Forum - View topicDVD language settings?
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Hisdon
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Probably a silly question, I havn't purchased any dvd copies of anime yet but I plan to in the near future, and was wondering if most recent releases have settings for A) Japanese with english subtitles and B) the normal dub?
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Keonyn
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Pretty much all anime released gives you the option between the japanese voices with subtites or the english voices. In rare instances it will have only one or the other but it's always clearly marked on the back of the DVD case or on the site you purchase it from if the dealer is reputable.
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Hisdon
Posts: 411 Location: Poquoson, VA |
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Okay, one more nooby question, would there be a way to check this online, since it's kinda hard to hold the box and read the back of it over the net. |
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Mylene
 Posts: 2792 Location: Indiana |
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Most of the online sites I visit list the language options in the description of the product. Sometimes, the name of the item on a site will have an (S), (D), or (HYB) following the title and DVD number. S = Sub only (Japanese language), D = Dub only (English language), and HYB = hybrid, which means it has both languages available, as well as English subtitles. |
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Keonyn
Subscriber Posts: 5567 Location: Coon Rapids, MN |
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And one more thing, if you're looking to buy online as it seems you are you definitely have to watch out for bootlegs. Make sure the company you're buying from is a reputable company like TRSI, DVDEmpire, Amazon(not their marketplace), TFAW and so on. If it's a 20 some odd episode series on 2-discs for $20 and looks to good to be true then it probably is or if it's Region 0 coded then there's a good possibility it's a bootleg as well.
The best way to confirm whether it is or not is to go to the official licensors website like ADVor Funimation and look at their product list to confirm it matches what you're looking at. For more information on watching for bootlegs can check this thread. |
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jaybug39
 Posts: 552 Location: Oregon, Is it FOOTBALL yet? |
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Almost all the anime I have recieved from Netflix has had me choose either play or something. The discs are not on auto start, like some movies. Actually most movies are asking me to set-up something anyway.
It seems to me that it is only the older titles that will automatically play, and that in english. So if you find that and want Subs not dubs, hit menu and set-up and make your choices. The biggest problem I have is trying to guess where some cursors are is certain titles. Just love not having perfect color vision sometimes,  Makes me wonder what it would be like if I didn't have a 36" TV. to make everything so nice and big 
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hentai4me
 Posts: 1313 Location: England. Robin is so Cute! |
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A thing to note with Amazon(at least the UK version, haven't checked the US) is that often the DVD sales will state Region 0 on the site but the delivered goods state clearly region 2 on the back, so as long as you buy directly from Amazon and not a second hand from someone else on the site it is likely to be the correct encoding for that release. (all of the WHR DVD's and some of the RahXephon all stated region 0 but when delivered had region 2 written on the back) |
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fighterholic
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There's either going to be: English dub, English dub with subs, Japanese dub, or Japanese dub with subs. Rarely is there a DVD that has Japanese dub with the other three. Although I've encountered a couple DVD's that had no English dialogue whatsoever (released BY American companies). R2 is usaully going to be Japanese dub only.
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Hisdon
Posts: 411 Location: Poquoson, VA |
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hmm, okay thanks...
first thing I'm gonna purchase is gonna be the entire Neon Genesis Evangelion series, would anyone happen to know the difference between the platinum collection and the normal one? it's quiet a price difference O.o; |
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Swordfish_II
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The Platinum Collection contains the remastered version of the series as well as the extended versions of episodes 21-24.
The Perfect Collection is the old DVDs which are pretty bad quality wise. |
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Hisdon
Posts: 411 Location: Poquoson, VA |
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that's intresting, on adv's website the perfect is like twice the price of the platinum, /shrug why complain about positive things 
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Alex K.
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Positive? I'm lost. Anyway, the Platinum Edition is newer and cheaper, plus it has tons of extras. The Perfect Collection is just a set of the old DVDs from 2000. It's probably more expensive because they never bothered to change the price after the PE came out. And why are you buying from ADV's website? Of course it's going to be expensive there! You can find anime DVDs for extremely low prices at places like http://www.rightstuf.com, http://www.animeonestop.com and http://www.animenation.net, among others. Just don't try eBay, because chances are you'll get a bootleg without even knowing it, and you'll never get your money back. |
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