Review: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition Combo Pack

When Sarah was just a toddler, my sister-in-law gave us all of her Disney movies on VHS tapes.  All of them.  I still had my VCR from college, purchased in 1991.  Yep, it was still kicking.  We had so much fun watching all of the classic movies.  She fell in love with all of the princesses.  So much so, her nickname when I first started Mommycosm 3 years ago was "Princess".

Sometime between when Max was born and when he was old enough to watch and enjoy movies, my poor old VCR died.  It was a slow, painful death.  On its last day, it ate a tape. 

*sigh*

So sad.

I never really stopped to think about it, but Max has missed out on many of the classics.  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs included.

When One2One Network offered to send us a free copy of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to review, my kids were SO excited.  So was I.  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs hasn't been released in any form by Disney since 2001.  Before my kids were even born.  So, unless I wanted to scour yard sales for a used DVD, we would have never owned this movie.  Score!

Sarah was home sick yesterday and we were stuck inside for the day.  We all sat down to watch Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.  Sarah and Max giggled at the dwarfs and were afraid of the witch.  A classic reaction from a new generation of children watching a classic movie.  It was awesome.

Now, I'm going to admit something here and it's going to make me sound like I live in the rock ages. Ready?

I don't own a Blu-ray player.  In fact, I wasn't even sure what the hype was about Blu-ray.  I get that it probably has better picture, but we get good enough picture with our DVD player on our 42" plasma that I seriously didn't care to spend the extra money to upgrade.  And we've collected a number of DVDs, it seemed like such a waste to change to another format.

BUT when I read on the PR letter that Blu-ray discs are more scratch resistant and kid-proof, OhMyGod, I was SOLD.  My kids aren't allowed to touch discs (yeah, right).  They have managed to destroy many of our favorites. Oh, and apparently, regular DVDs work in Blu-ray players.  Whodathunkit.

Needless to say, we WILL be getting a Blu-ray player.  Mark.My.Words. 

And to anyone in marketing for Blu-ray players: you really, really need to emphasize this whole kid-proof bit.  I had heard about the higher quality picture and better sound, blah, blah blah.  Whatever.  More scratch resistant?  Bring it.

You may be wondering why they are calling this the "Diamond Edition Combo Pack."  I was.

According to the press release:

The Blu-ray Diamond Edition Discs will be comprised of 14 of Walt Disney's most treasured animated classic titles to be released through 2016.

Way cool.  I'm looking forward to collecting these.  Although, by the time I have all of them again, there will probably be new technology and Blu-ray will be obsolete.

The combo pack includes both Blu-ray and DVDs.

It was released for sale TODAY :)

Buy it.

(Disclaimer: Nope, I don't get a penny if you do buy it.  Just the free video in exchange for an honest review.)

If you don't want the Blu-ray and DVD Combo pack, they will be releasing a standard definition DVD on November 24th.

Want to expose your kids to Snow White and Seven Dwarfs, but don't have extra money to purchase the movie right now?  The economy stinks right now.  I feel ya. 

Check out the official website.  They have some really cool (free) online games and printables.