Howard Tom (howard@CAM.ORG)
Mon, 19 Apr 1999 21:36:54 -0400
X-Sender: howard@pop.hip.cam.org X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.1 (16) Message-ID: <3.0.1.16.19990419212650.0e27563a@pop.hip.cam.org> Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 21:36:54 -0400 From: Howard Tom <howard@CAM.ORG> Subject: Re: #sakurataisen troll, ST DVD
At 05:24 PM 4/19/99 -0500, Paul J Chi wrote:
> Now, just so this doesn't turn into the #sakurataisen ML, how about
>some talk about the DVD review? ^_^;
> What sounded interesting was the "nice menu artwork". Could it be
>something like the LIPS menus we see in the games? That'd be really neat;
>another nod to ST fans. I'm also glad to hear that the video quality was
>good. I guess some people don't like DVDs because of the "compression", so
>it was a relief to hear that ST didn't suffer. I sure hope that the
>Japanese DVD release will somehow make it easier for ADV to release on DVD
>as well. I really want to hear the dub voice actors as well as the original
>voice acting, and DVD would be the cheapest way to have both.
> I read the other review that was on animeondvd.com, and it mentioned
>that the price for the Region 0 disc was about US$40. How is that possible?
>If it has all the episodes on it, and the Region 2 disc is 9800 yen...? And
>it's going for $115 on tokyopop.com? It could be pirated, I suppose, but
>the author seemed to have good reason not to think so.
> Maybe someone has mentioned it and I forgot, but does anybody on the
>list have the DVD and want to share their thoughts about it?
I thought a key point of the review of the Region 0 DVD is that that one
was pressed for the Singaporean market (having Chinese subtitles).
Therefore the DVD is priced in line with DVDs made for that market, much
like the North American market never has any publisher trying to sell a DVD
for $80 or so...
Howard Tom
howard@cam.org