Le Pacte Des Loups!

[urbeenjammin]

Does anyone have any info on this...please chime in.any additional information would be appreciated.thanks.
http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/imag...n=405322&s=dvd

[Arkadin]

yeah it is coming back out on Sept 23rd according to the pre-order info I have saved.
no info on region coding or English subs that I know of.

[urbeenjammin]

price isn't too bad either on amazon.fr
would be nice to know the region coding on this.

[Josh Z]

Unfortunately, Studio Canal's HD DVD edition of the movie looks pretty mediocre. I'd expect this to use the same transfer.

[Arkadin]

strangely enough when the HD DVD came out most people thought it looked great, but it sounds like it was the "hd newness factor" at work.

[Josh Z]

I wasn't impressed with the HD DVD. Here's the review I wrote at the time:

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/29480...directors-cut/

[urbeenjammin]

well i don't want to sound like the only optimist here but on my system,i thought it looked great.using a 100 inch front projector screen.usually any flaws would be obvious when magnified largely.i'm no technical expert here but thru my experience i believe picture quality actually varies from digital to digital displays.i've read 'expert reviews' even from here for example,RE Apocalypse getting a bad review.on my system,it is one of the sharpest blu rays that i own.definite demo material.although their review of Brotherhood of the Wolf HD DVD is more in line with how i felt.i have others here that share my feelings...
http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/971/b...hewolf_uk.html
http://www.avforums.com/movies/index...diareview=8954

[AnalogueGhost]

I found a review of the French Blu-ray on DVDRama.com which indicates that the disc is region locked and contains no subtitles. That, of course, could be the truth or simply what the package says.

I can't post links yet, and I don't want to raise the ire of any moderators by posting a text link, but if you search for it on DVDRama, you should find the reivew.

[Pro-bassoonist]

Originally Posted by AnalogueGhost

I found a review of the French Blu-ray on DVDRama.com which indicates that the disc is region locked and contains no subtitles. That, of course, could be the truth or simply what the package says.

I can't post links yet, and I don't want to raise the ire of any moderators by posting a text link, but if you search for it on DVDRama, you should find the reivew.

Canal's disc should be region-locked (this has been the preliminary info) but I don't believe that the subs info is correct.

Pro-B

[LFletcher]

Here's the link the the dvdrama review, http://www.dvdrama.com/rw_fiche-10308-.php

The information on Studio Canal's own website indicates English subs, http://www.studiocanaldvd.com/fr/pro..._scv_45641.php

[Pro-bassoonist]

A word of advice, regardless of how this disc turns out (and I believe that it will be English-friendly as it should be the same master used for the HDDVD) don't trust RAMA and their info when it comes to subs.

Pro-B

[faust1103]

Hi,

If this has Emglish subs and is Region A compatible I will buy this immedietely.
Why Studio Canal would make this Region A only when they published a regionfree HD-DVD before is beyond me.


However it seems we cannot be sure until September 23th.

[Homerx]

Originally Posted by faust1103

Hi,

If this has Emglish subs and is Region A compatible I will buy this immedietely.
Why Studio Canal would make this Region B only when they published a regionfree HD-DVD before is beyond me.


However it seems we cannot be sure until September 23th.

well all HD-DVDs were region free so it wasn't a studio thing but more of a format thing.I would think this would have english subs as I wouldn't be suprised if the HD-DVD is more or less transfred/converted to blu.

anyway if its region free I will get this despite subs. as I've allready got the HD-DVD but id really like the french version. as I've got the UK version now. yes, I know there the same interms of disc conntent but I want the french title on both the cover and the disc

[urbeenjammin]

has anybody actually confirmed any definite status with its compatabilty with U.S Blu Ray players?

[AnalogueGhost]

Looks like Kannisto has posted it on the main Import Thread as Region B locked, but English friendly. I'm not sure what his source is, but it makes sense as France and the UK shared the same HD DVD. I'm probably buying a BH200 soon, so the English was my big sticking point.