Leon- The professional Korean 2 disc (1 Viewer)

[CraigL]

It's the same as the new anniversary release here in R1. There were many reviews of this disc when it was released so I'm not going to rehash. I will say that it looked better than my R2 Japanese disc (Advanced Collectors) and had a higher bitrate but didn't sound any different.

 

[Peter Svensson]

I don´t get it, there is no R1 AE release, is there? Do you mean the Superbit Deluxe Edition? I can´t find any such edition on Dvdcompare, any web shop or Dvd-basen. Well, it´s still the best looking edition so far and the A/V doesn´t seem any worse than any other edition, so I´ll guess I have to triple-dip then....

 

[CraigL]

Sorry...i meant the newest edition here in the states. It wasn't considered a Superbit Deluxe and I don't think it ever had a "proper" title.
I've bought this title more times than I care to remember. I think this was the 4th or 5th time.

 

[jason:g]

The anniversary release for R1 is called 'Deluxe Edition'. DVDcompare will list it as DE.
On the back of the case, there is a small Superbit logo, so it's really a 'Superbit Deluxe Edition', because a standard Superbit edition doesn't include a bonus disc.

 

[Dave Mack]

So now that time has gone by, which is the best one to get? I have the corrected R1 Leon and the EE on it is pretty bad. I read a terrific review of the Japanese version,
http://www.totaldvd.net/cgi-bin/dvdr...php?dvdid=6320 which states that the transfer is identical to the korean version but that didn't have DTS. The 2 disc Korean set DID, yes? Was it indeed the corrected track? Big price diff. between the korean and Japanese discs. So, which is THIS the one to get?!?!?

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[MarcoBiscotti]

There's also a Dutch release which comes in a great looking tin, I might buy that for the packaging alone!

 

[Mark_Wilson]

Dave, sounds like the Korean one is the one to get. I've asked many many times on forums for specifics on the 'audio' problems so I can compare all the versions I have. All I get is 'lack of bass and surround effects. I have the R2J first release of Leon, the Korean set, the R1 Corrected audio, R1 Superbit and recent R1 CE version and have it in HD. I don't have a problem with Bass or Surround activity on any of them. I'd love to know of a specific scenes with 'defective audio' so I can check for sure.

 

[David_Blackwell]

The cover art of the R3 anniversary edition does look sweet.

 

[Peter Svensson]

I don´t think we will ever be able to find out which edition is the best. Even if the Beaver would put up screen shots of every edition possible it´s still the question about the audio. The problem is that some find a specific edition corrected and others don´t. By the way, the German tin edition does have a bad PQ, but I´m not sure if it´s the same transfer as the Dutch.