Harry Potter: The Complete 8-Film Collection [Blu-ray]

Great way to spend an evening. Enjoyed watching these films in the comfort of my home.

I had previously purchased or received as gifts the prior 6 movies on DVD - most wide-screen but I think one gift was a full screen version. I decided I'd like a Blu-ray copy but they were usually around $70 or more for the set so never bought it and I actually had not seen the Deathly Hallows either. After receiving a gift card I figured what the heck, I'll go ahead and get the 11 disc set that was available at a more reasonable price. Here's what I noticed after watching all the movie discs (I pretty much had to so I'd remember everything and also to verify the disc were good).First the breakdown of the 11 disc - as mentioned they come in a "box" that isn't high quality but does the job of keeping the four cases together in a group. The four cases are labeled so you can see which "years" are included in the case. Two of the cases have two disc each, one has years 1 & 2 while the other has years 3 and 4. The third case has years 5 and 6 with a special features disc for year 6 (Half-blood Prince). Finally, there's the largest case that holds year 7 part 1 & 2 and the special features for both so a total of 4 discs in this last case. All of my discs had labels and I didn't have the blank or black label mentioned in other reviews.Quality of movies on Blu-ray - I'd say the first few movies seemed more like DVD copies and the sound was not as good as my LOTR Blu-ray collection. The later movies seemed better but perhaps that's to be expected with the first movie being from 2001 and the last movie around 2011?As I mentioned in the 11 discs breakdown, only the last three movies have the special features disc included. The others have minor special features like trailers, deleted/extended scenes, some actors talking about their characters and such. I also believe the Half-Blood Prince had the "Enhanced" movie playback feature but am pretty sure the Deathly Hallows did not. I'd also mentioned on the first few movies I think they just went right into play mode so if you want to get to the menu you have to use the remote to bring it up to view the minor features or wait until the movie is over and then forward through the credits. Being the "All" regions versions means you will see a lot more warnings about the copyright as the screen is shown in multiple languages.So if you are looking for the complete set, don't care too much about having a ton of special features for each movie or if you want a region free version, then this may be the best option for you. However if you like extended version and want more than you would have seen at the theater or just want to see all the special features or have an attractive storage box/case, then you'll have to look elsewhere.

Harry Potter: The Complete 8-Film Collection [Blu-ray]https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00543RC0Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1orthe item mentioned in the review by Code Red:"3 Faces of Harry" collection -- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AQNOCZ0/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_0For reference, my Blu-ray player, the Oppo BDP-103D (not the 103) was released in 2013. I mention this because at that time getting the machien to be region free meant adding separate hardware and I did not do that.Code Red mentions, "...There are versions that you need to be aware of that are MAY NOT be playable in the U.S. It's another collection that is European made and most of the time, the discs are not playable on North American Blu-Ray Players." Good advice!This is true because movie studios regionalize their releases. The 3 Faces of Harry version (3FH) has two symbols on it's front: Irish Film Classification Office and the British Board of Film Classification, so it seems like a European release. Still, I wanted this one in particular due to the amazing amount of extra content available.If you check out blu (dash) ray dot com there is a listing there for this specific 3FH version. Click on the region coding tab and see that people actually test the regions and post on that site. Very handy. Also very handy to see that Region A is confirmed for everyone who tested it. Either the collection is released region free, or my player has been region free all along. I think the former is most likely.So with much trepidation, I opened my 3FH box set, hoping it would work, and still concerned that maybe it wouldn't.Guess what? IT WORKS!All discs play just fine. The audio seems fine as well, no issues.The set is in 4 small books with sleeves, not a standard disc box with the plastic tabs. I think there is opportunity to scratch them getting them in and out, or add oily popcorn fingerprints, but that could likely happen with any storage style.I am beyond delighted that I'll be able to see the entire series!