Imports: HD-DVD Import Releases and Guide - Page 28

Originally Posted by TreyS

Thanks for the link! Can you verify that the Dolby True-HD is in English, no sub titles?

Originally Posted by Kannisto

Yes, the Dolby TrueHD audio track (in Japanese Underworld release) is in English. There's also a DD+ English track and a Japanese DD+ track. Japanese subtitles are fully optional. There are no subtitles in other languages.

Originally Posted by TreyS

Thanks again! I'll have to get it then!


edit: I just emailed Tony to see if he can get it......

Originally Posted by homerx

Yeah... my amazon.fr order has shiped.
les gendarmes will soon be mine. This set took forever (or so it seemed) as it was first set at early november 2007. I was thinking it would be pushed back again but no. It was not.

Cheek it out. At the warner site.
http://warnerdvdshop.com/index.php?p...oduit&id=38591


I also got a sheryfa luna CD. Which looks like a good. CD. I've been trying to find more of a pop/rock CD. Which this might be. I've got edith paif which is very good. But not really my favorite style.

Originally Posted by Blacklac

He can. I emailed him yesterday. $45 plus shipping and 2 weeks for him to get it in.

Originally Posted by TreyS

He will have it in his website soon.

Originally Posted by Kannisto

There isn't much availability of used HD DVDs in Tokyo B&M stores, I know only Tsutaya in Shibuya and some "Liberty" shops in Akihabara that have small selection of them. I don't know used disc stores in Shinjuku but there might be some there as well, I don't usually spend so much time looking around there. Shibuya's Tsutaya has some unbeatable prices on some used Toshiba Ent. releases, e.g. Finding Neverland has been 980 yen there. Last time I also saw Resident Evil (Biohazard) there but it was 3600 yen (about the same I paid for it new from Amazon Japan).

Bic Camera in Halc building in Shinjuku has a reasonable HD DVD selection at 10% off MRSP (+ 10 % in store points if you have their bonus card). Yodobashi Camera shops in Shinjuku also have fairly good selection of them but at MRSP prices (+10 % points if you have their bonus card).

Try also Bic Camera in Yurakucho if you have time and in Akihabara there are a few shops: Sofmap in "main shopping street" (10% off), Ishimaru Media shops (MRSP), the biggest Yodobashi Camera shop (MRSP). Bandai HD DVDs are not available in many shops and most often at MRSP.

I've got Freedom vol.1-3 as well, hopefully can get the rest as well

Originally Posted by 300megashock

Well I ended up finding a used flawless Jersey Girl at Tsutaya Shibuya for 20 bucks. I checked a few of the other Tsutaya stores and didn't find any other used discs that cheap, one of the tsutaya stores was charging 38-40 dollars for used discs like finding neverland, and they wanted 30 each for the used Band of Brothers discs. They did have Oldboy used for 20 bucks, but I didn't get it because I know it's without subtitles.

I picked up Biohazard from Ishimaru for 38, and I only found one store that had Equilibrium in stock (Yodobashi Shinjuku) so I bought it on the spot for full retail (50 bucks). I've been here for over 2 weeks now and have not seen Equilibrium again in any store. Infact I've only seen Jersey Girl in one other store and it was full retail new. I have a feeling some of these Toshiba releases will be very hard to find soon.

Also while rummaging through the Book-Off store in Ogikubo I found the FREEDOM 'Previsited' SDDVD that I've been looking for, flawless for 9.50$ used. It comes in the same size case/slipcase the HDDVDs come in, and it had the original nissin freedom tv commercials, a making of documentary and the freedom 6 minute prequel anime that is downloadable on the HDDVD. Any fan of the show should pick it up, even though there is no english subs of course.

Overall I am impressed with HDDVDs presence in Japan, even though the bluray selection in most stores was like 5-10x bigger. One of the Yodobashi stores I went into had a pretty big HDDVD toshiba setup with all the gen 3 players running on 3 different flatscreens showing movies, was cool to see.

Thanks for the advice again Kannisto

Originally Posted by Zyclone

i know its off topic but kannisto iv'e seen some pictures of your HD DVD collection and even know im a blu ray supporter i really admire your collection of imports iv'e got movies from 4-5 different countries but iv'e only got under 20 import titles in my collection.

one day i hope to have as many imports you as just with a different colored case

Originally Posted by Kannisto

Good to hear about your findings Lately Tsutaya has been drying up when it comes to good cheap Toshiba Ent. releases. I have pretty much collected all the earlier Japanese releases that I could possibly want by now so I'm pretty well covered already anyway. I usually pre-order all the new stuff from Amazon Japan. Equilibrium became available in HMV Japan's online store again the other day but it's true that it's quite hard to find in B&M stores nowadays. It has been that way for a while already. The Machnist is now marked by HMV 's online shop as "Deleted by the manufacturer", I wonder if that will become very hard to get sometime in the future... I could still see it in a few B&M stores recently though, more so than Equilibrium.

Usually there are always a couple of 3rd party sellers in Amazon Japan offering any earlier Toshiba releases (though not often at very good prices). I got some from there.

I also think that HD DVD presence in Japanese electronics stores is not bad, many big stores have reasonably good selections right next to their BD sections. New releasing keep coming out pretty nicely as well.

Originally Posted by RonH54

I was looking at a site overseas for the Jack Ryan Collection and it listed is a PAL. Is is correct the XA2 won't play these HD-DVDs unless it "hacked"?

Thanks

Originally Posted by pointless2

The Dutch releases of these four were released today and Tony already has them in-stock.

• Home of the Brave
• The Messengers
• Rescue Dawn
• Tristan & Isolde

Originally Posted by audiophreak

Got my 1408 today and runing scared. super fast shipping. Was thinking about the island, any body buy it yet?

Originally Posted by Claw97000

Yes...I have as have many of us. The Island looks GORGEOUS in HD.

Originally Posted by HumanMedia

There are still many interesting international HD DVD releases to come:



Anyone know if these are still going ahead, or if any have been cancelled?
Any others that aren't listed here?