Zodiac Import vs. US release

[Hugh K. David]

So far every review I've come across of the US edition is indicating locked to Region A. If anyone knows otherwise, I imagine many of us here would welcome that information being posted in the Region Coding section of the entry for the US disc please.

I have the UK edition, since I got it for a bargain price before Xmas. Will happily trade it for the two-discer if it becomes available to those of us in Region B, but with Warner in charge of international distribution, that seems unlikely.

[micks_address]

As far as i'm aware- no paramount release has been region locked yet..

Originally Posted by Hugh K. David

So far every review I've come across of the US edition is indicating locked to Region A. If anyone knows otherwise, I imagine many of us here would welcome that information being posted in the Region Coding section of the entry for the US disc please.

I have the UK edition, since I got it for a bargain price before Xmas. Will happily trade it for the two-discer if it becomes available to those of us in Region B, but with Warner in charge of international distribution, that seems unlikely.

[Hugh K. David]

Cheers, micks_address - given where the pound is right now, I think I'll refrain from importing just yet until someone else posts something here or in another forum. It worked for me with Miami Vice DC...

[PowellPressburger]

according to DVDbeaver ....

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDRe...ac_blu-ray.htm

Bitrate International Version (19.81 Mbps):

Bitrate North American 2-disc (38.11 Mbps)

The US release the film recieves about double or more disc space for the actual feature film. So the image quality should be better and the US version has lossless audio.

I;ve heard that PARAMOUNT Blu Rays are REGION FREE also... but we will wait for someont to confirm this.

[graf1k]

Going by the Blu-Ray Region Code Info site, every Paramount release thus far they have on record in any territory is region free, including the U.S. release of Zodiac.

[stargazeruk]

Originally Posted by Hugh K. David

Cheers, micks_address - given where the pound is right now, I think I'll refrain from importing just yet until someone else posts something here or in another forum. It worked for me with Miami Vice DC...

So far to this very day warner (don't count the old newline releases), paramount/dreamworks and universal are region free.

Unfortunatly since blu-ray has optional region coding I sometime fear that could change.

Fox well have had very few region free releases but its best to stick with region B unless you have a region A player or its been confirmed region free.

Sony and disney back catalog titles should be ok but as for new releases your out of luck.

I have imported plenty of universal, warner and paramount titles and even some fox titles. You need to check out a few sites that do check the region coding for fox, sony and disney newer titles though.

[GGX]

Yes the US version is definitely superior in this case.

[Travis]

Just got the UK Warner edition. Great price. Didn't know that the audio wasn't HD or that the bitrate was almost half. If I didn't read it here, never would have thought I had received an inferior product. Sometimes ignorance is bliss. The only reason I found out is I wanted to share the great price. I guess you get what you pay for. This disc is worth every penny of what I paid.

The picture is good, as DVDBeaver states, and sound is good too. Not sure how much improvement lossless audio would be for this, but I'm sure it would be some. (I still haven't bought Goodfellas because it is missing HD-audio) Anyway, got it for around $13 shipped to my door and the US today is around $30 before S&H, so I am happy enough and won't complain....too much.

[nametag]

I just got this 2 days ago for like $17 from an Amazon seller, new... decided to go for this over the UK one because of the bitrate, though from dvdbeaver it looks like the PQ difference is marginal (much like the difference between the European and US transfers of Minority Report, where the lower bitrate in Europe apparently doesn't count for much). I do prefer the cover with slipcase of the UK release though...

[Sky_Captain]

Originally Posted by Hugh K. David

So far every review I've come across of the US edition is indicating locked to Region A. If anyone knows otherwise, I imagine many of us here would welcome that information being posted in the Region Coding section of the entry for the US disc please.

I have the UK edition, since I got it for a bargain price before Xmas. Will happily trade it for the two-discer if it becomes available to those of us in Region B, but with Warner in charge of international distribution, that seems unlikely.

The US disc is definitely region free, as per info from my local friendly importer, dvdslimited.com...

[Jim Morrison]

Had this since the weekend and as the Cap'n says, it's definitely Region Free.