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What will you be importing in March to combat the US software drought?

post #1 of 56
2/28/07 at 9:20am
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Well, it seems there will only be a handful of titles released in March for HD DVD here in the US, but Europe will get a healthy stream of good titles.

I just found out xploitedcinema.com will be carrying Two Brothers (not yet announced by Universal) and might be importing that title.

Here is my list of March purchases if things go as planned:

Total Recall
Terminator 2
Two Brothers

I've been waiting a while to order Total Recall, but wanted to wait to get it with other titles. I don't usually spend much money on releases at all, but for these 3 I'm willing to pay a little more this one time. By April hopefully the US has a steady stream of releases.
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post #2 of 56
2/28/07 at 9:31am
Via Xploited

Terminator 2
Mulholland Dr
Brotherhood Of the Wolf

If Available?
Volver
Gangs of New York
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post #3 of 56
2/28/07 at 10:29am
Mulholland Dr.
The Graduate
Maybe others too.
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post #4 of 56
2/28/07 at 10:33am
T2
BOTW

all depending on AQ
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post #5 of 56
2/28/07 at 10:43am
Brotherhood Of the Wolf

because it will most likely be a loooooooooooooong time before we see a high def version stateside.
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post #6 of 56
2/28/07 at 10:46am
I'll pick up Mulholland Drive if the reviews for audio and video are good. I don't see anything else that is a must have for me except harry Potter and I wait for the US version some time this year.
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post #7 of 56
2/28/07 at 10:58am
Terminator 2
Mulholland Dr
Brotherhood Of the Wolf
The Graduate
Arizona Dream
Serpico

already own:
Total Recall
Basic Instinct
Rambo
Rambo II
Rambo III

I'm leaving Serpico on order until Tony finds out about subtitles for sure, he said he'd check each disc to find out before they ship.
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post #8 of 56
2/28/07 at 11:01am
T2, Rambo trilogy.
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post #9 of 56
2/28/07 at 11:11am
Mulholland Dr., definitely.
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post #10 of 56
2/28/07 at 11:17am
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Originally Posted by ShagMan View Post

Terminator 2
Mulholland Dr
Brotherhood Of the Wolf
The Graduate
Arizona Dream
Serpico

already own:
Total Recall
Basic Instinct
Rambo
Rambo II
Rambo III

I'm leaving Serpico on order until Tony finds out about subtitles for sure, he said he'd check each disc to find out before they ship.

According to Xavier from Microsoft, Serpico and Three Days of the Condor are both titles that have forced subtitles:

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Originally Posted by xpouyat View Post

English audio tracks without subtitling will be possible for StudioCanal HD DVD titles which are also released in UK: Leaving Las Vegas, Terminator 2, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Arizona Dream, Deer Hunter, The Graduate and Mulholland Drive.

Titles with english audio and forced subtitles: Serpico, Million Dollar Baby, We were soldiers, Traffic and Three days of the Condor.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...&&#post9881168

Studio Canal releases that will have optional subtitles with English audio are those titles for which SC also has UK distribution rights.

I have the following on order:

Terminator 2
Mulholland Dr
Brotherhood Of the Wolf
The Graduate
Arizona Dream
Leaving Las Vegas

Not so much because of the lack of current U.S. titles...but because they're not even so much as rumored to be available here anytime soon...
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post #11 of 56
2/28/07 at 12:18pm
Drought? I havent even purchased all of the titled I want nor have I watched all of the ones I have..Not all here are rich people with money to burn. However, if I was in your place I would probably focus more on video gaming with the Xbox and listening to more music - there are only a finite amount of free hours in the day.
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post #12 of 56
2/28/07 at 12:33pm
I would also recommend "The perfume" and "Renaissance"

Coming out in Germany and France in March. Renaissance features also english audio. Not sure about "the perfume" , no details on audio yet.
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post #13 of 56
2/28/07 at 12:35pm
Anyone know the status of "Point Break"?
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post #14 of 56
2/28/07 at 12:41pm
Brotherhood of the Wolf
The Graduate
Total Recall
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post #15 of 56
2/28/07 at 11:19pm
From Amazon France:

- Arizona dream
- Ran (Finnish subtitles work for me)
- Alexander
- Brotherhood of the Wolf
- Mulholland Drive
- Enemy at the Gates (Stalingrad)
- Serpico
- The Graduate

From Amazon Germany:
- Renaissance
- Running Scared
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post #16 of 56
3/1/07 at 3:14am
I was looking at the company credits on IMDB for the Lord of the rings movies and there seem to be a myriad of European companies that have distribution rights. Does anybody know if any of these companies are producing HD DVDs? Will this make a European release more likely?
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post #17 of 56
3/1/07 at 4:23am
I just imported 5 HD DVDs from Amazon.com because of the Germany software drought!
We don´t even have Superman Returns or Batman Begins or Harry Potter 4 yet! Talk about a drought when you can´t even get the reference titles yet!

Apart from "The Graduate", I´m not sure I´ll buy any of the upcoming Studio Canal releases. I haven´t seen most of these movies, unfortunately.
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post #18 of 56
3/1/07 at 7:10am
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I haven´t seen most of these movies, unfortunately.

Good excuse to rent the ones that look interesting - on SD DVD or on HD DVD if one of the German rental companies is already listing HD discs.

