Chinese PS3?? Blu-Ray Movies??

[nerys]

I found a sight lightake.com it has a bunch of VERY cheap $4 blu-ray movies

I ordered one just to see what it is.

anyone familiar with this? why does it say for PS3 specification? does that mean it ONLY plays in PS3 or will any blu-ray player play it?

Here is an example
http://lightake.com/detail.do/sku.Cowboys___Aliens_Blu_ray_Disc_for_PS3-49511

anyone know anything about these?

[yoda313]

Seems odd for a new movie to be that low. Is it used I didn't stay at the site long enough.

Could be pirated. It may be an avchd and thats why they say ps3. Though of course other bluray players can play avchd.

THat is only a supposition of mine. I have no knowledge of that website so I don't mean to slander it. Just throwing out an opinion. It could be legit if its a used disc. Just seems fishy if its a "new" disc as that seems to be a real bluray package.

Edit - going back it does say new. Good luck with this. Though buyer beware of course.

I'm sure you could google the website and see if there are any complaints on it.
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Let us know how it goes. I might take another look and make a purchase myself if this is for real.....

[nerys]

its a legit site so likely not "pirated" its very likely just a "CHINESE" edition of it (they price them a lot cheaper over their as typical chinese person can not afford $20 for a movie even $4 is rather expensive. ie grey market but legit.

my fear is that #1 it might be region coded so not play OR #2 some "special" format that only a PS3 can play. I bought one since its only $4 and will find out in 3 or 4 weeks when it arrives.

[yoda313]

The problem you might run into the most would be whether or not it has an english audio track. Let alone a surround sound english audio track.

Good luck though. Let us know.

Also if its readable at all in a pc bdrom you could always remux it into something you could play. So long as its in a standard format of some type. Otherwise a reencode would be necessary if the frame rate or resolution are too far off the norm.

[nerys]

no english yeah that would suck no surround not really relevant to me not at $4

if its not plug and play I would just dismiss it as an option and only be out $4 for that much work I could just download the darned movie.

[yoda313]

I could just download the darned movie.

From amazon or itunes or something yes

f its not plug and play I would just dismiss it as an option and only be out $4

That is a good way to look at it.

Be sure to post back when you get it. And if you do happen to have a main audio track in english (surround or not) let us know as well.

[Noahtuck]

why does it say for PS3 specification?

That probably just means it's PS3 compatible.

I can't remember offhand, but some program i have used for either ripping or re-converting from BD50 to BD25 had an option for either making them PS3 compatible or removing it ?
I don't have a PS3 so i never really paid much attention to it as it would not matter.

But it would definitely be nice to hear back form you on what the disc actually contains, as in file structure/format.

its a legit site so likely not "pirated" its very likely just a "CHINESE" edition of it (they price them a lot cheaper over their as typical chinese person can not afford $20 for a movie even $4 is rather expensive. ie grey market but legit.

LOL!!!

It's a "legit" chinese site, LOL!!!
Yeah, they are cheaper because they probably are NOT legit!!

Where do you think most pirated copies come from ?!?!

Back in the day i used to get all kinds of pirated dvd's from overseas (china) of movies that were not to be released on dvd for quite a few years.
And they were/are on pressed disc's, not recordable media.

Just seems fishy if its a "new" disc as that seems to be a real bluray package.

You can buy "real" bluray cases all day long, just like you can buy dvd cases.

But i may buy something on there just to check it out

It's too bad they don't list the specs or the case photo's were larger so you could maybe see what audio tracks it has.

[nerys]

like I said it is a legit site. ie they "tend" (I have never seen it) to not have "knock offs" and things that appear to be knocks offs are usually labled as such (miss spelled name brand for example)

I "tend" to trust them. so when deciding if its a pirated copy I tend to lean toward it being legit. ie the studio's that "DO" early quick release over their (like DVD R5) are who these movies are from AND the studio's that DO NOT do that they have no movies "from those" studio's

so for now I lean toward it being legit. its the PS3 thing that confuses me

[Chef Goldblum]

$4.29 for blu-ray plus free shipping from China? Not likely that they are legit discs. I used to buy discs like this years ago from china and singapore, and for this kind of price, 100% guaranteed to be pirate.

[TreeTops]

Yah, I can't figure out why 'nerys' keeps saying that that site is 'legit'. Must be a shill for that site.

[yoda313]

I had bought a james bond dvd on ebay once. It turns out it was a pirated copy but the display cover looked legit. However the back of the case said the music video was by "tine turner" not Tina Turner. And it was the special edition but it was a single layer dvd.

I can't remember if I ever logged a complaint or not. I have however since bought a real copy of the same movie to complete my james bond dvd/bluray collection. I finally did that the other week - had two left and now I'm done.

[Noahtuck]

Yoda, was it on a DVDR or a Pressed DVD ?

Because i have recently bought "Pressed" dvd's that were pirated but on pressed dvd's (My B5 thread) & i even got one that was on a BD-R

When i received it in the mail, i opened it and was like, the cover just does not look right, and i opened it, touched the printed surface of the disc and knew right away.....

