Is this a bootleg?

[CUBANAZO]

Hi guys:

I got a DVD from Ebay that looks like a good copy but the quality is so so. I was told it would be an original "new and sealed". I don't want to argue with the seller until I'm a 100% sure if this is a copy or not. Here is the info from the DVD:

Media Information
Disc Regions are 1,2,3,4,5,6,8
Media code/Manufacturer ID N/A Pressed DVD
Format Type UDF 1.02
Volume Name DTS_8480__TARZAN__SCN
Application id
Implementation id Daikin U.S. Comtec Lab
Recording Date/Time (mm/dd/yyyy) 12/17/2003 23:48:18
Format Capacity 4.13GB(4.43GB)
Book Type DVD-ROM
Media Type DVD-ROM
Data area starting sector 30000h
Data area end sector 2103E8h
Linear Density 0.267um/bit
Track Density 0.74um/track
Number of Layers 1



Thanks in advance

Cubanazo

[bbllc]

It appears to be a bootleg. The multiple region codes stand out to me as rather suspicious, but I could be wrong. Hopefully, the experts will chime in.

[chaseru]

What a coincidence, I just bought a DVD set today from someone in China off ebay.

The "new and sealed" was also used in the description of my item. I know China + software = piracy, but the description indicated that the DVDs were an official Asian release and were DVD-9 discs.

I'll be interested to see if they are actually dual layer discs since I wouldn't think the bootleggers have got ahold of DVD-9 presses; or maybe they have.

[BJ_M]

DVD-9 dosnt mean dual layer in asian bootleg disks --- its a mark of quality ...

true dvd-9 disks (as that mark of quality) are highly prized and sometime sell for almost 50cents more than the normal version (100% higher !)

except now there are bootleg dvd9 disks of the bootleg real dvd9's


and - yes ... they do have pressed disks .... floating factories in fact ...


as for your tarzen disk ... disney always uses region codes .. also there should be English French Spanish sound tracks ... all in 5.1

and the date should be 1 February 2000

plus does it come with all the extras?


or is this some other tarzan ? like the tv series -- it has all region on it ..

[CUBANAZO]

Hi guys:

Thanks for your comments; I was not expecting answers so fast. The seller is actually in the USA….she’s got an excellent rating…and by the way this is my first purchase from Ebay (bad luck?)…The DVD has additional features....I took some shots…here there are:

[jeex]

Recording Date/Time (mm/dd/yyyy) 12/17/2003 23:48:18

when was tarzan released? i think its been quite a while, and for it to have been manufactured in mid december of last year is kinda fishy as well.

[CUBANAZO]

What about "Pressed DVD"?...

[richdvd]

from what i know..most factory pressed DVDs don't offer that many regions

[BJ_M]

the subtitles give it away -- its a bootleg for sure


so does the "english DTS"

the original DVD wasnt released with DTS

[junkmalle]

CUBANAZO,

I just wanted to point out that "new and sealed" and "bootleg" are not mutually exclusive terms.

I've bought a few DVDs from Hong Kong (all unavailable in the US) and they've all been "all region" and factory pressed. I don't know if they are bootlegs or not (and frankly I don't care!) but the quality is good.

[BJ_M]

Pressed means nothing ... MOST (like 99%) asian bootlegs are pressed ,,,

i alsio just checked and original is dual layer

[DeleriumMDK]

It sounds like a HK Silver...is it at least good quality? Sucks you got burnt like that, but a lot of folks on Ebay sell those at cheaper prices then the originals.

[indolikaa]

Ah, the DVD-9 Consortium.

I see they were flushed with success with the Star Wars Trilogy '5-Star DVD' production and have moved forward...

[ROBERT BLACK]

and - yes ... they do have pressed disks .... floating factories in fact ...

Yes. Well over 90% of the asian bootlegs i've seen were pressed and some were in fact dual layered. The vast majority are DVD5s. I can only imagine the cost of such facilities. I mean you can an daisy chain a bunch of burners pretty cheaply. But the cost and sophistication of a bootleg outfit burning pressed dual layer discs in Trucks or Ships off the coast of HK is pretty impressive, if you put the illegalities involved aside.

[BJ_M]

what is even more amaizing is that they are selling them for a buck or two and both the retailer and the factory are making money ..

cheaper than what it would cost to get your OWN stuff duplicated in north america ...