Golden Discs - 10 BluRay/DVD/Xbox etc for €10

mrcheez

Golden Discs on Henry Street are having a big closing down sale on their stock of BluRay / DVD / Xbox 360 / PS3 (not 4) / Wii (!) / Nintendo DS (!!)

10 of anything for €10, including boxsets

Picked up some nice BluRays / DVDs and a copy of Borderlands : The Pre-Sequel for Xbox 360.

Not a bad haul. Loads of DVDs left.

errlloyd

Is there any vinyl?

LiveRadio.ie

Worthless stuff. DVDs has no value anymore.

Movies, games, music etc. moved to the clouds nowadays.

endacl

LiveRadio.ie wrote: »

Worthless stuff. DVDs has no value anymore.

Movies, games, music etc. moved to the clouds nowadays.

Worth a tenner to people happy to pay a tenner.

mrcheez

The quality of BluRays cannot be compared to streamed content. Always buy my favourite flicks on BluRay.

Also the collection looks excellent in your bookshelf

mrcheez

errlloyd wrote: »

Is there any vinyl?

nope

Arthur Daley

Thanks OP.

You might get the odd dvd you would watch and some value for a tenner.

But most of this is pap. Maybe worth 50 quid a hundredweight

mrcheez

Not the ones I got. Spent a good few mins and ended up with a nice haul that will show off the 55"

votecounts

were there any boxsets left?

Arthur Daley

votecounts wrote: »

were there any boxsets left?

Barely a few. Nothing you'd want anyway. Lost, one season of downton abbey etc.

You may get a few old Bond films, the odd film from the 70s or 80s like Jaws, die hard etc. The odd John Bishop, Des Bishop show etc.

vicwatson

LiveRadio.ie wrote: »

Worthless stuff. DVDs has no value anymore.

Movies, games, music etc. moved to the clouds nowadays.

No value? It has to someone that has a DVD player no?

votecounts

is it just the henry street shop

mrcheez

votecounts wrote: »

is it just the henry street shop

Yeah. It was supposed to only be a pop up shop, but they ended up staying a bit longer.

New stock arrived today so there might be more coming.

Birneybau

Where on Henry Street? And just to be sure, Henry Street, Dublin?

Atlantic Dawn

Birneybau wrote: »

Where on Henry Street? And just to be sure, Henry Street, Dublin?

Opposite the corner entrance to Debenhams
Street view of it...

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3493052,-6.2633096,3a,75y,23.57h,96.69t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sBIQTjkW93xYz_htPn1bPyg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DBIQTjkW93xYz_htPn1bPyg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D29.893332%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

Klingon Hamlet

I popped in around 530pm and the blue ray selection was awful - I'd say earlier shoppers got the best deals

mrcheez

BluRay selection yesterday wasn't great but good this morn.

Did you ask if they were getting more stock in?

Birneybau

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Opposite the corner entrance to Debenhams
Street view of it...

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3493052,-6.2633096,3a,75y,23.57h,96.69t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sBIQTjkW93xYz_htPn1bPyg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DBIQTjkW93xYz_htPn1bPyg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D29.893332%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

Thanks, will have a look tomorrow

Klingon Hamlet

Klingon Hamlet wrote: »

I popped in around 530pm and the blue ray selection was awful - I'd say earlier shoppers got the best deals

I was in there a few days ago, nah, it was always piss poor.

mrcheez

Deleted User wrote: »

I was in there a few days ago, nah, it was always piss poor.

If you get in early after they replenish stocks you get good BluRays, but in general it's more likely you'll get what you're looking for in DVDs

Be sure to check if/when they are adding more stock, then head on over for lunch. Any later and the good stuff will be nabbed I reckon.

Josey Wales

mrcheez wrote: »

The quality of BluRays cannot be compared to streamed content. Always buy my favourite flicks on BluRay.

Also the collection looks excellent in your bookshelf

The Apple 4K streams are better looking that Blurays in my opinion.

mrcheez

Josey Wales wrote: »

The Apple 4K streams are better looking that Blurays in my opinion.

I think you need an Apple TV for that? Also probably need to pay a premium rate for home internet to stream 4K.

I'd rather save the cash and buy a blu ray for €1

Akrasia

Do they have any vhs or tape cassettes?

Still clinging on to my old Sony walkman and Hitachi VCR.

