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HMV Reopening in July

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    #32
    walkonby
    Registered Users Posts: 92 ✭✭walkonby


    I was in one in Belfast a while back and it was still pretty good. They had a small selection of cheap books with some decent titles in there.



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    #33
    Sad Professor
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120795497#Comment_120795497

    While they overlap I would distinguish between technical quality and the user experience. In the case of vinyl there's obviously something about the analog presentation and the physical format it comes in that has endured in the popular consciousness. Like CDs, Blu-ray also offers potentially excellent technical quality but the user experience can be very poor. Bad menus, unskippable trailers, stupid piracy warnings, etc. But then maybe the vinyl revival is nothing more than nostalgia and one day people will find Blu-ray's many failings as a format equally nostalgic.



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    #34
    UI_Paddy
    Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭UI_Paddy


    Good news for those of us (myself included) who were hoping for Blu-Rays in the new store.

    https://twitter.com/JMMDCF/status/1674880269294108672

    No surprise that HMV wanted to focus on vinyl and pop culture merch initially. The former is a very reliable market, and the latter has the wide appeal HMV needs to succeed. We also know that there will be live performances and signings, which will bring a lot of attention to the store and naturally be huge days for sales. Tower Records have had artists playing for their customers too, it makes going to the store more of an event and experience.



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    #35
    megaten
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    Hope it does well, harder/more expensive to get specilest releases now like stuff from Anime Ltd. now that brexit and new vat rules have made a hames of things.



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    #36
    UI_Paddy
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120803352#Comment_120803352

    Anime Limited have been looking into IOSS, so that may change in time. The one saving grace with them is that they offer free shipping to Ireland, which offsets the cost of customs a bit. I've gotten lots of great anime at fantastic prices from their buy one, get one free sales they do at Christmas, Easter and end of summer.

    Ironically Anime Limited have been catering more and more towards the mass market in recent years picking up stuff like Sword Art Online, Demon Slayer, Jujutsu Kaisen and the new One Piece movie, likely because it wouldn't have been sustainable to only put out collector's editions and arthouse titles. There's also probably a void to be filled with the UK branch of Crunchyroll (formerly known as Funimation and Manga UK before that) becoming less active in putting out releases and promoting them than they were before the rebrands.

    It will be interesting to see what the future holds for the Blu-Ray format. Since sales have been consistently declining for years it's natural to assume that titles will increasingly veer towards the specialist/enthusiast markets, but equally I could see a point where there is a huge nostalgic resurgence like vinyl (which never entirely went away) that grows to the point where there is something for both the niche and mainstream alike.



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    #37
    Full_Circle_81
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120803219#Comment_120803219

    Thanks for posting that. I actually popped into the store yesterday and was disappointed to see there were no blus whatsoever. Happy to wait a while if they end up stocking their "exclusive" range that aren't available via any other retailer.



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    #38
    Big Gerry
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    I was in the new HMV today I wasn't impressed it mostly sells toys and t-shirts etc as opposed to music and films.

    Golden Discs and Tower Records are much better record shops IMO.



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    #39
    megaten
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120804636#Comment_120804636

    Thanks for that, for a lot of their films's buying the blu ray is often the only way to watch them so it'd be great if they were able to implemnt the IOSS thing you mentioned.



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    #40
    dublinman1990
    Registered Users Posts: 8,486 ✭✭✭dublinman1990


    HMV in Henry St Dublin now have DVDs, Blu-rays and 4K Blu-rays in stock.

    They are down in the basement floor of the shop.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy8ZdQKsSVk/?hl=en




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    #41
    UI_Paddy
    Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭UI_Paddy


    Great news, looking forward to checking out the selection in future.



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    #42
    El Gato De Negocios
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    I've been to Tower and Golden Discs recently and the prices they charge are ridiculous. Newer titles from the likes of Arrow or Second Sight coming in at near double their online price.



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    #43
    UI_Paddy
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121356135#Comment_121356135

    Yeah, as much as I love seeing physical media being represented on the high street, I can see why so many people have turned to buying it online in recent years. I understand stores have rent and staff members to pay so I don't envy their position. It's a challenge, but hopefully HMV, Tower Records and Golden Discs can sustain themselves through continued support where possible.


    I like the 2 for €12 deals in Golden Discs, and have gotten many great movies on Blu-Ray from them like Saving Private Ryan, To Kill A Mocking Bird and Forest Gump. I also got the entire Rocky collection for €14.99 in Tower Records, which was a steal. Hopefully HMV will have a good few anime sales in future, as they do in the UK. I've saved a fortune from Anime Limited's buy one, get one free offers and Zavvi's sales, which used to be quite good for Manga UK titles.



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    #44
    thejuggler
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    Any idea if HMV are planning to open in other locations? Their Cork store (now occupied by golden discs) is much missed. Would be great if they took the old Argos unit in queens old castle



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    #45
    dublinman1990
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    They might be doing things very slowly this time. HMV still haven't relaunched their Irish website yet. However the Henry St store in Dublin does come up as a HMV Live venue on their website for the UK stores.

    I don't know if HMV would have plans to relaunch the Irish website along with opening more stores again here in Ireland after the new year. Has anyone here gone into HMV's Henry St store before Christmas or the new year to ask them about these upcoming plans yet.



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    #46
    BaywatchHQ
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    I was in the Belfast one earlier in the year, the one local to me closed in 2013. It seemed expensive from what I remember and packed full of anime nonsense and funko pops.

    I buy Blu Rays but I am trying to build a small collection of US imports as I prefer the packaging. I think the last purchase I made in HMV was in 2011.



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    #47
    TheIrishGrover
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    With more and more streamers pulling content I wonder will BD make a bit of a comeback/ I mean physical media will never hit the heights that DVD did but there is something to be said for having physical copies that are not reliant upon subscription fees and licensing arrangements. I had hundreds of DVDs back in the day but then work were doing a charity drive and I brought them all in and flogged them off for Aware. I now have a select few discs: Extended Lord of The Rings on 4K (F*ck The Hobbit :) ), a couple of imports I paid a lot of money for way back when (Infernal Affairs trilogy, Until The End Of The World trilogy, some anime etc).

    So I am a LOT more selective about what I buy but I DO buy...



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    #48
    astrofool
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    Seems unlikely, Best Buy (US store) are getting rid of their DVD/BD sections.



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    #49
    TheIrishGrover
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    Yeah, just saw that shortly after I posted. Pity



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    #50
    johnny_ultimate
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    The model is absolutely going to move to a boutique model - there’ll be an enthusiast audience there, and companies like Arrow, Criterion and quite a few others to serve them. I certainly hope so, because physical media is still a much more vibrant and diverse scene than streaming, plus invaluable for preservation plus personal ownership.

    I went into the HMV Blu-Ray section in Dublin and it was just all blockbuster, major studio releases - the cheap mass produced discs, with a couple of exceptions (I saw the nice 4K Ghost Dog release there, but not many others). That’s not where the good, interesting physical releases are happening. Whereas at least in Tower Records or the IFI shop you have a good, diverse range of discs from all the cool indie and boutique distributors, even if they’re often more expensive than online.



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    #51
    Shakyfan
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121572814#Comment_121572814

    The shops were all ditching records back in the late 90s too! Plenty of shops today selling those...



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    #52
    Deep Thought
    Registered Users Posts: 4,442 ✭✭✭Deep Thought


    Have to dig out all my old Blu Ray and CDs

    The narrower a man’s mind, the broader his statements.



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