Took the disc out of the case, flipped it over an it was apparent it was a printable BD-R

I E-mailed the seller through E-bay,

When i pay $35.00 for a bluray i expect it to be an original!!
If i wanted a copy i would have downloaded the movie myself and burned it to a BD-R!!!
How are we going to fix this ?

The next day after work i checked my E-mail....
Nothing.....
Then i went into paypal and looky there.... he refunded my money within an hour of me sending him that e-mail the night before!!
LOL!!

It is an import bluray from Japan.
I can't believe people are still selling pirated copies on E-bay, even BD-R's!!!

He had 100% feedback and even some of the people that left him positive feedback mentioned it was a BD-R!!!
DOHH!!!
How are you going to leave him + feedback when he just jacked you for a BD-R ?!?!
Like a 100 people!!!

I just saw he had 100% feedback and bought it without even reading through all his feedback.

And he has 1118 positive feedback @ 100%!!!!

[yoda313]

I'd have to look again I still have it (shame on me but I do have a legit copy of it that I bought used so it is officially my backup now).

If I remember right it was a silver colored backing not purple that would have been an obvious burn.

But the disc label was wrong too. It didn't have any of the copyright info or date published and running time detail.

Like I said I don't think I lodged a complaint but should have looking back at it now. I'm a bit more careful on that when I see deals on ebay. Anything that generally looks too good to be true I try to stay away from. Odds are its not legit.

Though I've been sorely tempted to get a knockoff ipad clone. Something for 50.00 plus 50.00 shipping from China. I just haven't pulled the trigger. I know the quality wont' be very good and no support. Plus it will only do half of what I want it to do and probably won't support any of the official ebooks or streaming platforms like netflix or hulu.

Also I truly don't need a tablet pc as I have two full pcs and one is connected my hdtv.

[nerys]

You want a good tablet superior to the ipad crap for alot less? look at a Lepan II. its the one I am drooling over. $300 and superior to the ipad.

actually lightake is not my favorite site. I prefer deal extreme. lightake I can't even get an account with since I use exclusive e-mail aliases for each company I deal with and they will not let me have "lightake" in my e-mail alias and I refuse to give them ANY other alias.

oh well at least I can order without signing up for an account.

ehh I will be sure to post pics when I get it. if its a copy at least it only cost me $4 so not a huge loss

trust me STAY AWAY from the ipad clones unless you have VERY SIMPLE desires for what you want them to actually "do"

most of them are NOT ipad clones. they are cheap slow uber crap tablets in a case vaguely similar to an ipad. real junk

[jimdagys]

In China, shops sell DVDs that are in Blu-ray boxes and the disks have" Blu-ray" printed on them, even though they are only DVD. The actual Blu- rays are on different shelves. The store clerk always knows which ones are actual Blu-rays. The price is a bit higher for the actual Blu-rays (usually sell for a couple dollars), while the DVDs sell for about a dollar. However, the actual Blu-ray movie might be no more clear than a regular DVD.

[nerys]

yeah I am starting to get the feeling its a fake but hey still got a tiny ray of hope

[yoda313]

tiny ray of hope

And you hope that the color of that ray is BLU

You want a good tablet superior to the ipad crap for alot less? look at a Lepan II. its the one I am drooling over. $300 and superior to the ipad.

For that kind of money I'd rather look at a kindle fire or nook tablet. I don't need all the bells and whistles and cameras and all that jazz. I just want to say i have a tablet that can do ebooks and some video at some level.

trust me STAY AWAY from the ipad clones unless you have VERY SIMPLE desires for what you want them to actually "do"

most of them are NOT ipad clones. they are cheap slow uber crap tablets in a case vaguely similar to an ipad. real junk

Yeah thats kind of what I've suspected all along. What I'd love is to have a shot at one and actually test drive it. Who knows maybe some of them might actually be somewhat decent.

I guess I should revise what I was saying most of the super cheaper ones are actually sold as "android tablets". I think the ipad clones are a bit pricier but of course not necessarily any better.

Edit - and of course I have to keep telling myself I don't need one at all. Its just that "cool" factor that damn apple has tagged on it. And I'm not even an Apple fan but I'm suckered in just for the general tablet product spectrum.

[TreeTops]

Just another toy that you will soon put away in your old toy box.

[nerys]

well depends on what you want in a tablet. for me the fire is a useless hunk of plastic and silicon.

the screen is too small. the resolution is too low and its "closed" (have they hacked it yet to allow third party software installations yet?) it has NO port NO memory slots NO access whatsoever.

for me the lepan is esireable because it has dual core high end processor with support dedicated GPU

good ram. open interface including market. USB ports for both tether and "HOST" memory card slot.

nice large 4:3 9.7" "XGA" <<< this was a killer feature I wanted) so I can read my magazines single page fulls screen no zoom scroll or squinting. oh and dual cameras AND accelerometer AND gps AND compass (all of which the fire lacks it might have accelerometer) . Imagine hiking and geo caching with that gorgeous display. YES please

ie its a kickass little gadget the fire is a tinker toy compared to it (again "for what I want" from a tablet) if your need are quite different then a fire might be fine.

