Take my word for it. The Korean R3 (currently available as the 4-Disc Scream Trilogy Box Set) has the same "director's cut" of the first film as the R2 Japanese DTS edition.
I finally had a chance to purchase (and view) the R3 Korean dvd I linked to above. It is indeed the director's cut--transfer is decent, much better than the horrible looking laserdisc which I can now retire. It's worth it for those interested, much cheaper than the OOP (I think) Japanese release was.
A word of advice - the original uncut Japanese release of Scream switches to interlaced video for some of the edited scenes. I'm not sure if the others do this.
Does the Korean release, (boxset) have better PQ, or audio than the Japanese? I know it's not DTS, but are BOTH cuts on the DVD as well? Is the sound any less harsh. Also, how does the R4 DTS sound? It'd be cool to get it uncut but not at the expense of sound quality..
Oh well, I ordered the australian version. My FP can display PAL natively at 576P 50hz. so that coupled with the DTS should be pretty good. Too bad about the missing gore but it shouldn't affect the movie THAT much, IMHO. Especially since I've never seen it.
I've seen some complain about the audio on the R2J disc. I had no problem with it. It includes the Uncut and Cut version on the disc. It's also been repriced to just over $20. Recommended.
Is there anywhere else online to buy the unrated Korean version of Scream besides the first link? I see that it still is listed as out of stock there.
Are there any places that have the Japanese DTS version in stock? I have been using Google to try and find it for the past half hour or so and I'm not having much luck.