Asian Movies in HD!

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 07 Jan 2009, 01:51

That's not even fit to be called HD!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 07 Jan 2009, 13:33

Definitely.

The UK Tartan SD DVD "box set version" is definitely still the best English friendly version (R3 Korean Remastered has no English subs). Annoyingly the separate release is still the Mandarin dub version:

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDCompar ... rsgoby.htm

Clueless_Monkey · Post by **Clueless_Monkey** » 22 Jan 2009, 18:18

Universe will release Ip Man on February 13! :drunken:
http://www.asianblurayguide.com/detail/ ... ong_china/

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 22 Jan 2009, 19:45

Cheers CM, may pick this up but i'm in no hurry,it was a decent movie rather than a great one imo.

luckystars · Post by **luckystars** » 23 Jan 2009, 20:36

Yay!! 2 disc Ip Man for me

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 23 Jan 2009, 22:05

over £24 at yesasia for the BD

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 28 Jan 2009, 06:01

Ichi the Killer BD from Media Blasters
http://www.rightstuf.com/mailing-preorder/tsbd0911

Clueless_Monkey · Post by **Clueless_Monkey** » 31 Jan 2009, 19:00

"Johnny" from DDDHouse's customer service just told me that Ip Man will be region locked!

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 09 Feb 2009, 16:19

Akira is region free! Yay!

http://movietyme.blogspot.com/2009/02/a ... -free.html

eon · Post by **eon** » 09 Feb 2009, 23:19

Got my copies of the Australian release of House of Flying Daggers and Fearless yesterday... both are the French releases, which means for HOFD, it's the fully uncut version.

Only problem is - it's still got some fairly dodgy video quality, with that horrible telecine wobble still prevalent throughout.

On Ip Man, I'd love to get the Blu-ray, but it's way too expensive for my taste (and now apparently Region locked, which ends that option anyway).

Hopefully a Western distributor picks up the rights and releases it on Blu-ray too.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 09 Feb 2009, 23:52

Don't all versions of HOFD have the telecine wobble, including the Japanese DVD? I cannot notice it. So HOFD AU is a port of the French BD? Surely Fearless would be a port of the UK BD?

eon · Post by **eon** » 11 Feb 2009, 06:32

Yeah the Aus HOFD IS the French HOFD, meaning fully uncut, and also french on the disc, and french menu options... (you can select English though, of course).

As for Fearless, looks like it's the same version World wide on Blu-ray actually, so yes probably a port of the UK BD as well.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Feb 2009, 18:49

Thanks. Actually I think the French BD has English (or French) menus too. I'd get the Aussie BD but it probably costs loads more than the UK BD and I'm happy with that, despite cuts.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 17 Feb 2009, 19:06

Can anyone recommend somewhere I can get Akira Blu-ray whilst avoiding the wrath of customs?

Thanks.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 17 Feb 2009, 19:25

gasteropod wrote:Can anyone recommend somewhere I can get Akira Blu-ray whilst avoiding the wrath of customs?

Thanks.

Not sure about England, but didnt import-customs loosen up a whole lot since last fall!? Shouldnt cause any problems if it's under 100 pounds.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 17 Feb 2009, 19:27

Ran Criterion
http://www.criterion.com/films/754

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 17 Feb 2009, 19:31

I thought the customs limit stayed at £18 but I might be wrong?!

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 17 Feb 2009, 19:41

Here in Holland it loosened up to about 150 euro orso (from 22-23 euro before)

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 17 Feb 2009, 19:54

I'm not aware of the customs limit here changing, I'll see if I can find out.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 17 Feb 2009, 20:38

Import VAT is payable on all internet shopping bought from outside the EU where the value is above €22 (£18).

Customs duty is payable on imported goods with a value of €150 (£120), although payment is waived if the amount of duty is less than €10 (£7).

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 17 Feb 2009, 20:38

Stupid emoticon!!

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 17 Feb 2009, 20:45

Wow.... that sucks.

Here in Holland it's loosened. I thought it was for more countries in the EU, and I believe people here on the board also mentioned it changing for the UK.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 17 Feb 2009, 20:51

That was what we thought but I thought Brad said it stayed the same (effectively)

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 17 Feb 2009, 20:53

I'm confused now Gastero - does what you quoted mean an end to customs charges if the item is above £18?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 17 Feb 2009, 21:08

How do you read that? The first line is pretty clear. We thought it was going to be increased but it turns out it was Customs not Import Duty

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