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Delete this post please.

I'll take that particular Infernal Affairs set (crap) anyday :)

Received the last of my single-title R0 DTS's today from CDWow.

They trickled in one-by-one from Hong Kong, but still faster than Amazon.com has been lately.

The results are as follows:

IA1: One disc, no slipcover

IA2: Two discs, with slipcover

IA3: Two discs, with slipcover

Its pretty obvious, he has no clue comparing the R1 trilogy with the 8disc Megastar HK release

bottomline: he can't afford

I would like a clue....are all of the extras on the 8 disc set subbed?

Wrong and wrong.

It's sad that such an uninformed, or too lazy to get the facts right, individual could be trolling around, give bad advice and make ignorant comments. Often the intention of these type of comments is trying to get people all worked up. My reaction for this is to laugh it off. Ignorant people will always be ignorant.

Sir, You are the LAST person who should say someone can't afford something...That is a Lame collection I just looked at and you promote it? What a joke....

Wildo:
I've travelled to Hong Kong 5 times in the last 6 years and I've been to many local DVD shops. Most Hong Kong titles are indeed Region Free and yes they are all legit. The only instance when a Hong Kong title may be Region 3 is when a U.S. production company bought the rights to show that film in America ex. Jet Li's Fearless, Curse of the Golden Flower. I in fact saw that 8 disc Megastar set at a local HMV, a legit British retailer with many franchises all over Asia and Europe. Hong Kong in fact discourages piracy and pretty much all the local DVD shops in Kowloon are legitimate retailers. The only instance when I've seen pirated material is at the local flea markets. I own quite a few Megastar DVD's, again a legitimate Hong Kong DVD supplier, and most of them are All Regions.

Have you looked at Ebay recently? If not take a look at all the imports of new releases being offered for sale there. Most are coming from overseas and most are definitely bootlegs. This is alot more than just flea market dealers...

Alot of those bootlegs of Chinese films come from Mainland China. That doesn't surprise me at all. All I am saying is that most Hong Kong DVD's are Region Free and Legit, you just have to know where to buy them. Since I bought mine from Hong Kong and from legitimate retailers, I know they are real.

www.dddhouse.com is a 100% legitimate retailer. I've bought many DVD's and VCD's from them and they are all real.

www.hmv.com.hk: This is another good source for legitimate Hong Kong movies. I shopped there when I was in HK many times.

www.fivestarlaser.com: This is a Southern California based Hong Kong retailer. I've actually been inside their retail store and all their material is 100% real imported from Hong Kong.

Could you please stop this BS. Mega Star is a reliable HK distributor and dddhouse is a serious retailer and every asian films fan knows that.
The 8 discs boxset was on HKflix.com, do you really think they sell bootlegs ? :rolleyes:

http://www.hkflix.com/xq/asp/filmID....qx/details.htm

No.

Bummer....

Hey, this thread is completley confusing about 100 different veriosn of the movies
can anyone help me out which version to get? i want to get all 3 films
I would like the version to have:
DTS cantonese
good english subs
DVD audio commentary with subs for this as well

if anyone could tell which version would be best it would be greatly appreciated

If you want all three of those features, I believe the only option available are the R2 UK DVDs:

http://www.cd-wow.us/detail_results_...uct_code=11662
<s>http://www.cd-wow.us/detail_results_...uct_code=15954</s>
<s>http://www.cd-wow.us/detail_results_...uct_code=20605</s>

edit: Only the R2 UK DVD of the first film meets all your requirements. The UK DVDs of parts 2 and 3 are missing the commentary tracks.

The DVDs are R2 coded and PAL though, so you'll need a region-free player with PAL-NTSC conversion.

Sometimes, yeah.

So just to Clarify, none of the other editions (HK versions) have commentary with english subs?

So just to Clarify, none of the other editions (HK versions) have commentary with english subs?

Nope, the Megastar (HK versions) have commentary on IAI and II, but with no english subs. You need to get IAII on Dragon Dynasty for the subs.

I think this one.. is a useful reference.. its at page 1 of this thread

My bad, anyway Mega Star is reliable and region 0 doesn't mean bootleg. :)

What about the 6 discs boxset HK or korean compared to the 8 discs ?

The 6 disc sets are missing the last 2 discs of the 8 disc set, which contain the combined edit of all three films. That edit is available as a separate 2-disc set.

The 8 disc set also has the unique packaging and (from the looks of it) a rather excellent book.

Some were also engraved, but no way is all that worth the price difference of the 6 disc.