Australian Blu-ray Importing: January 2013 Buying Guide

://Since last time we looked at the 'Guide to Buying Blu-rays from Overseas', the Australian dollar has continued to dance around parity with the US dollar based on strong commodity markets and soft U.S. economy. With studios starting to open their catalogues to much anticipated titles, coupled with deep discounting in overseas markets, it's still a really great time to import some rarer Blu-ray titles.____Let's jump into the latest instalment of the series and cover some recently released overseas titles that are wholly safe for Australian Blu-ray players.____

Lawrence of Arabia: Collector's Edition

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