Member theThirdMaster Posted July 25, 2014 Member Share Posted July 25, 2014 I have purchased both of these DVDs. Just to clarify, the Death Duel release is definitely not anamorphic (despite the back of the case stating '16:9 WIDESCREEN'). It's 4:3 letterboxed. However, what is even more infuriating is the subtitles have moved further down the picture than the IVL release. What this means is if you have setup your player/television to properly zoom in on the picture, you will not be able to see the subtitles as they will appear below the screen. On the IVL release, the subtitles are located within the frame of the movie, so this is not an issue. Death Duel comes with 2 audio tracks: 5.1 and stereo, both in Chinese. No English dub. English subtitles are the only available subtitles. Legend of the Bat is anamorphic, but poor video quality. 5.1 and stereo audio tracks are available in both Chinese and English (4 audio tracks total). English subtitles are the only available subtitles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member reason108 Posted August 2, 2014 Member Share Posted August 2, 2014 I have purchased both of these DVDs. Just to clarify, the Death Duel release is definitely not anamorphic (despite the back of the case stating '16:9 WIDESCREEN'). It's 4:3 letterboxed. However, what is even more infuriating is the subtitles have moved further down the picture than the IVL release. What this means is if you have setup your player/television to properly zoom in on the picture, you will not be able to see the subtitles as they will appear below the screen. On the IVL release, the subtitles are located within the frame of the movie, so this is not an issue. Death Duel comes with 2 audio tracks: 5.1 and stereo, both in Chinese. No English dub. English subtitles are the only available subtitles. Legend of the Bat is anamorphic, but poor video quality. 5.1 and stereo audio tracks are available in both Chinese and English (4 audio tracks total). English subtitles are the only available subtitles. anyway to capture screen shots for us? i have the celestial region 3 release on those and had been thinking about getting them. but no point now at all it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member theThirdMaster Posted August 20, 2014 Member Share Posted August 20, 2014 Here you go Death Duel screenshots Legend of the Bat screenshots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member reason108 Posted August 20, 2014 Member Share Posted August 20, 2014 Here you go Death Duel screenshots Legend of the Bat screenshots Thanks for posting those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Ronin Posted October 11, 2014 Member Share Posted October 11, 2014 Well Go USA has announced two more Shaw Brothers DVDs: The Shadow Boxing Trail of the Broken Blade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Eastern Evil Posted October 11, 2014 Member Share Posted October 11, 2014 They could have done better on movie choices but I'll take 'em. Thanks for the information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member bigrogie Posted October 11, 2014 Member Share Posted October 11, 2014 Sorry but I don't see anything exciting about the releases of 2 movies which were released many years ago by Celestial IVL. I guess it's the NTSC Region 1 for the USA market that makes it interesting for some. Personally, I see no interest at all in these re-releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member reason108 Posted October 23, 2014 Member Share Posted October 23, 2014 Sorry but I don't see anything exciting about the releases of 2 movies which were released many years ago by Celestial IVL. I guess it's the NTSC Region 1 for the USA market that makes it interesting for some. Personally, I see no interest at all in these re-releases. I would just hope for better picture quality from Well Go over the IVL version. But, it seems like the last 2 releases were not much of an improvement, if at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member bobo Posted November 5, 2014 Author Member Share Posted November 5, 2014 TRAIL OF THE BROKEN BLADE will have the english dub option but no dub for SHADOW BOXING . i already have the ausie version of TRAIL with dub but i may rebuy. have to decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member thankyouforfu Posted November 19, 2014 Member Share Posted November 19, 2014 Just to clarify, the Death Duel release is definitely not anamorphic (despite the back of the case stating '16:9 WIDESCREEN'). It's 4:3 letterboxed. However, what is even more infuriating is the subtitles have moved further down the picture than the IVL release. What this means is if you have setup your player/television to properly zoom in on the picture, you will not be able to see the subtitles as they will appear below the screen. On the IVL release, the subtitles are located within the frame of the movie, so this is not an issue... Death Duel screenshots Man, it's absolutely infuriating that they messed up the Death Duel release by putting the subtitles so damn low / outside of the picture frame. As theThirdMaster states, when the format is in 16:9 the subtitles are off the damn screen! Thus, the viewer is forced to watch it in: - 14:9, where the picture does not fill up the full horizontal view; - slightly skewed in "super zoom", which is essentially 14:9 but stretches the edges of the screen to fill it horizontally; or - widescreen [forced], but that looks absolutely terrible as the picture is essentially even across but smooshed Are there any other releases out there where they do the same dumb thing?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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