal

kearnsr wrote:

Its ilegal.

oh crap is it?
In that case il buy them this weekend:rolleyes:

Mossy Monk

fatal wrote:

I can download it in PERFECT quality so dont see the point in buying it

what filesize are they if they are perfect?

jor el

kearnsr wrote:

Region one has been out longer. Get a region free dvd player and if you source it, it should be a lot cheaper. Chcek out amazon and ebay

playusa.com and movietyme.com both charging in the region of £40-50 Sterling for the R1 version.

I'm going to get it myself soon and will probably go for the one on play.com as it's the cheapest right now. Not looking too much cheaper on eBay either. I'd imagine it'll be quite a while before the price drops a good bit too.

It's the kind of series that's worth €40 though.

godtabh

jor el wrote:

It's the kind of series that's worth €40 though.

I would say €40 is well worth it

Kristok

Defo one of the best shows out cant believe i only just heard of it recently.

adox

I have the first season and found it a bit depressing really and I couldt really warm to any of the characters.I may give it another viewing as I still enkoyed it but not as much as I thought I would.

fatal

Mossy Monk wrote:

what filesize are they if they are perfect?

each episode is usually 45mins without breaks and comes in at around 365megs

godtabh

fatal wrote:

each episode is usually 45mins without breaks and comes in at around 365megs

Correct me if I'm wrong but nearly every show is around 1 hour long give or take a minute or two

ixoy

kearnsr wrote:

Correct me if I'm wrong but nearly every show is around 1 hour long give or take a minute or two

You're right. Nearly every episode hits around the 60min mark including credits but not including ads. The finales are generally about 10mins longer again. So S1's 13 episodes are, length wise, equivalent to 18 or so of a regular series.

Quality wise, there's no competition

Mossy Monk

fatal wrote:

each episode is usually 45mins without breaks and comes in at around 365megs

365 megs for an hour long show is far from perfect

and The Wire when originally broadcast had no ad breaks

fatal

Mossy Monk wrote:

365 megs for an hour long show is far from perfect

and The Wire when originally broadcast had no ad breaks

I burn about 4-5 episodes onto each DVD(about 850megs each when burnt) and view them all on a 42 inch tv and to be honest its the same quality as watching it on sky digital.
Its certainly not worth paying 40 euros for if you can get it for great quality and at the same time for free

billstraighten

its really sad that they are not cheaper ..as i would have bought them aswell ..but i took the free route

Mossy Monk

they should sell the full series for €4.99 each

how much cheaper do you actually want them to be? €25 is cheap is it not?

Stephen

I bought seasons 1 and 2 from a bargain alert posted here too. Excellent show
They're excellent value for the price, especially when you compare it to what they charge for the likes of the Sopranos or Lost on DVD.

fatal

Mossy Monk wrote:

how much cheaper do you actually want them to be? €25 is cheap is it not?

Considering that you can download free Dvdips from the internet,its not really so cheap...not when you are a skint student anyway;)

godtabh

fatal wrote:

Considering that you can download free Dvdips from the internet,its not really so cheap...not when you are a skint student anyway;)

Just because your broke doesnt mean its ok

Mossy Monk

fatal wrote:

Considering that you can download free Dvdips from the internet,its not really so cheap...not when you are a skint student anyway;)

poor arguement there

steve 0

steve 0 wrote:

Blahdvd.com work out 50c cheaper than sendit at €26.49 each for series 1 or 2

Series 1 and 2 are at the same price now from play.com and series 1 is in stock here

steve 0

Season 3 is £29.99 from choicesuk.com here
But you can use the code SPECIAL for a 10% discount until midnight 01/04
If you order 1 item P+P is a bit steep @ £3 but this is the charge per complete order so if you pick up a few more deals it cancels it out.
Season 2 is £15.99 and Season 1 is £17.49 before discount

Ruu_Old

Season 3 is £29.99 at Play.com (free delivery isn't it?) and Season 1 and 2 are £16.99 each.

steve 0

Ruu wrote:

Season 3 is £29.99 at Play.com (free delivery isn't it?) and Season 1 and 2 are £16.99 each.

Yip, Season 3 is €46.49 from play.com who have not really passed on the currently improved exchange rate between €\£. If you use the discount for choicesuk.com it works out at £29.99 even with P+P and some credit cards have a better exchange rate than play.com.

slave1

that file size fed through a divx dvd upscaler will be the same if not better than a standard tv broadcast

Niall0

Can you get Season 1 anywhere cheaper than €39 ? it is that price on blahdvd and play.com

Ruu_Old

Cheapest I found was £20.78 including VAT+delivey here.

Placebo

i just got hooked aswell, thanks to the peeps on tv section recommending it, what i dont understadnd is that season 1 was made in 2001-02? how come its peaking now ?
some of the cast is ugly but those tower folk can act. great show.

Mthor5

Picked up season 3(region1) for about £28/€41 delivered fromhttp://http://www.dvdpacific.com/item.asp?ID=734826...took about 8 days to get here.
Well worth it though...only started season 1 about a week ago and its a great series so far...on season 2 episode 2 atm and Mcnulty>Reyals:D.

This is the best price i found for all 3 seasons(all region1)http://www9.cd-wow.com/detail_results_14.php?product_code=1127762..but i had to cancel after 2 weeks of no dispatch..and the bad feedback from other forums about them.