Hero DVD China Release question
 

Hello Guys
I have a question that I hope some of you can help me confirm. The Hero DVD from China that is currently on the market that was released on February 20th and is quote "Official release authorized by Zhang Yimou" Is this title Region 6 or Region Free? Some sites are saying that this is a Region 6 release like Monkey Peaches and DDDHouse, but I have seen this title on Ebay saying that it's Region Free....Here's a link to one of the sellers:

Ex:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=2289

I really want to get this title, but I need confirmation from someone that it's Region Free and not Region 6. Have any of you purchased this title? Does it work on your DVD player? Because I don't want to get burned by buying it and it doesn't work on my Region 1 player.

Let me know, any info what be helpful.

yangshouwen mentions that the Mainland DVD is actually region-free in this thread:
http://pub5.ezboard.com/fhongkongdvd...art=41&stop=60

DDDhouse usually just uses the info that either the box or the distribution company gave them. They have the Avalon DVD listed as R3 on the site, even though I own it and it's region-free.

Hero DVD
 

Just got a small shipment of these in on Friday. The disc is definitely region free. DVD decrypter reports it as regions 1-6. As long as you aren't playing it on an airline dvd player you'll be fine :) It's an authorized release distributed by Golden Face, who've done many Mainland releases in the past. Quality is suprirsingly decent as well, especially as I was watching it on the front projector at 72" wide. One caveat is that the opening and closing onscreen text in Chinese is not subtitled. Apart from that the subtitles were very well done.

Re: Hero DVD
 

This is good news. I hope to have my copy by next week.

Re: Hero DVD
 

Hi, Furious

Where u bought you Hero DVD from?
i just bought from monkeypeaches.com week ago
but there is no any info and email to me after i paid,
i think i geta try another website :(

a ming
 

a ming i am having the same experience, i even emailed them, and no response

Its region free as I bought it Saturday and watched it. here is my take...its better then CTHD, but not as great as I expected. Maybe I expected too much. Anyways..it was shot great, awesome colors, the cinematography was gorgeous. Stunning visually.

Since its the China release there is no english anything on it...so I could not enjoy the making opf featuretter or anything else. being an American Born Chinese guy....man..its pathetic, I have to read all the subtitles too! So I could not enjoy all the extras. But the DVD sounds good...DTS on it....strong bass etc. Pretty good DVD overall.

If your disc gets DTS on it, it's a bootleg.

So where can I get the official release? Should I grab one from the guy on ebay?

really??? let me check again..maybe its 5.1? It looks really official to me...all chinese, no english anywhere..except for the subtitles. It is super clean...let me check again tonight.

wheres the monkey?
 

if you want to buy one, i think some people have ordered it from
http://english.av89.com/item.asp?id=cndvd73100


i emailed the guy on ebay, and he told me i would have to wait 1-2 weeks before it even shipped from hk, i might order one from this company myself if this monkeypeaches thing doesnt work out

Is there any more info, about the upcoming extended release? I bought it on VCD and enjoyed the movie enough to buy the dvd, but if there is an extended version coming out I'll wait for it.

Extended version won't be out until Apr.

So there's gonna be a SE or what? Who's putting it out? Should I just get the VCD and wait for the SE DVD?

Extended version will be out on Apr 1st (if it's not pushed back again). Then later on, there will be an collector's gift set or something like that.

I can't wait any longer, going to buy one off Ebay. Tired of waiting for DVD's that keeps getting pushed back.

ebayy
 

yeah ebay might not be a bad idea, i just spoke to someone who recieved theres from the ebay guy, im still waiting like a monkey for monkeypeaches

I hope that's the date. I will be heading to HK in a few weeks.

Re: wheres the monkey?
 

Hi MassaCure

Does the guy is the same guy who sell DVD in the "Monkey" Website? so , u mean we need to wait at least two weeks for receive DVD? anyway....that's really bad !!

the states
 

nah i might have misinterpreted his email, i spoke to my friend who ordered from him and he recieved it today, there is another guy on ebay who claims to have them and shipping them from the states

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...314773819&rd=1

if i do hear from monkeypeaches by tommorrow ill probly try him

monkeying around
 

and no its not the same guy from monkey peaches, monkey peaches has never responded to my emails, and i have sent 3, i have no idea when i will recieve my dvd from them and i have no idea if i will recieve it

no shrink
 

i just read and the guy in americas dvds arent shrink wrapped, im not sure what to make of that, but someone also suggested this company to me

store.fivestarlaser.com/

I bit the bullet and got it off ebay.
hopefully i wont get screwed

Re: no shrink
 

FIVESTAR LASER is where I got mine. they are local to me...so I just drive there and buy in bulk. They are great. So I dont think my DVD is a boot....I swear it looks legit. Anyways...thats the only place I go. Love them.

DDDHouse now has the following description:

Price: DVD - $60.0 (HK dollars)

DVD Subtitles : Chinese, English
DVD Audio : Dolby Digital Surround 5.1
DVD Region/Format : All Code, NTSC, Widescreen

Description: DVD is China version with limit [sic] stock.

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Thats about $7.70 (plus $4 shipping). The per disc shipping costs go down as you order more items.

I just made a purchase at DDDHouse, so I'll probably wait a little before ordering this.