Does anyone know a good site that gives details of Region 2 & 4 releases.
there are a number of titles on Amazon UK that are either not available in Canada or are full frame here & it would be nice to get the correct versions.
recently got a letter box version of Zulu Dawn & it's great to see it again in the correct ratio.
The 2 titles I am considering are;
The Next Man & The Offense both 70's Sean Connery films, but Amazon do not state if they are full frame or not.
Any help or advice gratefully accepted
regards
Andy B
A good technical site for Region 2 & 4 releases
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AndyDursin
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I wouldn't bother with THE NEXT MAN Andy -- from what I know, that's still a "public domain" like title and most versions all appear to be bootlegs. I don't know what happened to the ownership of that film, but there are bootlegs everywhere of it and no "official" versions I know of...even Amazon US sells a junky bootleg.
THE OFFENSE is worth it, however -- that is a 16:9 (1.85) DVD from MGM widely available outside North America. I am fairly certain the disc is R2/R4 encoded for worldwide distribution outside the U.S. -- I bought the UK version for massively cheap last year (like $4) and it looks decent, and I am pretty sure the disc is the same no matter what country you buy it from, just with different cover art.
To answer your topic Q, dvdcompare.net is a good site to check on the differences between regions, though it is not complete and updated as much as one might like.
THE OFFENSE is worth it, however -- that is a 16:9 (1.85) DVD from MGM widely available outside North America. I am fairly certain the disc is R2/R4 encoded for worldwide distribution outside the U.S. -- I bought the UK version for massively cheap last year (like $4) and it looks decent, and I am pretty sure the disc is the same no matter what country you buy it from, just with different cover art.
To answer your topic Q, dvdcompare.net is a good site to check on the differences between regions, though it is not complete and updated as much as one might like.
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Paul MacLean
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I am not familiar with that one. I'll have to check it out!AndyDursin wrote: To answer your topic Q, dvdcompare.net is a good site to check on the differences between regions, though it is not complete and updated as much as one might like.
I myself usually go to http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/compare.htm which has a lot of side-by-side comparisons of DVDs from various regions.
Thank you Andy & Paul
Out of interest on the Next Man Amazon now list a version by Video International do you think this would be the same as the US Arab Conspiracy, which as you point out is an awful copy & version of the film.
I often wish these manufacture sites would give more detail I tracked them down to Lace Films, but the information is very poor.
regards
Andy B
Out of interest on the Next Man Amazon now list a version by Video International do you think this would be the same as the US Arab Conspiracy, which as you point out is an awful copy & version of the film.
I often wish these manufacture sites would give more detail I tracked them down to Lace Films, but the information is very poor.
regards
Andy B