A very good action movie "Shadowless Sword" released on Mar 5, 2010

[bdrun]

There is a very good action movie "Shadowless Sword" released in Taiwan, it's region A, it comes with english subtitle but no english audio.
The movie was directed by the team who direct "Lord of the Rings", a very nice movie.

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[Sagacious Koreo]

I've been real skeptical about buying Taiwan releases. They've got a lot of Korean movies released, but I've heard the quality is somewhat lackluster sometimes and sometimes even the aspect ratio. I've even heard that some of the films were cut. I just don't like what I'm hearing from them.

[bdrun]

I just checked JSDVD, this blu-ray shadowless sword is not on the shelf yet, however I have decided to buy a copy. Once I got it, I will post my review if there is anyone would be interested. My friend bought a germany version of shadowless sword, however it's region B locked, it seems to have some problem to play the video
well on PS3 (region A) after removing its region limit. The video is encoded with vc1, I am not sure what it might be to cause the video issue. Anyway, this taiwanese release is region A, I think it should be no problem to playback well on PS3 (region A).

[Stinky-Dinkins]

Originally Posted by bdrun

The movie was directed by the team who direct "Lord of the Rings"

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[Sagacious Koreo]

Ya, I don't know where that's coming from...

[xradman]

Originally Posted by bdrun

The movie was directed by the team who direct "Lord of the Rings", a very nice movie.
http://dvd.bestshop.com.tw/main/qtylist.asp?r=111096

This was a joint production between New Line Cinema and Taewon Entertainment, thus that blurb.

[bdrun]

Germany version is released by Spledid
It's region B locked.
Screen: 1920 x 1080p24 / 2.35:1
Video: VC1
Audio: German / DTS-HD 5.1
Korean / DTS-HD 5.1

Taiwanese version is released by BitWel
Region A is ok.
Screen: 1920 x 1080p24 / 2.35:1
Video: AVC
Audio: Korean / LPCM 5.1
Korean / Dolby Digital 5.1

The two blu-rays, both video quality seems good, there is no too much quality difference on video.
About the audio, there is no too much quality difference on DTS-HD 5.1 vs LPCM 5.1 for the korean language.
About subtitles, taiwanese version comes with english subtitle and
germany version is lack of english subtitle.

[xradman]

Originally Posted by bdrun

Germany version is released by Spledid
It's region B locked.
Screen: 1920 x 1080p24 / 2.35:1
Video: VC1
Audio: German / DTS-HD 5.1
Korean / DTS-HD 5.1

Taiwanese version is released by BitWel
Region A is ok.
Screen: 1920 x 1080p24 / 2.35:1
Video: AVC
Audio: Korean / LPCM 5.1
Korean / Dolby Digital 5.1

The two blu-rays, both video quality seems good, there is no too much quality difference on video.
About the audio, there is no too much quality difference on DTS-HD 5.1 vs LPCM 5.1 for the korean language.
About subtitles, taiwanese version comes with english subtitle and
germany version is lack of english subtitle.

That's surprising given the lack of video quality on all the other Korean films released by BitWel. I have the German Blu-ray and therefore did not get the Taiwan release. The German release looks great, so if the Taiwan release matches the German one, this would be the first true high def Korean Blu-ray from BitWel.

[bdrun]

Originally Posted by xradman

That's surprising given the lack of video quality on all the other Korean films released by BitWel. I have the German Blu-ray and therefore did not get the Taiwan release. The German release looks great, so if the Taiwan release matches the German one, this would be the first true high def Korean Blu-ray from BitWel.

I think this Taiwanese release "shadowless sword" is very good, especially it's cheap. Probably, it's cheaper than the DVD version. So, I recommend this Taiwanese version is a must to buy. The trailer on this blu-ray is "death trance", the video quality is good, the action is ok, so I might consider to buy this "death trance" blu-ray title.
By the way, how do you make the region B locked Germany version "shadowless sword" blu-ray disc play well on region A machine?

[xradman]

Originally Posted by bdrun

I think this Taiwanese release "shadowless sword" is very good, especially it's cheap. Probably, it's cheaper than the DVD version. So, I recommend this Taiwanese version is a must to buy. The trailer on this blu-ray is "death trance", the video quality is good, the action is ok, so I might consider to buy this "death trance" blu-ray title.
By the way, how do you make the region B locked Germany version "shadowless sword" blu-ray disc play well on region A machine?

I have both region free Oppo BPD83, region free LG BH200, and region free HTPC with Power DVD. So it's not a problem for me.

[pchin]

Originally Posted by bdrun

I think this Taiwanese release "shadowless sword" is very good, especially it's cheap. Probably, it's cheaper than the DVD version. So, I recommend this Taiwanese version is a must to buy.

I checked out a few scenes from the movie. In general, the PQ is indeed very nice & it's a worthy upgrade from the DVD. I'd say clarity is much improved, colors are better & the print is cleaner.

For night/dark scenes, images would be grainy in certain areas. There's edge enhancement & DNR problem but for me it won't distract my viewing experience.

[CrimsonLegionVMCXIX]

I know this is a HUGE necro, but I just recently bought this bluray from Ebay, the Taiwanese version. It doesn't play at all in any of my players, and the disc has no scratches, but is somewhat off color, like bronzing. I think this release, like Restless from Bit Wel, is just as defective, unfortunately. Such a shame, but I guess I will have to stick with my New Line DVD, which still works, but picture isn't that good.