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Be patient when navigating through region-free Blu-Ray menus and you'll be just fine! Trust your Amazon Seller!
By Thucydides on Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2016
This relates to Game of Thrones - Season 1 - 6 (Blu Ray) Region Free, as sold by a2z Blu Ray with order fulfillment by Amazon: Please remember that "Region Free" has been improved and refined in the past few years so that if you have a decent Blu Ray player that has been updated with the latest firmware, you should be JUST FINE! That said, also remember that typically, Blu Ray disks respond a little more slowly than standard DVD disks in a player, and that may be more noticeable with "Region Free" disks. They do play just fine -- but you may need to be a little bit patient and not try to rush things or you could have a system lockup and need to start over. Next, as it often is with foreign-produced movie disks, some of the information on the box or the inserts may not be accurate! I'm not sure why this is so, but you'll probably notice it if you try to add minutes attributed to individual disks and then try to match those totals with what is written on the box or the inserts. Even the NUMBER of disks themselves, included in a season may be incorrectly stated. The IMPORTANT thing is to verify that each season is complete, if you have any questions -- but -- be careful in searching for verification information or you might SPOIL your viewing experience by finding out more about the plot than you really want to know! I did have questions, and the folks at a2z Blu Ray were very quick and exceptionally responsive to my questions! Let your Amazon Seller help you and avoid the risk of spoiling your enjoyment of the story. Now, about the quality of the "Region Free" Blu Ray disks -- Absolutely perfect! Give your player enough time to "spool-up" and buffer the splash-pages you need to reference and you should be just fine! I have not experienced any in-play lockups, pixilation, or any other problems. Audio is uniformly very good also. I am enchanted and engaged by the story line, and that, of course, is a separate matter altogether. I've tried to focus on the more "nuts-and-bolts" aspect of actually playing the disks. Just take your time with NAVIGATION through the menu startups and you should have no problems. Another bonus to buying from an excellent Amazon Seller like a2z Blu Ray is that, at the moment, you can buy the entire six-season set for $100 - $110 (it fluctuates). Or, you can go to a big discount membership warehouse like Costco and pay $149.... Enjoy! See you on "the Wall".... **** 11 Dec 16 -- Additional comment: Have now worked my way up through Season 4, Episode 2 and have not had any problems getting any of the disks to play perfectly on my Sony Blu-ray player (here in the United States). As long as you don't get in a big hurry and try to jam too many commands on top of each other you should be just fine with these region-free disks. A big plus if you are multi-lingual! There are voice tracks in many different foreign languages, as well as subtitles. The German language voice tracks are surprisingly well done! Enjoy! **** ***** 24 Dec 16 -- Additional comment after completing watching all six seasons, and a number of the special features. EXCELLENT! No problems at all on my Sony Blu-ray disk player. Region-free worked just fine for me here in the U. S. . The special features are ingeniously arranged, and help the viewer to more easily understand the very complex kingdoms and lands of Game of Thrones. This is easily the best entertainment value I have seen in years. Now I'm sick at the prospect of having to wait until months from now before Season 7 is aired by HBO. I hope you enjoy this series, too. Thank heaven for Great Britain, without which we English-speakers would have only the United States as a supplier of entertainment... and that is often disappointing. Hey, "I drink, and I know things!"
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Love It & Hate It
By victus on Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2017
On the one hand, I read all the books, bought all six seasons of the TV series, and will begin the seventh this week. Very well written, interesting story, and yet, I love them and utterly hate them. From childhood I've loved the Fantasy Fiction genre, from Dungeons & Dragons to the Elder Scrolls video game, so much in between. What I love is the dream of the epic and the majestic, the mystical and the magickal, the heroic verses the evil. Good and evil are rarely subjective, or morally relativistic, but are clear - you know where you stand. Another major aspect, is that all those things that seem to be missing from this world, exist in those fantasy worlds - including gods, other worldly planes of being, spiritual and metaphysical creatures and realms. George R.R. Martin, going just by his writings, is a deep dark soul... Not only is his mortal world horrific, wicked, and amoral, but then he killed the gods and the afterlife as well. Gods are merely mortal inventions (the prayers work, but the gods are not real), most monsters are just humans, or originate as humans, or serve humans, most of the fantasy races are completely missing. His fantasy vision is hellish, both the mortal and immortal aspects... Maybe historically reflective, but worse, exaggerated even in that, filled with Cultural Marxist propaganda (to normalize and dis-sensitize the masses to all things low and perverse). The good are almost always beaten by the bad, the most evil and/or morally bankrupt prosper and rise, and there is an obsession with rape and torture. This is no series for kids.
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Be patient when navigating through region-free Blu-Ray menus and you'll be just fine! Trust your Amazon Seller!
