jak__ Posted January 20, 2007 at 12:04 PM Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 at 12:04 PM We have a nice DVD store in our 小区 that sells only legal DVDs and has a huge rental selection. I picked up a copy of Harry Potter 4 and brought it home to find that the only choice of language is dubbed Chinese! Is this some kind of way of trying to prevent piracy? The people at the store are very nice, and took it back, and I picked out another to try - Lady in the Lake i think. They put that one in their machine, and its only in dubbed Chinese as well! Ive never had this problem before, is this just a rare occurance or some weird new marketing scheme? This is going to make me buy more pirated DVDs, not less... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted January 20, 2007 at 04:30 PM Report Share Posted January 20, 2007 at 04:30 PM To be honest I've bought so few (any?) legit dvds over the years that I'm not sure what's normal - I think usually you get both language tracks though. There have been a couple of deals signed lately for distribution of low-cost legit dvds in China, and it could be a ploy by the studios to make sure these movies don't make their way back to the US or elsewhere via Ebay, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted January 21, 2007 at 07:10 AM Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 at 07:10 AM What's with legit English DVDs only in dubbed Chinese?My first thought would be that they're not legit Out of curiosity, how do you know that this store only has legit DVDs? They must be just about the only store in China that does if that's true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak__ Posted January 21, 2007 at 10:24 AM Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 at 10:24 AM Well, they say theyre legit, they have a terrible selection of DVDs to sell, and the DVDs are of a much better quality then the pirated ones I usually get. The DVDs are also actually in boxes on the shelves at the front of the store rather than in plastic sheaths in a cardboard box under the counter in back. I think they make most of their money through rentals, because they have a huge selection of those. I'm curious to see if their business model will work. Personally I'm willing to pay 15 kuai for a legit DVD from a store that is friendly and willing to give me my money back if I'm not happy with it, than pay 5 kuai to the guy on the corner who might not be there the next day, and whose discs work 4 out of 5 times with sometimes crappy quality, or that have menus in russian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadedog Posted February 13, 2007 at 09:00 AM Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 at 09:00 AM I must say that I have bought about 300 pirated films since I came to China, of which about 5 have been poor-quality cam releases and 1 has been mei you ying yu. Also the shops I use always swap them back if you don't like them, or the quality is bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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