Author Topic: The Lord Of The Rings DVDs (Read 156688 times)

diver · « **Reply #540 on:** Sep 02, 2003 at 10:06 AM »

hmmmm maybe ACA rents out the fake copies ? Take note on the maybe ha

BaD_BURN · « **Reply #541 on:** Sep 02, 2003 at 10:09 AM »

Unlikely. This one had the VRB sticker on it. And the menus were down pat right TTT.

jonster · « **Reply #542 on:** Sep 02, 2003 at 12:47 PM »

I saw some pirated dvds at greenhills that have VRB stickers. Hmmmn, mukang pati VRB sticker kaya na nilang i-pirate.

jamtrax · « **Reply #543 on:** Sep 02, 2003 at 02:40 PM »

guys,

anyone know if anyone is accepting pre-orders for the upcoming gift set TTT extended edition this november? how much? tnx

jonster · « **Reply #544 on:** Sep 02, 2003 at 03:49 PM »

I think Parc is already accepting pre-orders for LOTR-TTT Extended Edition. Just text or pm him for the price.

toyfanatic · « **Reply #545 on:** Sep 02, 2003 at 03:52 PM »

Quote from: jamtrax on Sep 02, 2003 at 02:40 PM

guys,

anyone know if anyone is accepting pre-orders for the upcoming gift set TTT extended edition this november? how much? tnx

bro,

you can pm charbit or parc for your inquiries.

Maxster · « **Reply #546 on:** Sep 02, 2003 at 04:36 PM »

Anybody know the cell number of Charbit? I lost it na. I ordered my FOTR: Extended edition from him before.

BaD_BURN · « **Reply #547 on:** Sep 03, 2003 at 09:15 AM »

Quote from: diver on Sep 02, 2003 at 10:06 AM

hmmmm maybe ACA rents out the fake copies ? Take note on the maybe ha

Do they even do that? That would get them in trouble. Anyway, I took out the cover last night and surprise: the VRB hologram sticker came off!

Upon closer examination,I found out that it was glued to the cover. It had these dried up crystalline traces that were definitely glue or paste or some other adhesive. Another discrepancy besides the disc and cover print and the picture quality was the list of SPECIAL FEATURES at the back. It said the movie has Malay, Chinese, Thai subtitles. What it failed to mention was that there is a Spanish one too. I played the movie with the subtitles on and they weren't off. I'll be posting screencaps when I have the chance.

Now if this is indeed a pirated copy, why is ACA allowing this practice? I'm sure Mr. Revilla would like to hear about this.

CrUzSACK · « **Reply #548 on:** Sep 03, 2003 at 09:21 AM »

Quote from: jonster on Sep 02, 2003 at 12:47 PM

I saw some pirated dvds at greenhills that have VRB stickers. Hmmmn, mukang pati VRB sticker kaya na nilang i-pirate.

VRB stickers, from what I understand, you can get them in bulk, if you have a rental shop. So you put the sticker in as many copies as you want, legit copies.......or not.

You've already paid for that when you applied for license in VRB or something like that. It's part of their package. How it gets in the hands of the pirates in Greenhills, ewan ko na lang.

Bad_burn from what you've described, that doesn't look like the legit copy, sa cover pa lang. ACA is a franchise, right? I'm not sure about that, but maybe the owner of that particular ACA branch rents out those copies, without the knowledge of ACA mismo. I don't know, just speculating.

Did the people in that branch tell you it was the real thing? If they did, you could probably report them to ACA head office or whoever sells the franchise.

jonster · « **Reply #549 on:** Sep 03, 2003 at 09:39 AM »

Quote from: Maxster on Sep 02, 2003 at 04:36 PM

Anybody know the cell number of Charbit? I lost it na. I ordered my FOTR: Extended edition from him before.

Check mo sa thread nya sa MARKETPLACE.

Maxster · « **Reply #550 on:** Sep 03, 2003 at 04:37 PM »

Quote from: BaD_BURN on Sep 02, 2003 at 09:44 AM

I still haven't bought a copy: ubos agad! But I will be getting one next week siguro when a new shipment arrives.

Anyhow, I rented the TT DVD from ACA and it was different from the retail ones. The cover and disc print was nowhere near the retail one (it had Legolas, Frodo, Aragorn and the Army of the Last Alliance from film one. Strange...) and it was only one disc! Weird. I rented it because I was hoping to see the 10 minute ROTK preview, I didn't mind so much sa movie.

