The Format I want is Harry Potter 1 the Deathly Hallows Part 1 & 2 on bluray & dvd, of course they aren't releasing it, the only way to get both parts are on the new bluray box set or seperately which is a total sham. Almost everybody who wants these movies will have bought them already and like me will feel slightly peeved that you have to buy the whole lot again just for the final 2 movies, shouldn't they at least give you a discount if you already own a previous box set, as they have released a blu-ray one quite a few times now, how much of our hard earned money do these b***ards want? This is why it's the highest grossing franchise!

Rob, you are absolutely bang on for it being a decade too late.

In this day and age of legal and illegal downloads, the people that missed out buying movies before they were vaulted will even skip Ebay and go straight to a "free" download.

Buying off Ebay is a risk. This sort of thing happened to me with Beauty and the Beast Christmas. My kids were heavy into princesses and I could not find it as it was OOP. I bought it twice on Ebay and it said it was "new and sealed". One ended up being a nicely sealed burnt copy and another was one with Chinese subtitles and no features. Needless to say I returend them and resorted to illegal download. Disney lost money. Finally Disney is re-releasing it this month on home video but the kids are out of the Princess phase now.

I still remember 20 years back with the vaulting of Little Mermaid on VHS. My sister was looking for it for her kids and this was before Ebay. Local newspaper ads had people selling it for $150-200.  If you look at Ebay now, the vaulted/OOP Disney movies are a little higher then retail value but will never be in the $150-200 range thanks to video piracy.

The thing about the Harry Potter movies is that every does have them, and there's a glut of them on the market.  They've been in the bargain bins for ages now, and it's at the point where the market is saturated.  By saying they're putting them in the vault, what they're doing is ceasing production, and coaxing the fence-stters to buy up the overstock while it's still available.  But really, does anybody who wants the movies not have them already?

It's Warners saying that they aren't really making money off the production of these products, and making a big deal out of ceasing that production.

I only ever bought 2 of these films because I knew that I would eventually want the entire set.  So I'm definitely going to pick up all 8 films on blu ray before Christmas.  Overall, the vaulting thing is pretty useless.  I do go and buy the Disney films when they are put out, but if I ever missed one, I know I'd be able to buy it somewhere on the internet.

Should point out that Deathly Hallows 2 comes out Friday, not today. Still this week.

You'll have to by it at TARGET?!?  OK, pay the extra price just to be a snob....

Used to run a video store during the VHS days myself. We even had the copy of the Little Mermaid with the penis on the cover. Disney keeps trying to say that was an urban legend but not only did I see it I showed it to a number of people. And rewinding hurt tapes but never did more than minor damge to players. The rewinder was for the average person a waste of money .

"Vaulting" works for Disney because they've kept a tight rein on supplies of movies from the start. As has been said here absolutely everyone owns the Potter films o I don't know if this'll help. Although, we all DID go running out for the Star Wars set last month, so...

Deathly Hallows part 2 does not come out today. If it did I would already have it. It comes out Friday. I plan on getting it at Target. Target also has every single Harry Potter Blu ray for ten bucks each this week. Which is a really good deal.

Sorry guys it does come out Friday. I'm sure if you look someone will have it. ElBaz13, B&B Christmas arrives this month on Blu-ray/ DVD. Check Amazon.

I have a copy of The Little Mermaid VHS with the penis on the cover too.  I bought it at a garage sale a while ago.  I still have a LOT of movies on VHS so I still have a VCR though my brother laughs at me.  Replacing all the movies and TV shows I have on tape with DVD, assuming they would all be available, which they wouldn't, would cost probably $1000. 

If Deathly Hallows part II will only be available for 2 months, then perhaps vaulting it wouldn't be a bad strategy.  Sure, it will be available for illegal download but will you be able to get all the cool extras?  It may motivate folks to pick it up now, as opposed to later and hey!  Christmas presents!

 I don't have any of them yet. So I guess I'm that person they are targeting to get on it before its "vaulted." My plan was to wait for a comprehensive, box set with all the movies available. So the entire collection might be on my early xmas wish list 

On second thought, its being discussed on Amazon how the Complete Collection is light on additional features. So I have no problem waiting a year or so until a more comprehensive and advanced version is released. I like special features. Gives me something to do in stretching out the experience a little longer. Still have yet to explore every last Lost or BSG special feature to this day