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Forum: International DVD Talk
05-27-02, 02:58 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,058
Posted By dorian

the R3 special edition is quite nice, great...

the R3 special edition is quite nice, great extras on the bonus disc, with one (slight?) disappointment. good thing we're seeing decent releases of things like shiri, so I won't do things like this...
Forum: International DVD Talk
12-27-01, 03:33 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,025
Posted By dorian

can you say, 'leni riefenstahl'? ;-]

can you say, 'leni riefenstahl'? ;-]
Forum: International DVD Talk
12-03-01, 05:51 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,041
Posted By dorian

but I would definitely agree that quality of dvd...

but I would definitely agree that quality of dvd itself in hk is improving so much...esp considering how theatre used to be considered such a disposable media in hk (which is also probably why it's...
Forum: International DVD Talk
12-03-01, 05:45 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,041
Posted By dorian

sorry, but I think hk movies have been greatly...

sorry, but I think hk movies have been greatly declining in quality the last few years, mostly due to effect of hollywood, larger budgets, etc.

e.g. shaolin soccer == god of cookery + money +...
Forum: International DVD Talk
11-28-01, 01:50 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,349
Posted By dorian

oooh, we saw that in theatre earlier this year....

oooh, we saw that in theatre earlier this year. what beautiful cinematography! some friends of ours thought it progressed too slowly, but I think the pace perfectly fits the sort of story being told....
Forum: International DVD Talk
11-27-01, 09:54 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,349
Posted By dorian

well I can definitely say that 'Victim' is quite...

well I can definitely say that 'Victim' is quite good. very spooky and chilling atmosphere throughout. and even if the ending is obvious to you beforehand (which it probably will be) or even...
Forum: International DVD Talk
11-26-01, 03:22 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,349
Posted By dorian

we watched 'Amelie' (theatre) and 'Delicatessen'...

we watched 'Amelie' (theatre) and 'Delicatessen' (LD). The older one was quite excellent, but the newer one just alot fresher (go fig)

as for dvd, 'Poppoya Railroad Man' and 'Kanzo Sensei', both...
Forum: International DVD Talk
11-23-01, 12:58 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 923
Posted By dorian

R3/NTSC (SE Asia) release of 'children of heaven'...

R3/NTSC (SE Asia) release of 'children of heaven' is available, picked it up a while back (from hivizone I believe)

excellent movie, very glad to have gotten it.
Forum: International DVD Talk
11-15-01, 12:27 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 960
Posted By dorian

just linkifying....

cure (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=TDBD-2008)

yeah, with shipping and all it's going to be at least $50. then again, I would prefer every time to buy from a decent, trusted site...
Forum: International DVD Talk
11-15-01, 12:23 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 960
Posted By dorian

try cdjapan, that's where I bought mine... ...

try cdjapan, that's where I bought mine...

as ju|ian said tho, japanese dvd retail is not exactly cheap ;-[
Forum: International DVD Talk
11-12-01, 08:59 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 861
Posted By dorian

interesting...wonder how the japanese release...

interesting...wonder how the japanese release managed to fit it all onto one disc including extras, etc....?
Forum: International DVD Talk
10-10-01, 01:59 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 692
Posted By dorian

the one on hkflix is listed as coming from a...

the one on hkflix is listed as coming from a taiwanese studio "Forel". I have the region-3 release, which is by Universe.

Also, the cover images are similar but not exactly the same (check out...
Forum: International DVD Talk
10-09-01, 08:13 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 931
Posted By dorian

haven't used them internationally, natch. ...

haven't used them internationally, natch.

but I, like you, went to them in my moment of greed -- ordered the first 4 box volumes of The Prisoner since they were selling them at half-msrp, and...
Forum: International DVD Talk
10-09-01, 06:20 PM
Replies: 103
Views: 5,423
Posted By dorian

my most recent shipment from cdjapan got into the...

my most recent shipment from cdjapan got into the US on sept 20, and sat in customs for 6 days...but when I finally got it, it was quite obvious that it had not been opened or tampered with. guess...
Forum: International DVD Talk
10-09-01, 01:44 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 557
Posted By dorian

as you imagine, "it depends" ;-] you can...

as you imagine, "it depends" ;-]

you can certainly get a video card with a composite or svideo output, but it's all in the encoder chip:

I happen to have a tnt2ultra card, which will output...
Forum: International DVD Talk
10-04-01, 01:24 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,081
Posted By dorian

gah, I must have been smoking the bad crack....

gah, I must have been smoking the bad crack. you're totally right of course.

for some reason I'd gotten it into my head that the time-squeeze was due to pal->ntsc conversion at playback rather...
Forum: International DVD Talk
10-03-01, 11:19 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,081
Posted By dorian

but if it's on a computer, won't it simply play...

but if it's on a computer, won't it simply play back in the native format of either pal or ntsc?

I thought that since vga was neither of those...it should just display the mpeg data directly as...
Forum: International DVD Talk
10-03-01, 03:49 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,081
Posted By dorian

just bought a dvd-rom a few weeks ago, first...

just bought a dvd-rom a few weeks ago, first thing I did was to go to the "official" site for dvd bios the firmware page (http://perso.club-internet.fr/farzeno/firmware/) and get meself an rpc-1...
Forum: International DVD Talk
09-25-01, 09:50 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 577
Posted By dorian

if you're talking about the region2 box-set, I...

if you're talking about the region2 box-set, I b'lieve it's out of print already. unlikely amazon or cdjapan will have it now.

media blasters licensed it for region1, but I don't recall that they...
Forum: International DVD Talk
09-25-01, 05:58 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,017
Posted By dorian

dvdasian is a good source for korean studio...

dvdasian is a good source for korean studio releases. prices not bad, and I have no complaints after at least 10 orders from them.

attack the gas station has some weird A.R issues on certain...
Forum: International DVD Talk
09-19-01, 11:12 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 892
Posted By dorian

I thought there are actually laws in Japan that...

I thought there are actually laws in Japan that require the merchants to never charge less than msrp....?

(convenient)
Forum: International DVD Talk
08-23-01, 11:59 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,397
Posted By dorian

guess that's the difference between "original...

guess that's the difference between "original language" fans and original-language-fans.

shame! shame!

the cat-bus-dealie has the right idea:
Forum: International DVD Talk
08-20-01, 11:19 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 3,396
Posted By dorian

funny...just got the weekly ad mail from...

funny...just got the weekly ad mail from hivizone, they knocked their price down to USD18.5

not terribly bad.
Forum: International DVD Talk
08-16-01, 10:15 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 668
Posted By dorian

saerom would be the studio that did the korean...

saerom would be the studio that did the korean release, which is cut!!!

japanese vs korean release(spoilers) (http://pub5.ezboard.com/fhongkongdvdsgeneral.showMessage?topicID=1002.topic)

I...
Forum: International DVD Talk
08-15-01, 12:59 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,470
Posted By dorian

the shipping prices are high 'cos it's...

the shipping prices are high 'cos it's international. the dvd prices are cheap b/c the media industry over there doesn't cheat the hell out of people the way we are used to here.

in fact, the dvd...
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