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• wrong language... - Corbu 12:09:31 12/02/04 (0)
  In Reply to: ? Concerning Release in U.S. of "Hero" (w/ Jet Li) posted by townsend on November 3, 2004 at 17:45:06:

  Hero's is a Chinese film (Mandarin) not Japanese.
  
  

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• Re: ? Concerning Release in U.S. of "Hero" (w/ Jet Li) - Jack G 04:48:57 12/01/04 (0)
  In Reply to: ? Concerning Release in U.S. of "Hero" (w/ Jet Li) posted by townsend on November 3, 2004 at 17:45:06:

  There was a second "director's cut" released overseas. It had an extra 10 minutes or so, and had a picture quality that was supposed to be inferior to the original. I have the original, but not the extended or US version to compare it to.

  > > > I'd like to own the movie and was considering buying the overseas version. However, if it doesn't have any English subtitles, I'd better stick to the U.S. domestic release--my Japanese is WAY bad. < < <
  The imports have subs, and it *not* a Japanese movie. Most places don't sell the imports now(in the US), since the distribution rights are now owned by a US company.
  Jack
  
  

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• Hero - Joe Murphy Jr 20:01:07 11/30/04 (2)
  In Reply to: ? Concerning Release in U.S. of "Hero" (w/ Jet Li) posted by townsend on November 3, 2004 at 17:45:06:

  For sound quality, none of the releases of Hero beats the Region 3 (Korean, NTSC) version. It includes a full bitrate (1.5Mb/s) DTS ES 6.1 Discrete soundtrack. Other versions are either DTS 5.1 (half bitrate at 768kb/s) and/or Dolby Digital 5.1 (448kb/s). See the review by Joshua Zyber at dvdfile.com (below) for his take on this disc. Video is not reference quality, but, from what I have read about all of the versions of Hero, none of them are.

  For video quality, it has been said that the Region 2 (Japanese, NTSC) version is the best.

  I ordered the Region 3 (Korean, NTSC) version from cdwow.com and it was supposedly shipped yesterday from overseas. I'd rather have the superior soundtrack than somewhat better video quality.

  Regarding picture quality, one thing you're going to have to realize is that when you read reviews of DVDs is that some reviewers watch the movie on a large screen and others watch the movie on a small screen. You can easily guess which reviewers complain less about video quality.

  You might want to check these out:

  http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=471812

  http://www.dvdfile.com/software/review/region_3/hero.html
  
  
  

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  • correction - Joe Murphy Jr 18:47:02 12/02/04 (0)
    In Reply to: Hero posted by Joe Murphy Jr on November 3, 2004 at 20:01:07:

    It's a DTS ES 6.1 Matrix (not Discrete) soundtrack for this version. Sorry for the mix-up. Nevertheless, it's still the superior soundtrack.
    
    

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  • Thanks for your help, Joe (nt) - townsend 20:20:47 11/30/04 (0)
    In Reply to: Hero posted by Joe Murphy Jr on November 3, 2004 at 20:01:07:

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