Can anyone comment on the R2 Superbits?
03-31-03 | 05:37 PM
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Can anyone comment on the R2 Superbits?
I'm looking at Benson's World and I see that they have a lot of Superbits on sale now for about $13-16 US. I was wondering how they stack up to the R1 counterparts. The ones that I'm looking at in particular are the ones that aren't out in the US (Bone collector, Godzilla). Thanks in advance.
04-02-03 | 10:16 PM
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Apparently the french R2 of Godzilla has excessive vertical filtering - basically negating the 20% resolution bonus of PAL, but the horizontal res definitely beat the US non-superbit release. I don't know if the UK R2 Godzilla is the same as the French one or not.
04-03-03 | 11:32 AM
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Thanks for pointing this out, Civic!
A couple of them are not as appealing as in the US they are Superbit Deluxe with two discs, like the Patriot. However, they are all cheaper than I can find their US counterparts!
I'm tempted by Bram Stoker's Dracula, partly because I prefer the artwork to the boring R1 "gargoyle."
Those of you who own one - do the R2 discs have slipcovers like their R1 counterparts?
A couple of them are not as appealing as in the US they are Superbit Deluxe with two discs, like the Patriot. However, they are all cheaper than I can find their US counterparts!
I'm tempted by Bram Stoker's Dracula, partly because I prefer the artwork to the boring R1 "gargoyle."
Those of you who own one - do the R2 discs have slipcovers like their R1 counterparts?
04-04-03 | 08:54 AM
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From: Indy, IN
New R2 (Jap. NTSC) Superbits coming in May:
Bone Collector
Jurassic Park
JP: Lost World
JP III
Last Action Hero
The Mummy Returns
Gladiator
I was hoping to see Godzilla but I guess its not to be.
Bone Collector
Jurassic Park
JP: Lost World
JP III
Last Action Hero
The Mummy Returns
Gladiator
I was hoping to see Godzilla but I guess its not to be.
04-04-03 | 11:38 AM
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Originally posted by Bleddyn Williams
Those of you who own one - do the R2 discs have slipcovers like their R1 counterparts?
Those of you who own one - do the R2 discs have slipcovers like their R1 counterparts?
I bought Gattaca on the Sony site http://www.cthe.co.uk/superbit/
when superbit were only sold there.
Got an Amaray
Later on when it was available in shops Superbit packaging is still
Amaray but within a cardboard slipcover.
French Superbit are sold with an horrible cardboard packaging.
http://www.dvdannu.com/lien.php?id=1184