And another thing: the picture quality was not really up to par, if you get my drift. I had a friend who showed me a Jack Sparrow copy and it's picture quality was much better and sharper than the one I rented from ACA. Ba't ganun?

Well if you have time to check out GB3 Music One, I still saw a million copies there. Also in Tower Records Megamall (Former Music One).

ThePatriot · « **Reply #551 on:** Sep 04, 2003 at 06:59 AM »

from www.thedigitalbits.com:

September 02, 2003 - Thanks to numerous reports from our readers, it seems there is a major problem with this run of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. What we've learned is this:

* If your LotR:TTT disc is going to go bad, it will always take place at the same spot: in chapter 51, where Gandalf says "The battle for Helm's Deep is over, the battle for Middle-earth has begun." The disc will stop skipping around chapter 52, although sometimes it jumps back about an hour in the disc.

* The most common players prone to this problem are Sony players and the PlayStation 2, but Sony isn't the only victim. People are reporting the problem on players from Toshiba, Panasonic and Apex.

Most folks have been able to exchange their discs, although some had to go back as many as three times before finding a working disc. With enough trial and error they find a working one. My suggestion is if you take back the disc to get a new one, if the store has working DVD players on the floor, open it up right there and try it out.

I've spoken to New Line, they are looking into it. We'll get back to you as soon as we hear from them.

-- Andy Patrizio

johndoe · « **Reply #552 on:** Sep 04, 2003 at 07:06 AM »

pati din pla sa ibang countries may skipping and TTT..

BaD_BURN · « **Reply #553 on:** Sep 04, 2003 at 07:47 AM »

Quote from: CrUzSACK on Sep 03, 2003 at 09:21 AM

Bad_burn from what you've described, that doesn't look like the legit copy, sa cover pa lang. ACA is a franchise, right? I'm not sure about that, but maybe the owner of that particular ACA branch rents out those copies, without the knowledge of ACA mismo. I don't know, just speculating. Did the people in that branch tell you it was the real thing? If they did, you could probably report them to ACA head office or whoever sells the franchise.

I'm beginning to suspect that too. I didn't bother asking if it was the real thing or not because obviously it wasn't.

Will be reporting this to the proper authorities but I'm not sure what good will come out of it. I bet there're other branches that practice this too. If anybody can provide me with the contact number/email add to the
ACA Head Office or the VRB, it would be much appreciated.

Okay, here are the shots I promised. These have not been edited or doctored. The first batch is the one I took from the copy I rented from ACA. The second batch is from the Jack Sparrow copy from a friend who got it from China months ago. Now if you have an eye for detail

, you'll notice that there are differences.

EXHIBIT A: TTT DVD screencaps from ACA

EXHIBIT B: TTT DVD screener screencaps (bootleg)

warpzone · « **Reply #554 on:** Sep 04, 2003 at 08:32 AM »

Quote from: ThePatriot on Sep 04, 2003 at 06:59 AM

from www.thedigitalbits.com:

September 02, 2003 - Thanks to numerous reports from our readers, it seems there is a major problem with this run of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. What we've learned is this:

* If your LotR:TTT disc is going to go bad, it will always take place at the same spot: in chapter 51, where Gandalf says "The battle for Helm's Deep is over, the battle for Middle-earth has begun." The disc will stop skipping around chapter 52, although sometimes it jumps back about an hour in the disc.

* The most common players prone to this problem are Sony players and the PlayStation 2, but Sony isn't the only victim. People are reporting the problem on players from Toshiba, Panasonic and Apex.

Most folks have been able to exchange their discs, although some had to go back as many as three times before finding a working disc. With enough trial and error they find a working one. My suggestion is if you take back the disc to get a new one, if the store has working DVD players on the floor, open it up right there and try it out.

I've spoken to New Line, they are looking into it. We'll get back to you as soon as we hear from them.

-- Andy Patrizio

comment lang po... this comes from dvd.ign.com instead of digitalbits.com. salamat po

BaD_BURN · « **Reply #555 on:** Sep 04, 2003 at 09:56 AM »

Another thing: this particular ACA branch has ANGER MANAGEMENT and NATIONAL SECURITY DVDs for rent. And these haven't been released yet.

ThePatriot · « **Reply #556 on:** Sep 04, 2003 at 11:30 AM »

Quote from: warpzone on Sep 04, 2003 at 08:32 AM

comment lang po... this comes from dvd.ign.com instead of digitalbits.com. salamat po

wow mali

thanks brod warpzone ...

