Righteous Kill Blu-ray SteelBook™ - Page 5 - Blu-ray Forum

xradman · 02-07-2009, 05:57 AM

I saw this tonight and I have some bad news for folks in the US. The disc is all region, but is encoded in 1080i50 and will not play in most US players.

On US Panasonic BD55, you can get to the menu but there is no picture. When you start the movie, you get sound and pop-up menu, but no picture.

On US PS3, the disc freezes before getting to the menu.

On US LG BH200 set to Region B, the movie plays fine, but is played at 1080P50. At this speed, you have the same speedup and high pitched voice problem we used to have with PAL movies (4% speedup which explains why this is 96 minutes long instead of 101 minutes in the US version).

It's disappointing to see some studios continuing to encode their Blu-ray films at 25 FPS rather than 24 FPS.

jw · 02-07-2009, 06:06 AM

so ultimately its not region free....that sucks

geto10 · 02-07-2009, 09:28 AM

That kinda sucks! Why do they put up ABC then?

victors · 02-07-2009, 11:11 AM

PAL forever!

jurassic_pork · 02-07-2009, 01:15 PM

this blows!!!! J what does that do to the group buy??????

xradman · 02-07-2009, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geto10

That kinda sucks! Why do they put up ABC then?

Don't know, but there must be some countries that use PAL in region A (Hong Kong uses PAL for many of their broadcasts). The bottom line is that both your Blu-ray player and TV must support 1080i50 for you to be able this disc.

The movie is on BD25.
Video is encoded in AVC MPEG-4 at 1080i 50 fields/sec (25 frames/sec)
Audio options are
1. English DD 5.1
2. English dts HD MA 5.1
3. English commentary DD 2.0
Subtitles are in
1. Swedish
2. Nowegian
3. ?Finnish
4. Off
Running time is 96 minutes (5 minutes shorter than US version due to 4% speedup - 25 FPS vs. 24 FPS resulting in higher pitched voices for the actors).

chantm · 02-07-2009, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jurassic_pork

this blows!!!! J what does that do to the group buy??????

what a disappointment!!

edDvedD · 02-07-2009, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jurassic_pork

this blows!!!! J what does that do to the group buy??????

swap the disc i guess...

DIRTY MONEY · 02-14-2009, 06:05 AM

Thanks again geto10 for the help on R-kill!

jw · 04-08-2009, 06:08 PM

anyone know the swedish online mail site where you can track packages in their country?

Kynch · 04-08-2009, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jwbbud

anyone know the swedish online mail site where you can track packages in their country?

http://www.posten.se/

"Spåra brev & paket
Fyll i ditt kolli-id eller brev-id:"

jw · 04-08-2009, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kynch

http://www.posten.se/

"Spåra brev & paket
Fyll i ditt kolli-id eller brev-id:"

Thanks

Transporter · 04-08-2009, 07:15 PM

Got mine today. Ordered it like ages ago and wrapping was quite an adventure, but it arrived in perfect condition. It was shipped from Estonia!

Kynch · 04-08-2009, 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Transporter

Got mine today. Ordered it like ages ago and wrapping was quite an adventure, but it arrived in perfect condition. It was shipped from Estonia!

So glad to hear that, H.! ^^

Estonia, that's kind of odd. Oh well, as long as it's the right one.

Transporter · 04-08-2009, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kynch

So glad to hear that, H.! ^^

Estonia, that's kind of odd. Oh well, as long as it's the right one.

Yes that's what I thought too. Who cares where it comes from as long as I get what I payd for.

Minimejer05 · 04-08-2009, 09:25 PM

Sorry for my random reply..but I just saw what the steelbook looks like on the last page.. .Holy crap that looks awesome! I might buy one and put my US blu disc in it.

jw · 04-09-2009, 03:07 AM

IT WILL PLAY, JUST not in Sony players

roach_rch · 08-30-2009, 07:32 AM

Does anybody know if it's still available somewhere?

indiehjaerta · 08-30-2009, 09:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by roach_rch

Does anybody know if it's still available somewhere?

Unfortunately no site which ships outside of Sweden what I can see.

Kynch · 08-30-2009, 09:10 AM

Last I checked, Megastore.se still had it but their website is down right now, so I can't tell you for sure.

02-07-2009, 05:57 AM	#81
xradman Power Member Top contributor Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Northern VA SteelBooks™ Owned : 341 Home Theater Gallery:11 Blu-ray collection:356 Blu-ray reviews:20 Trading Score:22	I saw this tonight and I have some bad news for folks in the US. The disc is all region, but is encoded in 1080i50 and will not play in most US players. On US Panasonic BD55, you can get to the menu but there is no picture. When you start the movie, you get sound and pop-up menu, but no picture. On US PS3, the disc freezes before getting to the menu. On US LG BH200 set to Region B, the movie plays fine, but is played at 1080P50. At this speed, you have the same speedup and high pitched voice problem we used to have with PAL movies (4% speedup which explains why this is 96 minutes long instead of 101 minutes in the US version). It's disappointing to see some studios continuing to encode their Blu-ray films at 25 FPS rather than 24 FPS. Last edited by xradman; 02-07-2009 at 01:28 PM.

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jw Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Apr 2007 Location:USA Trading Score:519	so ultimately its not region free....that sucks

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02-07-2009, 01:15 PM	#85
jurassic_pork Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2007 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:240	this blows!!!! J what does that do to the group buy??????

02-14-2009, 06:05 AM	#89
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04-08-2009, 06:08 PM	#90
jw Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Apr 2007 Location:USA Trading Score:519	anyone know the swedish online mail site where you can track packages in their country?

04-08-2009, 07:15 PM	#93
Transporter Active Member Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Munich / Germany Blu-ray SteelBooks™: 80 Blu-ray collection:269 Trading Score:12	Got mine today. Ordered it like ages ago and wrapping was quite an adventure, but it arrived in perfect condition. It was shipped from Estonia!

04-08-2009, 09:25 PM	#96
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04-09-2009, 03:07 AM	#97
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08-30-2009, 07:32 AM	#98
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