The Dark Knight Blu-ray Disc sneaks onto store shelves early

Looks like Meijer's is a little antsy to help The Dark Knight Blu-ray become the best selling BD of all time. At one particular store near Urbana, Illinois, the disc has already been spotted -- and we're not just talking about one or two, but a whole gaggle. Can't wait 'til Tuesday? No harm in taking a leisurely stroll to your nearby retailers in hopes of getting lucky. A live shot of the back is after the break.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2008 3:34PM]

Yep, this has been out for a few days now...I've got mine. Definitely some stores looking for an advantage (offer the hottest DVD of the year a week before your competitors, why not?).

Marshall
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[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2008 4:46PM]

Why not? Well, I don't have a problem with it, but if they get caught, some major fines can be levied.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2008 5:26PM]

@Darren. as the submitter of this spotted blu-ray, I realized that I hadn't updated my profile info for where I live. This was spotted in the Urbana, IL Meijers. I would hate to see someone at the Ypsi/Ann Arbor Meijers get in trouble for this.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2008 4:23PM]

Ya know, the shot with Batman behind the Joker like that looks a little funny.

They are in a room all by themselves...

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2008 4:53PM]

It does indeed. The jokers hands on the table. Hmm. Maybe Batman was pumping the Joker for information?

[DrXym Posted Dec 7th 2008 4:30PM]

The disk has been on sale since Saturday in Ireland.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 8th 2008 3:17AM]

I got my copy by mail a couple of days ago, so me and the girlfriend was watching Batman Begins and The Dark Night all friday evening..

Good movies..

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2008 5:24PM]

yawn... been out on torrents for more than a couple weeks

[eliazar Posted Dec 7th 2008 5:33PM]

Hey, can I pirate stuff too and then pretend I'm just so awesome because I already have it when people are waiting for it to come out legally? kthx

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2008 6:08PM]

Well... Yes, yes you can. That is the intention of my posting :-P The pirates are winning the battle as of right now and therefore its very relevant.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2008 10:05PM]

Wow you downloaded the Blu-ray 1080p rip from Bittorrent? Doubt it. You're an idiot. Read the title next time.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2008 10:51PM]

Actually he's not an idiot. 1080p bluray rip has been available for over 2 weeks now.

[Ferrarimangp Posted Dec 8th 2008 4:13AM]

I wouldn't risk downloading a high-risk 38gb torrent, especially not with Comcast as my ISP.

[DrXym Posted Dec 8th 2008 4:39AM]

38 gigs is more than some people's bandwidth cap and would certainly be a risky download. If you absolutely must pirate it, it would be cheaper and faster just to rent it.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 8th 2008 6:28PM]

Well, if you have a proper ISP like Fi-OS, then 50GB download is absolutely not a problem; I personally have comcast, and its still not a problem. 250GB cap allows for a couple Blu-ray downloads a month, and a ton of HD rips and other rips, you'd be surprised (...every month). I was not even referring to the 1080p rip (which has been available for a long long while on bittorent), I was referring to the complete Blu-ray (I think its about 38GB).

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2008 5:30PM]

I am quite happy to wait for Amazon to deliver it to my door and not waste my time scouring stores in the hope to get it a day or two early.

Do people really have this much time to waste shopping for one movie?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2008 5:51PM]

My local CVS pharmacy already had it on sale.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 8th 2008 12:59PM]

i work at cvs. we always put out new releases on sunday.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2008 7:59PM]

It would be nice if they just put out the new releases on Sundays--when the new sales start anyway. I already make a trip to the store on Sundays to get the new deals (while the titles are still in stock)--it is annoying to try to make a second trip the store mid-week to get the new releases on Tuesdays.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2008 9:51PM]

And that's why they do it, so you go in more than once.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2008 11:37PM]

Yes, a 1:1 iso of the BD disk has been available online for weeks.
DirectDigitalDownloads rule!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2008 11:42PM]

I don't see what the big deal is when a store breaks the street date. It's going to sell anyway. The stores might as well just put them on the shelves when they receive the product. It's not like the studio somehow loses money from a disc hitting the shelves a few days early.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 8th 2008 1:01AM]

Neat, I've totally been in that store. In fact it was the first Meijer I had ever seen.

Gave me vertigo when I went into it, actually. Something about being able to see the far end of a building the size of two football fields, I guess.

Also, the first place I ever saw self-scan checkout.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 8th 2008 2:04AM]

(i fully plan on buying it if i don't get it for xmas) but an advantage of the download (the iNFAMOUS release) is that i don't have to rip the disc (38gb of hdd space required), download a demo of AnyDVD HD, learn how to convert VC-1 (i only know MPEG-2 and AVC), spend 2 days per encode (if i don't like the quality of my initial encode) if i find the switch between 1:78 and 2.39:1 annoyingly noticeable.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 8th 2008 6:11AM]

More news on this movie? I hope Iron man holds onto most movies sold.