Dan · « **Reply #557 on:** Sep 04, 2003 at 11:50 AM »

Quote from: BaD_BURN on Sep 04, 2003 at 09:56 AM

Another thing: this particular ACA branch has ANGER MANAGEMENT and NATIONAL SECURITY DVDs for rent. And these haven't been released yet.

They must be reported. Those are pirated DVDs they're renting out.

Your screencaps look okay. I don't know if it's just me but they seem to have the same quality as those pdvds which copy off of the original. Medyo downgraded ang kulay, kahit na sakto lang ang proportion.

dni · « **Reply #558 on:** Sep 04, 2003 at 05:01 PM »

anyone else experiencing skips in chapter 26? i can see that most people are having problems with chapter 51. mine was skipping at chapter 26 (85 mins) then it will jump to 90 mins.

had it changed na and so far ok na yung chapter 26 ko

ThePatriot · « **Reply #559 on:** Sep 05, 2003 at 07:03 AM »

Quote from: dni on Sep 04, 2003 at 05:01 PM

anyone else experiencing skips in chapter 26? i can see that most people are having problems with chapter 51. mine was skipping at chapter 26 (85 mins) then it will jump to 90 mins.

had it changed na and so far ok na yung chapter 26 ko

congrats brod dni ...

BaD_BURN · « **Reply #560 on:** Sep 05, 2003 at 10:06 AM »

Quote from: Dan on Sep 04, 2003 at 11:50 AM

They must be reported. Those are pirated DVDs they're renting out.

Your screencaps look okay. I don't know if it's just me but they seem to have the same quality as those pdvds which copy off of the original. Medyo downgraded ang kulay, kahit na sakto lang ang proportion.

Yes, my sentiments exactly. If anyone can give me the contact number or email address of the ACA head office or the VRB, please.

kimosabe · « **Reply #561 on:** Sep 05, 2003 at 11:23 AM »

Quote from: dni on Sep 04, 2003 at 05:01 PM

anyone else experiencing skips in chapter 26? i can see that most people are having problems with chapter 51. mine was skipping at chapter 26 (85 mins) then it will jump to 90 mins.

had it changed na and so far ok na yung chapter 26 ko

Me too skips/freeze in chapter 26, had it changed also and so far no problem whatsoever. Problema lang disk 1 lang ang pinalitan nila hindi yung buong package. Kawawa naman yung bibili nun kung ipagbibili pa rin nila yun. Intact pa kasi yung Security Seal, plastic lang yung sinira.

toyfanatic · « **Reply #562 on:** Sep 06, 2003 at 07:50 PM »

mga bro,

ndi kaya yung skipping na sinasabi nyo e yung layer transition kase i think dual layer yung TT

got my fullscreen copy pala of TT no problem whatsoever

johndoe · « **Reply #563 on:** Sep 07, 2003 at 10:36 AM »

magkano kuha mo sa fullscreen?

daigoro · « **Reply #564 on:** Sep 07, 2003 at 09:53 PM »

just read the discussions they are having at dvdfile.com on the problems they are having with this title. it seems that most of the people there who are having problems are using predominantly Sony dvd players.

For me, i've sworn off using any sort of SONY dvd player whether drive or player ever since i bought my 1st dvd rom drive which had problems playing dual layer dvds.

sgc_wdi · « **Reply #565 on:** Sep 08, 2003 at 10:44 AM »

menu shots for the extended edition of Two Towers, still a book style menu, pero this time may images na

johndoe · « **Reply #566 on:** Sep 08, 2003 at 11:09 AM »

reposting,wala kasing pictures..

benny · « **Reply #567 on:** Sep 12, 2003 at 01:06 AM »

From dvdanswers:

New Line Home Entertainment have released details on National Geographic Beyond the Movie: Return of the King which features exclusive film footage and interviews for the final part of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The documentary delves beyond the film to provide a historical context for Aragorn's struggles. It will be available to own from the 16th December this year and should set you back somewhere in the region of $24.98. As well as the main documentary the disc will include some bonus footage and interviews, a fact file, timeline and an interactive map.

johndoe · « **Reply #568 on:** Sep 12, 2003 at 06:14 AM »

sana they included it nlang on two towers extended edition giftset..

ThePatriot · « **Reply #569 on:** Sep 12, 2003 at 06:42 AM »

Quote from: johndoe on Sep 12, 2003 at 06:14 AM

sana they included it nlang on two towers extended edition giftset..

i agree brod, parang sa LOTR-FOTR gift set ...