Hey!

Just got to Malaysia (Penang) on Monday and I'm having the time of my life here. One question tho, are all the movies copies here? I just went to some random dvd store in Bukit Jambul mall and bought a couple of anime dvds. I was like, wt..?, there's 4 different copies of a movie and all with differen covers etc etc. So I just picked the one I liked the most. Most of the cover papers look a bit cheap, like some kid slapped some images together in Photoshop..but they have all these holograms and a zillion stickers saying "Original" in every imaginable language. So I put in the dvd when I get home and the resolution is WORSE THAN ANY DOWNLOADED MOVIE! Is everything like that here? I mean when they have the full dvd to use for one movie, why do they have such a crappy resolution? It's all so pixelated..also with some dvds the subs don't work at all..

Did I just buy a pirate copy? I'm guessing I did..are the only real originals the ones imported from Japan (that naturally never have english subtitles)? And is anything available in 16:9 widescreen and 5.1 Dolby? Everything seems to be 4:3 and 2.0ch, not to mention the sub-VHS resolution!

At least the selection is great around here, but where can I get the quality stuff on Penang?

1st... YaY..

pirated quality bad.. ori 1 good quality plus got sirim sticker or sumting..

the sticker is important

Hah hah, the dvds I bought had like two stickers each =D Those hologram things and these logos saying "Original!" "Stop Piracy". Yet the video quality was awful and the menus looked like been slapped together in 5 minutes, just like the covers. Also no FBI Anti-Piracy warnings and that stuff, just goes straight to the root menu. So I guess anything that looks suspicious around here is automatically pira.

Anyway I'm not complaining or nothing, just wanna know if everything really is, well..to put it nicely, "unofficial" around these parts =)

ori, is way more expensive... best way to differentitate XD

and always ask to open and play before buying, did that and as a result saved quite a few bucks, only chose the good ones

actually if u read an article in the star 1 month ago,they say got alot of anime shows label with ORIGINAL but actually fake, my sis bought alot of anime and i can see from ori and fake

how to see:
COVER FOR SHOW NO IDENTICAL FOR EPISODE/MOVIE
example: naruto, it just AIRED on japan, they take down raw and put some sucky subtitle and sell it for 12.90

SUCKY SUBTITLE:
veri shitty subtitle, they write FOR ALL AGE, but their subtitle has works like FARK,SHIT,ASS etc etc cause they do direct and useless translation

POOR QUALITY
Example: the show u watch has japanese writing bout some random news like earthquake or etc, because its taken down raw

i only know as far as this. hope its useful

the originals can be just as terrible,if not worse than the pirated copies.

i have a pirated and original rush hour 2.

the pirated has better audio AND video.

Why would you even want to watch Rush Hour 2 once, yet alone TWICE?

And refund la, if that bad. Just use censorship or whatever as an excuse, worked for me.

i can't differentiate between ori and pirated...both r same too me...both got de ORI sticker....and the covers are almost same...so i main hentam n buy either 1...luckily,till now i bought de nice 1....good quality 1......
the price are almost same..maybe cheaper than other 2 to 5 ringgit only

Yeah, I learned my lesson =D Been around all the malls, Bukit Jambul, Prangin Mall, that Tesco place etc etc..everything is a copy if I haven't seen the exact same dvd covers back home. Also anything that comes in a SLIM dvd case is always a fake, and also anything that says things like "Episode 1-13 END" is always a copy. Everywhere else in the world, anime comes in 3-5 episodes per disc =D I guess even most of the stuff that's in the expensive looking cardboard covers are copies..

First time I was looking at dvds I was so confused, now I've kinda learned to see what's not real for sure. Like, one of the dumbest things I've seen sold is the "Ghost in the Shell 2 : Innocence" dvd...the funny thing is, on the cover it also says in equally big letters "Stand Alone Complex Movie Solid State Society". However, Solid State Society is an altogether different movie from Innocence, how can it say both names on one disc, stupid lah =D

So one more question, about the Widescreen 16:9 and Dolby 5.1 thing...I guess there's no such niceties with Msian dvds, unless they're really genuine?

Welcome to Malaysia....... land of the pirated........

two words,1 name:
Rosalyn Sanchez

nah...
got the pirated one,good enough.
if ever the police question me(yeah,i know it wont happen,just hypothetically speaking) i will shove the -cat peed on- original copy to their faces,and then show them the brilliant pirated copy
then see their reaction

best thing is to import.
just cos it has those crappy stickers,doesnt mean it's any good.

The "Ori" sticker can be bought..
i saw pasar malam ppl sticking those "ori" sticker at those pirated dvd/cd and sold them as Ori price..
so if u want buy ori better go shops like tower record,CDrama..etc

fuk the ori copy here bcoz the quality is sux 2 the max

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Added on December 10, 2007, 1:09 pmhow about speedy videos?

This post has been edited by skylinegtr34rule4life: Dec 10 2007, 01:09 PM

Speedy isn't spared from this. Victim of this crime as well. I actually wonder if we can keep the disc and get a refund for our troubles. Having said that, one must really have thick skin and rally very strongly for this. I mean we go through the effort of buying original f***ing discs and we have to waste petrol and time to come back and ask for a refund/change. Can't we keep the retarded shit disc as well.