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03-02-04 | 11:41 AM
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For an update on the Fight Club situation...*sigh*
"Bitwin again failed to deliver as they promised.
Heat, Seven, Beatles were never delivered to major suppliers. This is the very reason why we took Fight Club off of our list which is to be released 3/4 by Fox. Bitwin is the major distributor of Fox and we were afraid that the same would happen with Fight Club. Their policy is causing a big stir in the Korean DVD Forums as the titles were put on preorders. Online resellers are pretty upset too.
However we were able to obtain minimal number of orders by picking few copies at eMart, Korean version of Walmart, where Bitwin does most of its retail sales.
Unfortunately, this was the best we could do and refunds must be issued to some customers.
We will contact each individual customers some time tomorrow to remedy the situation."
This absolutely sucks. 3 of my titles were Bitwin titles. So now I'm just waiting to see if I get ANY of them. Total Recall, Basic Instinct and Fight Club. *sigh*
"Bitwin again failed to deliver as they promised.
Heat, Seven, Beatles were never delivered to major suppliers. This is the very reason why we took Fight Club off of our list which is to be released 3/4 by Fox. Bitwin is the major distributor of Fox and we were afraid that the same would happen with Fight Club. Their policy is causing a big stir in the Korean DVD Forums as the titles were put on preorders. Online resellers are pretty upset too.
However we were able to obtain minimal number of orders by picking few copies at eMart, Korean version of Walmart, where Bitwin does most of its retail sales.
Unfortunately, this was the best we could do and refunds must be issued to some customers.
We will contact each individual customers some time tomorrow to remedy the situation."
This absolutely sucks. 3 of my titles were Bitwin titles. So now I'm just waiting to see if I get ANY of them. Total Recall, Basic Instinct and Fight Club. *sigh*
03-02-04 | 01:45 PM
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From: harpers ferry, wv
all i can say about fight club is that that bitch better be in the mail in the next few days. GGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!
i preordered it that same day that the put it back on there for sale. this sucks. at least i have kitano's zatoichi coming in a few weeks.
i preordered it that same day that the put it back on there for sale. this sucks. at least i have kitano's zatoichi coming in a few weeks.
03-02-04 | 05:31 PM
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Re: Something KoreanDVD Can Do
Originally posted by Lester Bangs
I have brought about 8 DVD's from them, and they only thing that makes me apprehensive about the purchase is the Warning regarding CENSORSHIP. Korean DVD need to indicate on the Detail Section of each DVD whether the DVD is Censored / Cut.
KoreanDVD do email people regarding Censorship e.g. MALENA was only censored in Korean Subs, but Irriversible is Censored in English. This info shoulf be highlighted in the DVD detail Section. I would hate to purchase a DVD e.g only to find BLACK BARS / MOSAIC / CUTS.
IMHO this addition is essential. Presently I use DVDCompare.net to tell, but sometime the cust are not listed / unknown.
Cheers
I have brought about 8 DVD's from them, and they only thing that makes me apprehensive about the purchase is the Warning regarding CENSORSHIP. Korean DVD need to indicate on the Detail Section of each DVD whether the DVD is Censored / Cut.
KoreanDVD do email people regarding Censorship e.g. MALENA was only censored in Korean Subs, but Irriversible is Censored in English. This info shoulf be highlighted in the DVD detail Section. I would hate to purchase a DVD e.g only to find BLACK BARS / MOSAIC / CUTS.
IMHO this addition is essential. Presently I use DVDCompare.net to tell, but sometime the cust are not listed / unknown.
Cheers
Movies like Showgirl or Basic Instinct are very likely censored in Korean version.
So check for the censorship before you buy any R, NC-17 or unrated movies on Korean DVD's.
03-02-04 | 05:42 PM
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From: Indy, IN
The Korean release of Showgirls makes no sense. One scene blurred in the 'uncut' version isn't in the 'cut' version. Maybe it was the only elements available to them. The cut version is anamorphic and dts while the uncut is non-anamorphic.
03-02-04 | 08:57 PM
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hi, got some dumb question here:
placed an order on 26th
now, it says (in my "package tracking"):
status: IN PROGRESS AIRMAIL
does it mean that the item was shipped? or still in "pending"?
sorry this is my 1st time dealing with these guys
thanx again
placed an order on 26th
now, it says (in my "package tracking"):
status: IN PROGRESS AIRMAIL
does it mean that the item was shipped? or still in "pending"?
sorry this is my 1st time dealing with these guys
thanx again
03-02-04 | 11:57 PM
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Well, my gf watched Showgirls yesterday. The sound, for some reason, sounded better than the Japanese DTS. I believe it was the same full bitrate but to me it just sounded better.
She said there were about 3 or 4 "blurs" yet other times when they "should have been" they were not.
Anyway, regardless of the release coming in R1...I'm keeping my R3 as the DTS is definitely reference material.
She said there were about 3 or 4 "blurs" yet other times when they "should have been" they were not.
Anyway, regardless of the release coming in R1...I'm keeping my R3 as the DTS is definitely reference material.
03-03-04 | 12:08 AM
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From: Jakarta, INA
Originally posted by digitalfreaknyc
It means that it's pending. It has NOT shipped yet. When it's shipped...it'll say so.
It means that it's pending. It has NOT shipped yet. When it's shipped...it'll say so.
sigh
i guess i'll have to be reeeealy patience this time
thank you kindly, sir
03-14-04 | 11:31 AM
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Originally posted by Sifu
Good luck with that. They are the worst at answering emails in a timely fashion
Good luck with that. They are the worst at answering emails in a timely fashion
04-02-04 | 01:01 PM
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Originally posted by peter07
Does anyone else have a problem with being redirected when trying to log into koreandvds.com?
Does anyone else have a problem with being redirected when trying to log into koreandvds.com?
Also Koreandvds.com doesn't get the text encoding correctly so non-roman text is garbled, and if you have "Auto-Select Encoding" turned off in Internet Explorer Half the site doesn't work at all (seach, browse categories)