Sure the quality's grand through the scart on my Mitsubishi black diamond

mrcheez

Akrasia wrote: »

Do they have any vhs or tape cassettes?

Still clinging on to my old Sony walkman and Hitachi VCR.

Sure the quality's grand through the scart on my Mitsubishi black diamond

nah, just DVDs (loads), BluRays (a few), PS3 games (loads), Wii games (few), Nintendo DS games (loads), and Xbox 360 games (few but not a bad selection tbh)

ButtersSuki

mrcheez wrote: »

BluRay selection yesterday wasn't great but good this morn.

Did you ask if they were getting more stock in?

Examples of titles if you could? I passed it yesterday and aside from The Hunger Games and Twilight series I didn't see much.

RobbingBandit

No more restock that's all follllllks

ButtersSuki

RobbingBandit wrote: »

No more restock that's all follllllks

Was there much (if anything) left when you were in? I picked up a couple of things yesterday that I was looking for on DVD (Irish movie Cal being one of them) but I mainly bought kids DVDs for other people tbh!

mrcheez

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Examples of titles if you could? I passed it yesterday and aside from The Hunger Games and Twilight series I didn't see much.

Got Sin City 1 and 2, Oblivion, A Christmas Carol (CGI one. Should be good at Xmas)
then a few flashy but meh story ones like Jurassic Park, Immortals, Battleship

plus a DVD of The Lawnmower Man which sets off my VR playspace
love that flick

ButtersSuki

mrcheez wrote: »

Got Sin City 1 and 2, Oblivion, A Christmas Carol (CGI one. Should be good at Xmas)
then a few flashy but meh story ones like Jurassic Park, Immortals, Battleship

plus a DVD of The Lawnmower Man which sets off my VR playspace
love that flick

I’m old enough to have seen The Lawnmower Man in the cinema.:eek:

Arthur Daley

The Wyle E Coyote and Daffy Duck DVDs are just the original Warner Brother cartoons for each 'artist'. Stick one on for 5 mins before your main feature, to give you that pre 1990 trip to the cinema feel.

mrcheez

ButtersSuki wrote: »

I’m old enough to have seen The Lawnmower Man in the cinema.:eek:

I'm old enough to have tried one of those original VR headsets shown in the flick. They had them in Piccadilly Circus, London.

RobbingBandit

Few bits you'll go in and find a few then dig for the rest to make up 10.

ButtersSuki

mrcheez wrote: »

I'm old enough to have tried one of those original VR headsets shown in the flick. They had them in Piccadilly Circus, London.

Lol, I remember those! I haven't revisited Lawnmower Man though I liked it at the time. I wonder how it's aged? I have it somewhere....must dig it out if only to see a pre-Bond Brosnan with his Navan accent (ok, he doesn't have the accent).

Birneybau

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Few bits you'll go in and find a few then dig for the rest to make up 10.

I had 9 in my hand including 2 cds but I ended up just putting my bunch on a shelf and walking out in a fit of pique.

Skerries

Birneybau wrote: »

I had 9 in my hand including 2 cds but I ended up just putting my bunch on a shelf and walking out in a fit of pique.

this guy?

ButtersSuki

Went in for a look as I was passing. Bought Lawnmower Man (again, I have it already) as it's a different release (2 Disc Director's Cut) to the version I own. Can't wait to see how dated it looks when i eventually get around to watching it in about 7 years.

JP Liz V1

endacl wrote: »

Worth a tenner to people happy to pay a tenner.

For 10 dvds

Is there much left now?

fdevine

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

For 10 dvds

Is there much left now?

There's still a shop full of stuff, it's just a lot of rubbish to scan through. €10 for ten of anything in store if you can find 10 things worth buying.

First time I was in I didn't even see the CDs as they are tucked away down at the back of the shop. Mostly rubbish though.

BluRay selection is very limited - Twilight & Hunger Games variants mostly.

Lots of DVDs - Everything is dispersed around the shop so you'd have to browse. Includes comedy, documentary, TV shows, lots of Twilight & Hunger Games. Very few boxsets as far as I could tell.

Videogame selection is poor. Lots of DS, lots of PS2, plenty of Wii, few PSP, little or no 360 or PS3.

mrcheez

You'll also get a crick in your neck looking sideways at all the DVD titles

Paully D

There’s nothing (decent) left in there and inside the store is hotter than the sun.

Don’t bother.