By Thucydides - Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2016
Verified Amazon Purchase
This relates to Game of Thrones - Season 1 - 6 (Blu Ray) Region Free, as sold by a2z Blu Ray with order fulfillment by Amazon: Please remember that "Region Free" has been improved and refined in the past few years so that if you have a decent Blu Ray player that has been updated with the latest firmware, you should be JUST FINE! That said, also remember that typically, Blu Ray disks respond a little more slowly than standard DVD disks in a player, and that may be more noticeable with "Region Free" disks. They do play just fine -- but you may need to be a little bit patient and not try to rush things or you could have a system lockup and need to start over. Next, as it often is with foreign-produced movie disks, some of the information on the box or the inserts may not be accurate! I'm not sure why this is so, but you'll probably notice it if you try to add minutes attributed to individual disks and then try to match those totals with what is written on the box or the inserts. Even the NUMBER of disks themselves, included in a season may be incorrectly stated. The IMPORTANT thing is to verify that each season is complete, if you have any questions -- but -- be careful in searching for verification information or you might SPOIL your viewing experience by finding out more about the plot than you really want to know! I did have questions, and the folks at a2z Blu Ray were very quick and exceptionally responsive to my questions! Let your Amazon Seller help you and avoid the risk of spoiling your enjoyment of the story. Now, about the quality of the "Region Free" Blu Ray disks -- Absolutely perfect! Give your player enough time to "spool-up" and buffer the splash-pages you need to reference and you should be just fine! I have not experienced any in-play lockups, pixilation, or any other problems. Audio is uniformly very good also. I am enchanted and engaged by the story line, and that, of course, is a separate matter altogether. I've tried to focus on the more "nuts-and-bolts" aspect of actually playing the disks. Just take your time with NAVIGATION through the menu startups and you should have no problems. Another bonus to buying from an excellent Amazon Seller like a2z Blu Ray is that, at the moment, you can buy the entire six-season set for $100 - $110 (it fluctuates). Or, you can go to a big discount membership warehouse like Costco and pay $149.... Enjoy! See you on "the Wall".... **** 11 Dec 16 -- Additional comment: Have now worked my way up through Season 4, Episode 2 and have not had any problems getting any of the disks to play perfectly on my Sony Blu-ray player (here in the United States). As long as you don't get in a big hurry and try to jam too many commands on top of each other you should be just fine with these region-free disks. A big plus if you are multi-lingual! There are voice tracks in many different foreign languages, as well as subtitles. The German language voice tracks are surprisingly well done! Enjoy! **** ***** 24 Dec 16 -- Additional comment after completing watching all six seasons, and a number of the special features. EXCELLENT! No problems at all on my Sony Blu-ray disk player. Region-free worked just fine for me here in the U. S. . The special features are ingeniously arranged, and help the viewer to more easily understand the very complex kingdoms and lands of Game of Thrones. This is easily the best entertainment value I have seen in years. Now I'm sick at the prospect of having to wait until months from now before Season 7 is aired by HBO. I hope you enjoy this series, too. Thank heaven for Great Britain, without which we English-speakers would have only the United States as a supplier of entertainment... and that is often disappointing. Hey, "I drink, and I know things!"
First 6: Great viewing
By Patrick Young - Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2024
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The first 6 seasons were well written, well acted and superbly crafted. For those who didn't like seasons 7 and 8. Enjoy the first 6.
Game of Thrones
By Lovely Dawn - Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2024
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I can't wait to start watching this. Come on weekend. 😀
I love the look of the mosaic box sleeve and the ...
By Lili B. - Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2018
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Not rating the show, have not watched it yet. As for the physical product, I love the look of the mosaic box sleeve and the box itself. The box itself is factory shrink wrapped while the disc cases are not. No missing or loose discs so that's obviously great and the digital code for everything is in the Season 1 case as expected. While this is my personal experience here, I don't doubt the possibility that factory flaws may occur with other people. My only hope is that all of the discs will play fine since this is a birthday gift and watching every episode in our busy lives will take some time. Keeping my fingers crossed here. Thank you for this set HBO and seller. Another thing I'll mention is that I bought this set because it was $94 at the time of my purchase a few days ago and that's a significantly better deal than the newer/current set for Seasons 1-7 which, with taxes included, comes out to $161... for just the latest season included which is also 2 episodes shorter than every other season with 10. So you'll save at least $30 buying this set and S7 separately. This is a great deal for such a huge and popular series.
Discs Are Great, Series is Awesome
By Taylor - Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2017
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I almost stopped watching after the first two seasons, there were too many characters thrown in and it was very hard to keep up with who was allied with whom and who was backstabbing who... thankfully by the end of the fourth season, so many characters had been killed off that it became much easier to keep track of everyone. So if you feel the series is too confusing, keeping going, it gets MUCH better after season 3!! As for the discs... they all played perfectly fine... however... be forewarned that if you have a Sony player (not sure if it's the same for others), after swapping two or three discs, the next disc will be extremely slow and will probably freeze. Then, you have to wait for your player to reset and turn itself off... then turn it back on and the disc will play perfectly fine. I don't know if there is some sort of 'memory' in the Sony player, but for whatever reason, after swapping two or three discs without turning off/on the player between them, the next disc will stutter and eventually completely freeze. It's a small price to pay to watch such an amazing story.
