ROFLROFLROFL (Is this auction for real?)

UncleMilo · Post by **UncleMilo** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 3:26 pm

tacooe wrote: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?

It matters because you're undermining people who work here in the industry. There are a lot of good people who work creating packaging designs, working on trandlations , directing voice actors, doing publicity...

-Uncle Milo

tacooe · Post by **tacooe** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 3:33 pm

Wykith · Post by **Wykith** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 3:36 pm

Garylisk · Post by **Garylisk** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 3:50 pm

Lots of HK bootlegs have the dub. For example... My friend Jacob, ages ago, got a Tenchi VCD set that was "subtitled in english"

Sure enough it was subtitled in english... with the english dub audio track.

HK's aren't worth it except for cheap AMV footage. Even then, it's not good to support the bootleggers.

And besides... the Trigun dub is inferior to it's original Japanese. If those discs are dub only, you'll be missing out anyway.

tacooe · Post by **tacooe** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 3:57 pm

they're not

The Non-Professional · Post by **The Non-Professional** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 4:00 pm

bootlegs are teh shit

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 4:02 pm

actually I was sitting and thinking and asking myself the very question of what is so great about HK's. and I think I have a few reasons figured out!

Firstly, they are not downloaded fotage, which is specificaly against the rules, so by fades law, they are still ok to use. Ethicaly, they are probably worse than downloaded footage since they are an entire industry devoted to stealing from the real people doing hte domestic releases. But why buy them then? well with series you will never reach the quality that the Domestic DVD's hav,e but they are still a league and a mile better than downloaded footage. look at it this way.

8 eps on one DVD means that if the DVD held 4 gigs then you have 8 400 to 500 meg eps in MPEG-2, and hopefuly audio took a backseat to video quality meaning you get footage better than the best fansub or domestic DVD dip. And lets not forget that the people doing the HK rips are probably using better equipment than the fansubbers or domestic DVD rippers so that is another + to add to the pile, and then lastly the ability to turn off the subs, and the fact that they are dirt cheap anyway, means that they are still a better choice of footage for AMV's than downloaded footage. And then if you have a movie, the quality will be even better than a series. And some releases just ke too long (the CB movie for one)

tacooe · Post by **tacooe** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 4:06 pm

right on brotha 8)

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 4:12 pm

I am not trying to say HK's should take the place of domestic DVD's. but they are acceptable when you are left with the choice of nothing, or downloaded footage.

tacooe · Post by **tacooe** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 4:14 pm

or extortionist prices