Casino Royale: Aussie Blu-ray

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 28 Jun 2007, 23:51

EDIT: Update - It's the DVD, nothing to see here.

This is the only uncut + English language cover version out there and is well over $40 (AUD) at other stores:

http://atlanticdvd.com.au/view.cfm?id=21326

Prices:

$31.82 or £13.46
Before postage: $28.95

This Blu-ray is also Region 0.

I understand there is a review over at DVD Times confirming most of the Blu-ray versions are cut, including the UK and USA release.

p.s - I can confirm they're a decent company. I've used them a few times.

gojensen · Post by **gojensen** » 29 Jun 2007, 09:59

What are you smoking?

My Casino Royale is uncut and has a English cover. It's _not_ imported from Australia though!

And no, not MOST Blu-Ray versions are cut. The US and UK are edited from the rest of the world.

The UK disc is the same as seen in the UK cinemas - Brits won't notice.
The US disc is the same as seen in the US cinemas - Yanks won't notice.

The rest of the world get's the unedited uncut version they saw in the cinemas. I hardly think that UK+US=most of the world?

(Maybe Germans get an edited version aswell, they are odd fellas sometimes...)

Any disc from Mainland Europe or Asia should do well. I do believe however that the US and UK discs are region coded... whereas the uncut "worldwide" disc is not region coded for simplicity.

(Oh and there's no such thing as Region 0 on BluRay AFAIK).

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 29 Jun 2007, 10:24

Koreans got the cut US BD, according to the DVDtimes review.

viking wrote:(Oh and there's no such thing as Region 0 on BluRay AFAIK).

Who cares about anal retentive details like that? It's like people getting butthurt from someone refering to DVD10/DVD14/DVD18 as flippers, when the film doesn't span both sides.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 29 Jun 2007, 10:42

the uk disc will play on any machine.the usa one is region A.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 29 Jun 2007, 19:51

I suggest Gojensen you read the review I mentioned before jumping off on one next time

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* "My Casino Royale is uncut and has a English cover. It's _not_ imported from Australia though!" - You are therefore mistaken it's cut.
* "And no, not MOST Blu-Ray versions are cut." - Okay most of the known versions.
* "The rest of the world get's the unedited uncut version they saw in the cinemas." - Incorrect, back to Square 1 you go.
* "Maybe Germans get an edited version aswell, they are odd fellas sometimes..." - Incorrect back you go again, the German BD is uncut
* "Any disc from Mainland Europe or Asia should do well." - Incorrect the Korean BD at the very least is cut too.
* "I do believe however that the US and UK discs are region coded... whereas the uncut "worldwide" disc is not region coded for simplicity." - Incorrect only the USA BD is Region A/1. You're not doing very well are you

. And what exactly is a worldwide disc???
"Oh and there's no such thing as Region 0 on BluRay AFAIK" - What do you suggest we call it? Officially I believe it's A/B/C but most people are also using Regions 1/2/3 and I think it works better.

Besides none of your waffle changes the fact this is the only Uncut BD with an English cover in the world, and at a good price too. Most stores are charging £18 to get it to the UK.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 29 Jun 2007, 21:06

I'm surprised none of you noticed my deliberate mistake? Okay I ballsed up, that's the DVD AtlanticDVD have for sale

Get it from DVD Crave or EzyDVD for about £18 delivered. I'll probably pick up the BD now that's much cheaper at about £12.

gojensen · Post by **gojensen** » 02 Jul 2007, 09:41

Hi Brad, No I'm NOT mistaken. First thing I did when I heard about the cuts was to get the complete list and compare it against my Casion Royale BluRay discs (both of them!)... And neither is cut.

I have the disc at home. With English (full!) cover.

The real kicker? It was lot cheaper (or more expensive!) than the Aussie disc

Why? Because it came with my PS3. So, that means there are atleast 500.000 uncut Casino Royales out there with English covers. (And I bet that covers the majority of the discs on the market... I presumed this would be the World-Wide disc)

But are the English cover so damn important? I'm thinking it possibly would be cheaper to buy the disc from Mainland Europe/Scandinavia than "all the way" from the Australia...

So, Germans got the full monty, I said they might get an edit as Germans are sometimes odd like that.

As for the regions... I do belive that Region 0 was specified in the DVD Format. As for BluRay it's named regions A B and C to differentiate itself from the DVD regions. I don't know if BluRay has an "all-region" option or if they have to mark the disc region ABC for it be "region free". However, people using numerals for BluRay regions will just keep confusing people

Because everyone knows that Japan is Region 2 and thus it should play fine in a European BluRay player... right?!

Oh and Brad, as an English bloke you really should learn to not take sentences with maybe, should and believe as facts...

