Black Friday Week Specials
Black Friday Week specials have begun at 123ink.ca, Amazon.ca, Bestbuy.ca, Canada Computers, Living.ca, Newegg Canada and thesource.ca. And you can find previews for Black Friday Sales at Microsoft Canada
and access an exclusive pre-sale for Plum members at Indigo.ca
.
American retailers Amazon.com, EntertainmentEarth.com, Sheet Music Plus and Woodwind and Brasswind
are also having early Black Friday specials this year.
Disney+ – My First Impression
As I have previously stated on this blog, Disney+ features 500 films and over 7500 television programs from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Fox, National Geographic and other companies Disney distributes, many of which will be made available on the service in the future.
The initial releases are quite satisfactory and include several of the Disney films I had seen in my elementary school theatre in the ’80s, like The Cat From Outer Space, Unidentified Flying Oddball and The Apple Dumpling Gang and Herbie The Love Bug films. But the classic Donald Duck and Goofy cartoons I had wanted to see were not online yet. And the $6.99 monthly subscription fee mentioned online was incorrect.
The monthly fee in Canada is actually $8.99, with an option to prepay for a year at $89.99, which reduces the monthly fee down to $7.50. And although I think the later is great for families, I’m personally going to wait for more content to be added before committing to this service.
Parents that like to keep their kids entertained whilst travelling will love the streaming or download and go options. And the service is also great for parents that have young kids, that can’t handle and load films into their DVD and Blu-ray players. But I already own quite a few of the films featured on this service on DVD, Blu-ray and digital so there is no real incentive for me to subscribe yet.
The Mandalorian’s first season is comprised of eight episodes, that I can easily binge watch prior to the release of the second season, which is already being filmed. And I could always purchase the latest Spider-Man film during the upcoming Black Friday and Cyber Monday events, pretty much completing my Marvel Cinematic Universe collection (minus a few mediocre films in the series).
In regards to The Simpsons, I can also view the first 19 seasons in the original 4 by 3 aspect ratio on Apple TV/iTunes, Google Play and in reruns on television, so I am not missing much there either.
The addition of the aforementioned Donald Duck and Goofy cartoons to Disney+ will probably lure me back, as will the expansion of the 20th Century Fox Pictures, Fox Broadcasting Company and Touchtone Pictures catalogues to the service. But I suspect this will not happen until next summer, hopefully after they correct their playback and security issues.
Apparently some users had encountered technical issues and several thousand accounts have been hacked resulting in their details being posted online. But it was smooth sailing on my end via my Roku Premiere+, other than an issue with the playback language.
For some reason, it decided to play Star Wars – Episode IV in French, when all the other films played back in English. And although I managed to change the audio to English, I couldn’t figure out how to change the opening crawl.
I’m sure this minor glitch will be repaired by the time I decide to go back. And overall I’d say the Canadian version is an acceptable service for most.
★★★★☆
The Oshawa CD/Record Show
Will you be in the Greater Toronto Area this Sunday?
If so, then perhaps you’d like to visit the Oshawa CD/Records Show, which will be held at 33 Lviv Blvd from 10 am to 4 pm. Admission will be $3.
Enjoy.
New Offer
Canadians can now try Amazon Music Unlimited for four months for 99 cents.
This music streaming service includes unlimited access to any song on the service, advert-free on-demand access, offline listening with unlimited skips and hands-free listening with Alexa.
After four months the monthly subscription fee is $9.99, $7.99 for Prime Members.
Record Shows This Weekend
There will be two record show events this Sunday, in two different provinces:
The St. Catharines Record Show will be held at the Holiday Inn Parkway Convention Centre at 327 Ontario St. in St. Catharines, Ontario from 10:30 am to 4 pm. General admission for this event will be $4 or $25 for early entry at 9 am.
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Enjoy.
Record Shows This Weekend
Are you going to be in Guelph, Peterborough or London, Ontario this weekend? Then you might like to pop in the local record shows that are happening in these cities.
All three shows will be occurring on Sunday, the 22nd of October, 2019:
The Guelph Record Swap & Sale will be open from 11am to 4pm at the Unifor Local 117 Hall at 611 Silvercreek Pkwy N and admission will be $2 or free with a donation to the Guelph Food Bank.
The Peterborough Vinyl Record & Collectibles Show will be open from 10am to 3pm at the Evinrude Centre at 911 Monaghan Road and admission will be $4.
The London Record Show will be open from 10am to 5 pm at the Centennial Hall located at 550 Wellington St and admission will be $5 or $10, the latter being the early 10am access admission.