Now I am actually looking at a DIFFERENT gadget. the new COLOR E-INK displays. $500 but WOW color eink means nice magazine viewer with amazing battery life. Might even replace my kindle dx which I love so much. and 1600x1200 display resolution means the magazines will look "NICE"

Hmm Interesting you mention BLUE. what color "ARE" BD-R's (they are finally cheap enough that I am looking to get a burner soon for data storage 25GB for a $1 is NOT BAD and they are VERY scratch resistant)

[Chef Goldblum]

I've enjoyed my Fire. It's small enough to fit into my pocket which is pretty cool. The resolution of the screen is nearly identical to the ipad2, so for playing games, watching video and browsing the web it's a handy little device. What I've really enjoyed using it for is a portable game device. I've loaded it up with classic emulators as well as newer android games, and it really does a great job there. These can be added to the fire via sideloading. No need to root it to use apps that you can't get from the Amazon app store. It's not going to beat out the beat out the ipad, but it definitely has it's place.

[gadgetguy]

Now I am actually looking at a DIFFERENT gadget. the new COLOR E-INK displays. $500 but WOW color eink means nice magazine viewer with amazing battery life. Might even replace my kindle dx which I love so much. and 1600x1200 display resolution means the magazines will look "NICE"

Color e-ink isn't cool yet. It still has the slow refresh rates and the colors aren't very vibrant. Should be great for new, mags, comics, and kid's books, but not for video.

[yoda313]

nerys - did you get it yet? If so let us in on the specs and if there is an english language track. I'd be curious if it has english if it is in surround sound or not.

Edit - also whether or not it has embedded or selectable subtitles. It would be relatively worthless if it had chinese subtitles hardcoded into the video.

[nerys]

oh no not for video strictly to read magazines with

for magazines the difference between 600wide (fire) and 768 wide (ipad) might as well be the grand canyon. I have tried. even on a 10.4" 4:3 display (one of my tablet computers) you just can not read a magazine with 600 pixels wide. those extra 168 pixels are the threshold difference between just legible and non legible.

the 1600x1200 display of the color eink should make them NICE and sharp

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I got the disc in (finally) sadly its confirmed. fake. same dark golden color as my blank BDR's

the case is ok the cover art is fantastic (oem quality) the disc printing is nice but slightly sloppy

I have not watched it yet (I don't even have a blu-ray player yet) have one at work will tr to remember to bring it and try it

[yoda313]

Thats too bad. THanks for letting us know.

[nerys]

So far it appears to be image perfect to the US release. subtitles not hard coded normal english audio

quality looks fine (viewing on a pretty small screen so can't really judge that but looks clean to me)

Here are some pics







Sample video clip coming (pointed camera at screen)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRdrhZDRb4Q

[Noahtuck]

From the photo of the Data side of the disc, it looks like any other "burned" BD-R.
A very dark purple.

Pressed Bluray's are much lighter on the Data surface and have a super light purple surface.

Verbatim LTH are even much lighter than standard BD-R's and do not have a purple color to them but almost a light gold.

So far it appears to be image perfect to the US release. subtitles not hard coded normal english audio

quality looks fine (viewing on a pretty small screen so can't really judge that but looks clean to me)

So do my backup's on my 46" 1080p LED TV from pressed Blurays....

Run it through DVDInfo or open the disc in maybe ImgBurn and see what the media code is....
I'll bet anything from that photo alone it is NOT an officially pressed disc.

Hell, i have "pressed" dvd's that are not official dvd's and are single layer instead of dual layers like the official pressed releases.

It's CHINA!!!!!!
LOL!!!

[nerys]

in the light it has a golden brown color to it. I noticed no purple like in the picture.

its the same exact color as my Memorex BD-R's Confirming for me its burned.

Your bet is moot. it is an "Established FACT" that it is not pressed. there is no argument their. I knew the moment I looked at the data side of the disc is was "burned"

Can't run anything on it since I don't have a BD drive yet working on that. Gonna be nice to be able to stuff 25gb on a disc

[Noahtuck]

Yeah, i am not giving you $h!t per say, just saying....

Dark Purple, Dark brown....

Compared to a pressed Bluray, there is a major difference when compared to any burned bluray, the same as a burned DVDR compared to a pressed DVD.

And i am not judging anyone as i own several pirated pressed dvd's from way back in the day years before they were ever officially in the US on dvd.
I have since purchased them on officially pressed and released dvd's.

But the fact that they were from "china" and the "price", it was pretty obvious they were not officially released pressed bluray's

Hell!!!
I own some Bluray's that are "from" russia that were never released in the US on Bluray and they are WAAAAAAY better quality than the US dvd's!!!

$H!T!!!
They are way better quality than some of the official pressed US Bluray's I have!!!!!!

[nerys]

well it was a $4 gamble and I was "curious" so "why not" so to speak. I won't buy anymore simply because if I am going to pirate a movie I am not going to let someone "profit" from doing it that just screams "wrong" to me

There is advantages to Chinese movies like this.

#1 high quality I can not make such an example for $4
#2 No DRM.