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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>but the same problem goes with R1 dvds. not many
use the japanese discs as master, which is obviously the best possible source.
for example ARTSMAGIC's BIRDPEOPLE OF CHINA. </FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>i simply dont see the point in mastering a DVD which will look worse that
the R2 version... and its much more expensive. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the recently released panorama discs are quite
good, lets say average. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>but i cant remember that there was an anamorphic
release ever, at least in this CENTURY OF JAPANESE CINEMA series. </FONT></DIV>
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<A title=diabolik@netvigator.com href="mailto:diabolik@netvigator.com">Miles
Wood</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
href="mailto:KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu">KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 23, 2005 2:54
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: dvd update </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Stefan,<BR><BR><EM>i just checked the JF2
dvd by panorama and it is 16:9 (1.85 widescreen), but not anamorphic.</EM>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">In DVD-speak 16:9 = anamorphic. Yes, I know
it's letterboxed, but that doesn't explain why they didn't use the Japanese
DVD as a source...like the Mainland China bootleg did!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><EM>you are right, mostly the HK dvds
are in all aspects worse compared to the japanese releases, but they simply
cost 1/4 of the region 2 version, in that case<BR>they are quite a good
option.</EM><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Not when the quality is of many of the
Panorama discs. I've had a couple that I switched off after 5 minutes because
the quality was sooo bad! Also many Universe discs will freeze up in some
players.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Miles</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>