ROFLROFLROFL (Is this auction for real?)

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 1:06 am

there are people on half.ebay.com selling BRAND new DVD sets of TRIGUN for 35 dollars, dubs and all. the catch is that it is a THREE DISK SET!

http://half.ebay.com/cat/buy/inv.cgi?of ... in_id=1877

is this for real?

Garylisk · Post by **Garylisk** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 1:22 am

hong kong bootleg.

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 1:28 am

but HK dvd's aren't supposed to have dubs.

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 1:32 am

It's on eBay and Amazon too. There HK bootlegs... Just check the description here and you can see the tale tell signs.

Chinese subs
Region free DVDs
Only three discs.

They probally bootlegged them from America since they have the english voice actors.

Last time I saw the series Best Buy had it near 200 bucks...

There is no way Pioneer would sell Trigun that cheap..

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 1:49 am

I konw, and they say there is NO DIFFERENCE between the 3 DVD set and the real ones.

KLin · Post by **KLin** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 4:08 am

The difference is that it's on 3 discs. Which in turn probably means the footage is compressed and not as good quality as the original. And it's region free. It's only logical that if you put 26 episodes on only 3 discs, something's you've got to sacrifice something. Heck, I saw the Hellsing bootleg in a store before and it was 13 episodes on 3 discs, not 2.

tacooe · Post by **tacooe** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 8:08 am

I own that one, I haven't actually watched the dub because well I didn't want to but the quality's great, I don't notice the difference so what does it matter?

Wykith · Post by **Wykith** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 12:50 pm

Long live ze boot on ze leg. *pats piracy* good boy.

KLin · Post by **KLin** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 2:25 pm

It matters if you're going to make AMVs of Trigun using it. There'll be quality differences, although I suppose with some clever clean up you could make it the same video quality. Asides from the video quality there's a couple other things you should consider, like the quality of the subtitles and audio. And then there's also the morality issue, do you want to support English Anime voice actors and the companies that release anime domestically, or do you want to support Bootleggers who're actually ripping you off more with their lower prices?

tacooe · Post by **tacooe** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 3:00 pm

personally I hate english voice actors, they're so bad, mostly, so given those choices I'd choose the bootlegers, yet another morality issue solved and I live to fight another day.