How to Spot a Bootleg

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Mon May 17, 2004 8:06 pm

Kalium wrote:The sad thing is when the fansubs really do have better translation than the domestic releases. Case in point being Crest of the Stars.

That is why I don't delete my fansubs, but burn them on CD's instead. I often keep them for reference even when I get the actual show.

tempestSOC · Post by **tempestSOC** » Tue May 18, 2004 7:31 pm

ok now i just feel sick... I really shoulda read this thread before I posted that link... if I had realized that I never would have bought anything from them(only 1 dvd but...)

m00nL355 · Post by **m00nL355** » Thu May 20, 2004 5:42 am

Wish I had read this sooner too. Although I do wish I had the more authentic versions

Mer, anywho, quick question for general purpose which I find in'trestin. Which do you guys prefer? Subs or Dubs? I'm a sub person here, I like the jap voices ^^;
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angelx03 · Post by **angelx03** » Thu May 20, 2004 6:02 am

m00nL355 wrote:Wish I had read this sooner too. Although I do wish I had the more authentic versions Mer, anywho, quick question for general purpose which I find in'trestin. Which do you guys prefer? Subs or Dubs? I'm a sub person here, I like the jap voices ^^;

We have enough of those types of questions in here.

Knù¢klés · Post by **Knù¢klés** » Thu May 20, 2004 10:50 am

has ne one noticed on sites like ebay bootleggers have started to describe there bootlegs as Region 1 and NTSC instead of saying there Region 0 or Free, in abid to sell more copys... i recently got tricked into buying EscaFlowne which is bootleged and im hesident to watch them....

Describion :-
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Escaflowne DVD Box Set
TV Series Episode 1 to 26

japanese Anime dvd
Brand New and Factory Sealed

We only sell factory made DVDs, not home made copies.

Region 1 DVD Player, PS2 and XBOX
Audio: Dolby Digital
Video: NTSC, 4:3

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made in a sweat shop factory in china....
its Region Free, and theres nuffin NTSC about it

thats just one ebay seller of many ive seen

-Knù¢klés-

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Thu May 20, 2004 1:09 pm

Knù¢klés wrote:has ne one noticed on sites like ebay bootleggers have started to describe there bootlegs as Region 1 and NTSC instead of saying there Region 0 or Free, in abid to sell more copys... i recently got tricked into buying EscaFlowne which is bootleged and im hesident to watch them....

From FX? I have seen this bootleg before, and it had everything important that the R1 release also had (English audio track, subs right on and none dropped that I noticed, and some fun extras), so it should be okay to watch.

Knù¢klés wrote:its Region Free, and theres nuffin NTSC about it

Nonsense. If the resolution is 720x480 and the frame rate is 29.97, it's NTSC.

Knù¢klés · Post by **Knù¢klés** » Thu May 20, 2004 1:46 pm

Scintilla wrote:
Knù¢klés wrote:has ne one noticed on sites like ebay bootleggers have started to describe there bootlegs as Region 1 and NTSC instead of saying there Region 0 or Free, in abid to sell more copys... i recently got tricked into buying EscaFlowne which is bootleged and im hesident to watch them....
From FX? I have seen this bootleg before, and it had everything important that the R1 release also had (English audio track, subs right on and none dropped that I noticed, and some fun extras), so it should be okay to watch.

Knù¢klés wrote:its Region Free, and theres nuffin NTSC about it
Nonsense. If the resolution is 720x480 and the frame rate is 29.97, it's NTSC.

i thought NTSC refered to the whole US CA Region 1 crap. but its still Region free and all 26 Episodes on 3 disk in a crappy case, theres 4 dvd players in my house 1 being R1 and the rest being R2 PAL and it works on them all so that means its Region Free.... i was just sayin there advertising false details to make a sale... and the two dialogues are English and Chinese and it says on the site -

Dialogue: English/Japanese

lies lies lies... i just want every1 to be weary not to get stuck with these cheap peices of c+r-a=p

*Sigh* why are all the evil people in this world from california.

Knù¢klés

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Thu May 20, 2004 1:56 pm

Knù¢klés wrote:and the two dialogues are English and Chinese and it says on the site -

Dialogue: English/Japanese

lies lies lies... i just want every1 to be weary not to get stuck with these cheap peices of c+r-a=p

Are we looking at the same DVDs here? The FX release has no Chinese anywhere on it, just English and Japanese audio, and English subtitles. It's basically the same thing as the official R1 release, just on fewer discs, in cheaper packaging, and with an amusing copyright warning that tells us that we're not allowed to play these DVDs in places like hospitals, hotels, prisons, and <i>oil rigs.</i>

Joykiller · Post by **Joykiller** » Thu May 20, 2004 2:49 pm

I just wanted to add that Ebay imparticular is pretty strict about their anti-bootleg policy. (http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/bootlegs.html) I've only ordered one DVD off of ebay, and it was a three disk set that included every episode of Excel Saga. I wasn't aware that it was a bootleg copy until I recieved it. After I watched it, me and my fiance' emailed the guy and pointed out to him that selling bootlegs through ebay was against their policys and threatened to turn him in. We got a refund on our money and got to keep the shitty bootlegs. (which I'm pretty sure we smashed in favor of getting the ADV copies).

Moral of the story, if you get fooled by these idiots, take action. Fight back. No one should be paying for shit they are paying next to nothing for.

Knù¢klés · Post by **Knù¢klés** » Thu May 20, 2004 5:15 pm

Scintilla wrote:
Knù¢klés wrote:and the two dialogues are English and Chinese and it says on the site -

Dialogue: English/Japanese

lies lies lies... i just want every1 to be weary not to get stuck with these cheap peices of c+r-a=p
Are we looking at the same DVDs here? The FX release has no Chinese anywhere on it, just English and Japanese audio, and English subtitles. It's basically the same thing as the official R1 release, just on fewer discs, in cheaper packaging, and with an amusing copyright warning that tells us that we're not allowed to play these DVDs in places like hospitals, hotels, prisons, and <i>oil rigs.</i>

is the FX release the bootlegs ... hold on let me take a pic of the crap they sent me

sorry i had to use my webcam... digi cams busted

not that it matters

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Also good idea Joykiller

i may try that but then again i might not.. mmm im considering it

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