http://www.koreandvds.com/dvddetail.html?id=7181



I first found this on the koreandvds.com website in December but it was out of stock. I put it on my wish list to be contacted if and when it ever came in again. I didn't have much hope. Then this week I got an email that it was back in stock and I ordered it immediately. It has shipped.

I know some people are interested in it as we have talked about the superbit edition that was announced in 2003 but eventually cancelled.

Also, it's for all regions and I assume it's NTSC, being from Korea.

Specs:

• Genre : Family, Musical
• Cast : Colm Wilkinson , Philip Quast , Ruthie Henshall , Michael Ball , Judy Kuhn , Lea Salonga
• Running Time : 148 Min
• Rating : All
• Production Company : Other
• Screen : Enhanced For Widescreen TVs
• Audio : dts & Dolby Digital 5.1
• Subtitle : English, Korean
• Dubbing : English
• Area Code : Region ALL
• Weight : 140 g
• Made In : Korea

watch (with my luck) the promised Region 1 'Superbit' version will come out, by the time I get around to purchasing this import.

are they really releasing the superbit edition? it has been delayed so many times now..

got the R2 release instead...

[valleyspeak]like, yeah[/valleyspeak]

I just caved and ordered the R3.

the price 3 days ago was $8.48 US

.... now it's $14.84

So where were you three days ago

"oh hamburgers!"

well..busy spending time thinking if i should get 3 releases of this title.. if it weren't for lea salonga..

i received an email notification dated april 11 from koreandvds and posted it in our local forum.. never thought people would be interested here..

btw, this is not the remastered version so manage your expectations...

well, what would have led you to think otherwise... ?

No, it's not the superbit. But it is DTS.

That's a very nice looking package. Also nice that it includes Stage By Stage. But the sound is just 2.0, right?

Does the PAL speed up affect it adversely?

Yeah, I got it Monday for $8.48. That was the price when it was part of a special sale in 2003. I didn't want to rub it in.

Right after I bought it, they said it was out of stock again (which was why I didn't post this on Monday). I now figure when they got them back in they made a mistake and put it at the old price. Then they took it off until they changed the price to what it was supposed to be (why that would take three days though, I don't know).

I'd gladly have paid the higher price; it's just frosting on the cake to have gotten it at the lower price.

Is the Korean release 2 Discs?

Andrew

I'm surprised this thing is so popular. I got this DVD back in September 2003 also from KoreanDVDs for only $8.00. I bought it last time just to make the shipping cheaper, but it's definitely worth getting.

Glad to hear an endorsement from someone who actually owns the disc. Can't wait to get it.

yeah I agree, for a sec I thought there was some bad news or something.

actually i am waiting for the Superbit release of this title.. the sound is just 2.0 for the UK CE release.. the PQ is not that good.

the korean release is indeed a good buy for the price.. but a better box type packaging was released in HK or Taiwan.. not so sure where. i have seen one in B&N online store.. the price is outrageous though..

I finally got it. I was thinking it may have been lost in the mail because it's never taken this long for me to get something from Korean DVDs. Then I opened the case and the disc was floating but somehow there wasn't a scratch on it.

So .

The picture is a little soft and the listing of chapters on the back of the case is wrong but the sound is terrific and that's the most important thing.

If and when the superbit ever does come out I will upgrade to it but until then this will do nicely.

Edit: Contrary to the listing on the site which claims the disc is all regions, it is Region 3.