I've discovered several films that I like by going through the list available on the HD formats (quite a few of which I'd never seen before) and renting them.
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post #19 of 56
3/1/07 at 11:58am
T2
Enemy at the Gates
BrotherHood of the Wolf

From Amazon.fr
Should be shipping Monday the 5th, expre$$
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post #20 of 56
3/4/07 at 4:24pm
Looks like I'll be getting the Prestige from warner in June Also

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Warner Home Video (France) has announced Le Prestige (The Prestige) on HD DVD, June 6. The HD DVD will contain Dolby Digital-Plus audio tracks. The bonus materials are expected to be presented in high-definition. English [SDH], French, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Finnish, German [SDH] & Dutch subtitles are provided.
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post #21 of 56
3/4/07 at 6:44pm
holy crap! thx for this thread, i didn't know about enemy at the gates or 2 brothers which are both movies id love to have on hd! i also noticed they have a date for flags of our fathers in may coming soon
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post #22 of 56
3/4/07 at 8:14pm
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Looks like I'll be getting the Prestige from warner in June Also

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That's just silly. Get the Blu-ray version from WalMart now for 25 bucks. It's got PCM audio. Better quality than DD+ by a long shot. I can see importing HD DVDs if they're about the same price and they're at least the same or better, but honestly, Xploitedcinema has already purchased them from Europe, so the support for HD DVD is already won. The only reason to do this would be pure spite against Blu-ray, and you'd be the one who would lose out on audio quality and by paying more.
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post #23 of 56
3/4/07 at 8:16pm
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Originally Posted by Meyvn View Post

That's just silly. Get the Blu-ray version from WalMart now for 25 bucks. It's got PCM audio. Better quality than DD+ by a long shot.

That's just silly.

There are a lot of people here who don't have BD players.

This is the HD DVD forum, you know.
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post #24 of 56
3/4/07 at 8:16pm
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Originally Posted by Meyvn View Post

That's just silly. Get the Blu-ray version from WalMart now for 25 bucks. It's got PCM audio. Better quality than DD+ by a long shot.

Yeah, $25 + $800+ for a player...what a deal!...

Thanks, like many others, I'd rather import...
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post #25 of 56
3/4/07 at 8:17pm
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Originally Posted by DigitalfreakNYC View Post

That's just silly.

There are a lot of people here who don't have BD players.

This is the HD DVD forum, you know.

If you can afford to import a bunch of HD DVD European titles, you can afford to pay 500 bucks once for a player. If what you're concerned with primarily is quality, then why sabotage yourself by settling for DD+ when PCM is available? Look, I'm 100% for buying HD DVD instead when it actually counts: off Amazon.com, or local stores, but when you buy them from an importer, it does nothing whatsoever in that regard.

ANyway, sorry. back on topic, I'm undecided; Mulholland Drive looks really good, and I may go for Harry Potter and the Pianist as well.
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post #26 of 56
3/4/07 at 8:22pm
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Originally Posted by Meyvn View Post

If you can afford to import a bunch of HD DVD European titles, you can afford to pay 500 bucks once for a player. If what you're concerned with primarily is quality, then why sabotage yourself by settling for DD+ when PCM is available? Look, I'm 100% for buying HD DVD instead when it actually counts: off Amazon.com, or local stores, but when you buy them from an importer, it does nothing whatsoever in that regard.

Completely off topic. You're not going to convince us. There are those who have chosen not to support Blu-ray. Yeah, it's a shock...but it's also the truth.

Importing makes a lot more sense to me. Even if I spent 10x as much on importing, I'd rather import. It's not only about saving money...
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post #27 of 56
3/4/07 at 8:25pm
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Originally Posted by HomerJay View Post

Completely off topic.

When you're right, you're right. Back ON topic, I heard mention earlier in the thread about Gangs of New York. Where was this rumored? That's one of my favorite movies ever, and one that I would import in a heartbeat.
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post #28 of 56
3/4/07 at 8:36pm
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That's just silly. Get the Blu-ray version from WalMart now for 25 bucks. It's got PCM audio. Better quality than DD+ by a long shot.

Sorry I don't Own a Blu-ray Player. I cannot see how this will work in my HD DVD player.

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I can see importing HD DVDs if they're about the same price and they're at least the same or better, but honestly, Xploitedcinema has already purchased them from Europe,

When did I say I would be Importing this title? I buy from exploited as they have very good service. I didn't know exploited had already purchased this title!

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The only reason to do this would be pure spite against Blu-ray, and you'd be the one who would lose out on audio quality and by paying more.

Once again I don't own a Blu-Ray player, in the future that may change.
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post #29 of 56
3/4/07 at 8:40pm
I don't need to import, there are plenty HD DVDs I would like to own which I haven't purchased yet.
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post #30 of 56
3/4/07 at 10:21pm
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Originally Posted by Meyvn View Post

If what you're concerned with primarily is quality, then why sabotage yourself by settling for DD+ when PCM is available? Look, I'm 100% for buying HD DVD instead when it actually counts: off Amazon.com, or local stores, but when you buy them from an importer, it does nothing whatsoever in that regard.

ANyway, sorry. back on topic, I'm undecided; Mulholland Drive looks really good, and I may go for Harry Potter and the Pianist as well.

Quality is primary concern. Value is almost tied to it. I want extras. That means HD DVD.
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