A must buy for GoT fans
By william - Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2017
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This collection is well worth the money at $20 per season. They are region free and they play fine on my old blu ray player. There is a fairly long load time but it's not terrible considering it will take several hours to watch each episode and bonus features. Speaking of bonus features, this collection is full of them. There is a series of animated histories narrated by the actors that is especially nice for those who haven't read the books. These vignettes delve into the histories, houses and lands of Westeros and are quite informative. There are commentaries from the producers and actors as well that shed light on the creation of the series. There are also a lot of behind the scenes features too. All in all I recommend this collection. For the price you are getting an incredible amount of entertainment for your money. As I said, the only downside is a longer loading for the discs but it is by no means an insurmountable inconvenience.
Worth the money!
By D.C. - Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2017
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The show starts off a little slow for my taste but once it gets into the characters and the plots it starts to become quite the web. It is one of those shows that you really don't know what to expect because there is always some kind of surprise or twist in the plot. Lena Heady does quite a remarkable job at making me hate her character. She is a vile, incestuous, lying, and spiteful woman and you love to hate her. The show is like the books in many ways but many know, no show or movie done on a book is ever exactly like the book so don't expect it because you will be disappointed otherwise. I binged watched the entire 6 seasons as soon as I got them and it was well worth the money paid for them. I hope season 7 is even better than season 6. This show has a little bit of everything but it is definitely not for the prude types as it has alot of sexual content in it and it definitely is not for little ones to watch. The package showed up in perfect condition and the discs all work great. Overall, I am very happy with the purchase and the show is entertaining enough, as always though, the books are better.
This is a great deal for U.S. customers!
By GenXSwiftie79 - Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2016
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This is a great set at a great price for those in the U.S. looking for a cheaper alternative to the $175 set. The only difference is the lack of digital HD. So far, I've tried out the first two discs of season 1, and they both played flawlessly on my cheap Sanyo Blu-Ray player. The outer and inner cases were in perfect shape. I haven't had a chance to check out all the different features included on each disc, but I'm really excited about being able to watch the episodes with commentary. There's also the option to watch with an on-screen guide that you can use to get information about the characters in a scene, etc. I questioned whether I should just get the DVD set instead of Blu-Ray to save some money, but Blu-Ray is definitely worth the extra money! If you're a GoT fan, and you're on the fence about ordering like I was, just do it! It's the best $100 I've spent in a long time!
Digital HD code worked great and discs appear in good condition too.
By racingmustang - Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2017
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I opened the package and activated the Digital HD code without any problems. I already had an Ultraviolet account set up for VUDU on my Blu-Ray player and Android phone. The single code activated a bundle containing all 6 seasons. It also allowed me to activate with a secondary streaming service so I chose Google Play rather than iTunes since I don't own Apple products. That played fine too. I inspected the discs and found no significant scratches or damage. I have not played any of them however and don't know if they have any quirks mentioned in some of the other reviews. Finally, this show has lots of violence and sexual content and is really for adults only! It goes too far for my tastes, but I am able to dismiss some of that and enjoy the stories, amazing visuals, and surprising plot twists. The stories have many characters and I find it hard to remember all the relationships and character developments from season to season. I heard that Season 7 will be the final one. When it comes out on Blu-Ray with Digital HD my collection can be completed. Thanks Amazon!
Love It & Hate It
By victus - Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2017
Verified Amazon Purchase
On the one hand, I read all the books, bought all six seasons of the TV series, and will begin the seventh this week. Very well written, interesting story, and yet, I love them and utterly hate them. From childhood I've loved the Fantasy Fiction genre, from Dungeons & Dragons to the Elder Scrolls video game, so much in between. What I love is the dream of the epic and the majestic, the mystical and the magickal, the heroic verses the evil. Good and evil are rarely subjective, or morally relativistic, but are clear - you know where you stand. Another major aspect, is that all those things that seem to be missing from this world, exist in those fantasy worlds - including gods, other worldly planes of being, spiritual and metaphysical creatures and realms. George R.R. Martin, going just by his writings, is a deep dark soul... Not only is his mortal world horrific, wicked, and amoral, but then he killed the gods and the afterlife as well. Gods are merely mortal inventions (the prayers work, but the gods are not real), most monsters are just humans, or originate as humans, or serve humans, most of the fantasy races are completely missing. His fantasy vision is hellish, both the mortal and immortal aspects... Maybe historically reflective, but worse, exaggerated even in that, filled with Cultural Marxist propaganda (to normalize and dis-sensitize the masses to all things low and perverse). The good are almost always beaten by the bad, the most evil and/or morally bankrupt prosper and rise, and there is an obsession with rape and torture. This is no series for kids.
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