07-19-2010, 03:34 PM
For those of you who may be looking to add Spartacus to your DVD library this is good news.
From now until the end of July, Barnes & Noble is offering all Criterion DVD's (both Standard and Blu-ray) at 50% Off!
Criterion has a well deserved reputation for quality. Their disc mastering and pressing is excellent, their supplemental materials exhaustive and their catalog of titles superb. They are expensive, but this is one time that the premium price is worth paying. But now you do not have too -- at 50% off these discs are quite affordable.
A case in point: Spartacus.
Criterion originally released Spartacus on Laser Video Disc and their edition was considered definitive not only for the quality of the pressing itself, but also for the great extras packed onto the disc. Now that same edition is available on DVD for $25.
The new Blu-ray edition is on sale at Amazon for $18 and this film certainly deserves to be seen in high definition, however ... This Blu-ray release has had its share of critics who think the quality of the disc mastering in not as good as it should be. These critics include Robert Harris, the film historian in charge of the original Spartacus restoration.
Not so the Criterion edition.
Now I am a big advocate for Blu-ray and really do believe that if a film is worth watching it is worth watching in Blu-ray, but when it comes to Criterion and Spartacus I am going to hedge my best. In a perfect world Criterion would release their edition of Spartacus on Blu-ray, and that may happen someday, but not anytime soon, if ever. Until then, at $25 the Criterion DVD of Spartacus is a steal.
I already own this on Laser Disc, but I am giving serious consideration to purchasing this DVD.
Marcus Licinius Crassus knew a good deal when he saw it -- this is one he would not pass up.
http://video.barnesandnoble.com/DVD/Spa ... 23/?itm=28
And if not Spartacus, there are plenty of other titles to tempt even the most jaded movie lover.
:wink:
Narukami
From now until the end of July, Barnes & Noble is offering all Criterion DVD's (both Standard and Blu-ray) at 50% Off!
Criterion has a well deserved reputation for quality. Their disc mastering and pressing is excellent, their supplemental materials exhaustive and their catalog of titles superb. They are expensive, but this is one time that the premium price is worth paying. But now you do not have too -- at 50% off these discs are quite affordable.
A case in point: Spartacus.
Criterion originally released Spartacus on Laser Video Disc and their edition was considered definitive not only for the quality of the pressing itself, but also for the great extras packed onto the disc. Now that same edition is available on DVD for $25.
The new Blu-ray edition is on sale at Amazon for $18 and this film certainly deserves to be seen in high definition, however ... This Blu-ray release has had its share of critics who think the quality of the disc mastering in not as good as it should be. These critics include Robert Harris, the film historian in charge of the original Spartacus restoration.
Not so the Criterion edition.
Now I am a big advocate for Blu-ray and really do believe that if a film is worth watching it is worth watching in Blu-ray, but when it comes to Criterion and Spartacus I am going to hedge my best. In a perfect world Criterion would release their edition of Spartacus on Blu-ray, and that may happen someday, but not anytime soon, if ever. Until then, at $25 the Criterion DVD of Spartacus is a steal.
I already own this on Laser Disc, but I am giving serious consideration to purchasing this DVD.
Marcus Licinius Crassus knew a good deal when he saw it -- this is one he would not pass up.
http://video.barnesandnoble.com/DVD/Spa ... 23/?itm=28
And if not Spartacus, there are plenty of other titles to tempt even the most jaded movie lover.
:wink:
Narukami
David Reinke
Burbank CA
Burbank CA