Info on import Blu-ray titles

[sschen]

Originally Posted by DCSholtis

Got my 15th Anniversary Briefcase Edition of Pulp Fiction shipping this week. I'll be able to give some impressions on it when I receive it.

which release is this?

[DCSholtis]

Originally Posted by sschen

which release is this?

http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/808702

Aussie release

Contains

* Collectible Packaging
* 12 Page Collector's Booklet
* Double Sided Collector's Poster

And received it today in the mail. Encoded in 1080i/50hz however.

[ahsoka]

Originally Posted by kannisto

Also saw the new Kurosawa set and Yusaku Matsuda 20th Memorial set in some shops, would like to buy at some point but trying to keep my monthly BD budget in check currently so I'll wait for an opportunity with lower prices. Might get Seven Samurai separately anyway.

Got 4 of the Kurosawa BDs when there was a "4 BDs at 30% off" campaign at HMV Japan. Should be possible to find external subs for some of his films at least.
I've ordered one BD from the Matsuda collection, Proof of the Man.

Watched Gehara today, it was quite fun but short, only 21 minutes. Some info about it here.

[logboy]

Originally Posted by ahsoka

Pony released the Japanese comedy The Shonen Merikensack in Taiwan October 15.

Dolby TrueHD 5.1.
English subtitles.

has anyone got an international Taiwan retailer with this disc in stock? JSDVD has the DVD, but no BD, and isn't answering emails. yesansia stocks the disc, but $22 for this - despite it being cheap for most BD editions - is twice the price they retail at in Taiwan.

wondering where this pic of the cover came from too...

[ahsoka]

Originally Posted by logboy

JSDVD has the DVD, but no BD, and isn't answering emails. yesansia stocks the disc, but $22 for this - despite it being cheap for most BD editions - is twice the price they retail at in Taiwan.

It's up on JSDVD now, available in 1-10 days. NT$470 = 14.4584 USD.

[logboy]

Originally Posted by ahsoka

It's up on JSDVD now, available in 1-10 days. NT$470 = 14.4584 USD.

thanks for the pointer. placed an order for it (and "god's puzzle" dvd), which is my first with this retailer.

if anyone's used them before, can you tell me how this shipping checkout thing is supposed to work? it's got me slightly worried, as their international shipping rates aren't calculated when you complete payment on your items, but once they're packed.

if you look at their chart for the rates, it's suggesting that they band the charges by 0.5kg weights. strikes me as a little deceptive, potentially. to great britain (UK, where i am) the 0.5kg rate (lowest initial) is 400 TW dollars, which is £8. firstly, two discs aren't going to ever get close to that weight (and i'd imagine the large majority of orders wouldn't), secondly, if you don't know the weight before you commit to buying (and enter CC details), to simply band parcels within barriers can result in you incurring more postage cost than you'd be willing to accept if they'd been upfront about it.

the only potential thing that is happening : that they parcel it up, weigh it, give me a genuine, actual, true "this is what it's actually costing us" price and that i then pay that... which would be refreshing. so, either the worst shipping checkout i've seen on a site, or the fairest - which is it?

[ahsoka]

Originally Posted by logboy

if anyone's used them before, can you tell me how this shipping checkout thing is supposed to work? it's got me slightly worried, as their international shipping rates aren't calculated when you complete payment on your items, but once they're packed.

I've used JSDVD once. You don't commit to buying during the first step of the ordering process. They will send you an e-mail when they've calculated the shipping costs (if you've activated that option). Then you put the shipping item in your cart with the discs if you want to go through with the order.

[kannisto]

Picked up Japanese releases of Shinjuku Incident and Equilibrium (both 2nd hand) today.

Shinjuku Incident is region free but no English subs so I'll have to add them.

Summary for drive G: (AnyDVD 6.5.9.5)
HL-DT-ST BD-REGGW-H20N XL05 [serial no removed]
Drive (Hardware) Region: 2

Media is a Blu-Ray disc.

Total size: 23268448 sectors (45446 MBytes)
Video Blu-ray label: SHINJUKU_INCIDENT_BD
Media is AACS protected!
AACS MKB version 14
Removed AACS copy protection!
Blu-ray disc is region free!
Removed UOPs!

[logboy]

Originally Posted by ahsoka

I've used JSDVD once. You don't commit to buying during the first step of the ordering process. They will send you an e-mail when they've calculated the shipping costs (if you've activated that option). Then you put the shipping item in your cart with the discs if you want to go through with the order.

thanks for replying, again.

wondering if it's changed, the checkout system. i went through what appears to be an average checkout system with notification that the shipping costs will then be calculated and a link provided for that additional payment. so, it at least feels as though i've paid for the discs, or at least given them the CC details for the order, and they're going off to work out the postage for me to pay that as a second transaction. that's what's causing the confusion, because it actually looks like you're commiting before you know what the post will actually be.

[ahsoka]

Originally Posted by logboy

wondering if it's changed, the checkout system. i went through what appears to be an average checkout system with notification that the shipping costs will then be calculated and a link provided for that additional payment. so, it at least feels as though i've paid for the discs, or at least given them the CC details for the order, and they're going off to work out the postage for me to pay that as a second transaction. that's what's causing the confusion, because it actually looks like you're commiting before you know what the post will actually be.

OK, maybe they've changed the checkout process or I remember it wrong. Hopefully someone who used JSDVD more recently can clearify.

[bevilacq12]

Anyone have Borat from the UK on order? I'm curious about the region code on that.

[DCSholtis]

Originally Posted by bevilacq12

Anyone have Borat from the UK on order? I'm curious about the region code on that.

I have the German one on order. They are both Fox releases therefore region B.

[Arkadin]

there are many Fox releases that are not locked.
do you already know it is locked?
just wondering.

[project-blu]

indeed. Fox is no longer a guarantee on region code, one way or another.

[sschen]

Originally Posted by project-blu

indeed. Fox is no longer a guarantee on region code, one way or another.

That is why I feel like kissing both my Region Free LG BH200 and Oppo BDP83 everytime you guys talk about region coding