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So here's the deal. I bought the James Bond Volume 3 set. I found it on Ebay for about $20 less than retail. Great deal right? Well, I toss it onto the player and everything is fine, sounds is great, crisp transfer (anybody heard if this is coming to HD-DVD?) etc. Well after the FBI and Red Screen Warning, I get the screen that tells you that the commentary doesnt reflect the views of the studio blablabla only it isnt in English, it's in Asian text. NOWHERE on the box does it say it is a Region 6 or Region 0 releasse. It looks like Volume 1,2 and 4. It has all the inserts, etc.
So what gives? What are the thoughts on this?
So what gives? What are the thoughts on this?
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There is more info on the Bond Boxset thread,
but the US boxset, (assuming you didnt get a bootleg from ebay)
are encoded for Region 1,3,4, so there are subtitles and menus in South American and Southeast Asian languages.
Some DVD player setups didn't default to the English menus, so you'd have to look through the setup.
but the US boxset, (assuming you didnt get a bootleg from ebay)
are encoded for Region 1,3,4, so there are subtitles and menus in South American and Southeast Asian languages.
Some DVD player setups didn't default to the English menus, so you'd have to look through the setup.
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My reason for thinking it isnt a bootleg is that it has the full color booklets for the film along with the MI6 book that comes with the set. Also, the dvd's don't have that bootleg smell. You know what I mean? That burnt plastic smell.
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Thanks Manic. That would explain it. Would I just get that text on the one screen though? All others were English it was just that one shot that had the Asian characters.
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Originally Posted by ECHO7
Thanks Manic. That would explain it. Would I just get that text on the one screen though? All others were English it was just that one shot that had the Asian characters.
When I play Seinfeld on my Region 1 player, the Comment warning appears in English, French
When I play it on my Region Free, comments appear in Spanish and Portugese.
Just depends on the setup.
No Asian characters on the discs themselves and the box, right?
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Originally Posted by manicsounds
Here's an example with another Sony multi-coded release: Seinfeld
When I play Seinfeld on my Region 1 player, the Comment warning appears in English, French
When I play it on my Region Free, comments appear in Spanish and Portugese.
Just depends on the setup.
No Asian characters on the discs themselves and the box, right?
When I play Seinfeld on my Region 1 player, the Comment warning appears in English, French
When I play it on my Region Free, comments appear in Spanish and Portugese.
Just depends on the setup.
No Asian characters on the discs themselves and the box, right?
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Lots of bootlegs do include copies of the original booklets/inserts--usually on real thick and glossy 'printer stock' paper, though. So assuming it's not on that, and considering it doesnt have 'that bootleg smell' (I definitely know what you speak of--my cheap asian bootlegs of The Killer and Hard Boiled Criterion editions smell "delicious"!)--I say you're good.
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Originally Posted by Alkaline
Lots of bootlegs do include copies of the original booklets/inserts--usually on real thick and glossy 'printer stock' paper, though. So assuming it's not on that, and considering it doesnt have 'that bootleg smell' (I definitely know what you speak of--my cheap asian bootlegs of The Killer and Hard Boiled Criterion editions smell "delicious"!)--I say you're good.
The paper is just like the other bond sets.