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 09 Jul 2007, 23:56

Oh you have the Scandinavian BD don't you. Why didn't you just say that, jeez

That's the very same version (next to the Aussie) we've been talking about.

As for costs, actually no not often anyway. Scandinavian DVDs anyway are way more expensive than UK or USA discs and about the same as Aussie discs. I imagine it's the same for BDs.

Besides I'd prefer an English cover when I can get. I'll be picking up the UK disc on this one, the Aussie costs too much.

BD R2 then

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It's only confusing if you mix DVD and BD up in one sentence. I don't see how it's confusing you're just talking about one of the formats anyway. It's been R0 for years, there is no alternative to that in letters. Region Free is too long, it's needs to be short and snappy

p.s - I didn't know the Scandinavian BD had an all English cover. I probably should've remembered though my Star Trek DVDs are all in English, I think with even the BBFC logos.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 14 Jul 2007, 18:16

bradavon wrote:Besides I'd prefer an English cover when I can get. I'll be picking up the UK disc on this one, the Aussie costs too much.

BD R2 then .

Did you hit your head? The UK disc is cut. Import an uncut copy from mainland Europe.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 15 Jul 2007, 14:15

Nope, did you hit yours? I've already said it's cut and why I'd still consider it, we're talking about 14 seconds of cuts. UK, USA and HK prices are the best in the world, the rest are usually too expensive, for me anyway.

I picked random sites across Europe (particularly Scandinavia) using the E-Tailors thread over at The Import Forum and the average price was £25 before postage, no thanks. It's £18 from Australia, still too much.

It's £13.89 from Sendit.com (they've put the price up a bit) and £15 from DVD Pacific. There are eBay UK sellers selling new UK copies for about £12. Presumably if I looked around I'd find the cheapest Scandinavia store but an average price of £25 doesn't bode well, average in the UK is £16.

I'll stick with UK.

EDIT: OMG I've just won the UK BD for £7.53 delivered from eBay

, just a bit cheaper than elsewhere, of the two I'd much prefer the UK as it's only minutely cut in comparison and is R0. Considering the high price of HD Discs I'll definitely have to keep an eye on eBay more.

eBay is full of UK BD Casino Royale's for some reason, other titles (even popular ones) the bargains will probably be less easily come by.

That's 4 HD Discs now and no Player

, still only 2 I cannot play period now. I must stop looking though as it's too tempting when I see a bargain. I definitely need to be careful picking up region locked BDs.

Toge · Post by **Toge** » 15 Jul 2007, 18:13

LOL brad

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 15 Jul 2007, 18:25

bradavon wrote:eBay is full of UK BD Casino Royale's for some reason,

PS3 owners flogging their free bundled copies no doubt.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 15 Jul 2007, 20:40

Oh yeah good point, probably. I paid £2.50 for Face/Off UK DVD, a bargain for me.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 15 Jul 2007, 21:19

I'm anxiously waiting for my free copy of Casino Royale to arrive, I hope it won't be much longer!

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 15 Jul 2007, 21:53

Brad,you could have had my spare ps3 copy for £6

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 15 Jul 2007, 22:18

Hhahaha

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 16 Jul 2007, 13:32

saltysam wrote:Brad,you could have had my spare ps3 copy for £6

What other version do you have?

I'd have wanted £5 from a Bullets member

£7.53 is still a bargain in my book.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 16 Jul 2007, 14:00

i have 2 uk copies as i have 2 ps3's

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 16 Jul 2007, 14:13

saltysam wrote:i have 2 uk copies as i have 2 ps3's

One for your bedroom to watch Bluray porn upon!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 18 Jul 2007, 17:14

saltysam wrote:i have 2 uk copies as i have 2 ps3's

You should sell one. I'm surprised you're opting to keep the USA Casino Royale which is even more cut than the UK one, plus it's region locked too.

Does your UK Casino Royale play in both your UK and USA PS3s?

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 18 Jul 2007, 17:25

bradavon wrote:
saltysam wrote:i have 2 uk copies as i have 2 ps3's
You should sell one. I'm surprised you're opting to keep the USA Casino Royale which is even more cut than the UK one, plus it's region locked too.

Does your UK Casino Royale play in both your UK and USA PS3s?

i haven't got a usa copy?both my freebies are uk versions,tbh i'd sooner trade it and pay a little towards another title. if i had my way i'd own neither,for me it's not a keeper but my son likes it. the uk disc plays in usa/uk ps3's.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 18 Jul 2007, 20:08

I'm sure you said you owned an American PS3, no? Thanks, weird only the USA BD is region locked.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 18 Jul 2007, 20:49

yes i have a usa ps3 & my son has a uk one. registered my usa ps3 with sony uk and received the uk CR

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 21 Jul 2007, 01:41

Sweet, it's cool you can do that.