Hi, it's been awhile since i show my fugly face here at DVDTalk

been moved back to my homeland in Indonesia... now i don't have much choice in finding original DVds except in places like Singapore for good R1 or R3 titles...

recently i got some R3 titles, but the problem is i don't know whether they all original R3 or "supposed to be original" DVD, or whetehr they all any better/worse than R1 DVD edition...

Man on Fire (R3): 2-disc SE, "Uncut"(?), NTSC, DTS
Shaolin Soccer (R3): Universe... i heard it's hack from 1:85 to 1:78 ratio??
Kung Fu Hustle (R3): single disc (non-SE)
Chornicle of Riddick (R3): DTS, PAL... is this Theater cut or director's cut??
The Village (R3): Non-Vista but got almost if not all the extras, NTSC, DTS
Terminal (R3): single disc, DTS, NTSC... isn't suppose to be 2-disc on R1??
Alien VS Predator (R3): 2-disc Extreme edition??? isn't the same as R1 SE??
SHREK 2 (R3): looks like the same with R1... no DTS
STAR WARS TRilogy box set (R3): i HOPE this is the same as R1...

the thing is, i do NOT know if they're Korean, Chinese, or whatever R3 editions... bought them all in Singapore....

now my questions would be:
are they better/worse edition than R1??

if there's any comment whatsoever, please share

thanx in advance

PS: i don't know how to use this new search engine for specific forum... so,... yeah

I believe DVDBeaver does DVD comparisions by region if that helps....

www.dvdcompare.net

does extensive region comparisons and picks which is the best. incredible source to compare all imo.

thanx for the inputs, guys... much appreciate it