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Old 09-03-2007, 2:30 PM   #1
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Casino Royale

Hi as anyone like me ordered Casino Royale UK edition for my USA Sony player
Looks like its not region free after all
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Old 09-03-2007, 2:32 PM   #2
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Re: Casino Royale

Where did you find that out?
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Re: Casino Royale

Paidgeek on the insiders thread at AVS confirmed it was region free to me.
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Re: Casino Royale

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]The US version doesn't work on my UK panny[/FONT]
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Re: Casino Royale

Not good Sony
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Old 09-03-2007, 4:06 PM   #6
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Re: Casino Royale

Ok so US versions don't work on UK players, how about UK versions on US players, anyone got a definitive answer on that?
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Old 09-03-2007, 4:21 PM   #7
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Re: Casino Royale

Is it possible that the US one is region A and UK one is region free? Open Season and Talladega Nights are both region free as far as I know in the UK and are fairly recent releases. The UK Stranger Than Fiction is also listed as region free.

Sony seem to be taking the sensible option and making the later release region free (as the region coding has no real point for the UK release, as it's already out in the US and has served it's purpose)
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Old 09-03-2007, 10:25 PM   #8
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Re: Casino Royale

Oops.

Got a US copy on the way from Movietyme which it looks then won't play on our UK Samsung BDP1000. Sony kept this one very quiet, the general consencus seemed to be a few weeks ago that this title wouldn't be coded.

Wonder what Movietyme's policy is on returns in these cases?

The whole situation is a complete mess, TBH, some discs coded from some studios, others if they are new titles but not if old (and when does a new title become an old one?). There needs to be some consistency and for starters retail sites like Play and Movietyme could help by posting on their sites whether or not titles are coded. Otherwise the consumer ends up as the guinea pig, all very well if you a US and UK machine but not if only one.
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Old 09-03-2007, 11:05 PM   #9
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Re: Casino Royale

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Is it possible that the US one is region A and UK one is region free? Open Season and Talladega Nights are both region free as far as I know in the UK and are fairly recent releases. The UK Stranger Than Fiction is also listed as region free.

Sony seem to be taking the sensible option and making the later release region free (as the region coding has no real point for the UK release, as it's already out in the US and has served it's purpose)
With it being Sony if its locked one 1 region i am guessing it will be Locked world wide
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Oops.

Got a US copy on the way from Movietyme which it looks then won't play on our UK Samsung BDP1000. Sony kept this one very quiet, the general consencus seemed to be a few weeks ago that this title wouldn't be coded.

Wonder what Movietyme's policy is on returns in these cases?

The whole situation is a complete mess, TBH, some discs coded from some studios, others if they are new titles but not if old (and when does a new title become an old one?). There needs to be some consistency and for starters retail sites like Play and Movietyme could help by posting on their sites whether or not titles are coded. Otherwise the consumer ends up as the guinea pig, all very well if you a US and UK machine but not if only one.
Not sure but i am sure someone on these forums would take it from you for the price you paid e.g Ol!ver
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Old 10-03-2007, 12:48 AM   #10
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Re: Casino Royale

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Not sure but i am sure someone on these forums would take it from you for the price you paid e.g Ol!ver
If you want rid I'll have it yeah, that goes for anyone in here.

Last edited by Ol!ver; 10-03-2007 at 1:04 AM.
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Old 10-03-2007, 10:37 AM   #11
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Re: Casino Royale

Arrived this morning and confirm it does not play on UK Samsung BD player.

If anyone is interested, it's listed on Ebay with a very nice buy it now price, do a search for seller "chieftrackwelder".

Cheers, Vern.
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Re: Casino Royale

Mine arrived this morning. It works wonderfully on my PS3.

I'm off to watch it!
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Old 10-03-2007, 11:35 AM   #13
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Re: Casino Royale

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Arrived this morning and confirm it does not play on UK Samsung BD player.

If anyone is interested, it's listed on Ebay with a very nice buy it now price, do a search for seller "chieftrackwelder".

Cheers, Vern.
Hi Vern
It was so nice that I had to have it. Ebay name is des511.

Thanks
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Old 10-03-2007, 11:58 AM   #14
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Re: Casino Royale

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Mine arrived this morning. It works wonderfully on my PS3.

I'm off to watch it!
do u have a uk ps3?
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Old 10-03-2007, 12:08 PM   #15
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Re: Casino Royale

My copy of Casino Royale on Blu-Ray Came this morning. Thank You movietyme:D

Sorry about the picture quality the pictures are from a camera phone.






Just a quick note to people wanting to buy this from america to run on europe blu-ray players. It wont work the disk has been locked to region A.
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Re: Casino Royale

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do u have a uk ps3?
No, how would I have got one of those?

It's an US model.
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Old 10-03-2007, 12:49 PM   #17
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Re: Casino Royale

Thanks Des! Going, going - gone!

That's the wife off to the Post Office on Monday morning.

Now just got to find someone interested in that awful Therion CD and my old Flight Sim 2004 add ons!!
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Old 10-03-2007, 5:47 PM   #18
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Re: Casino Royale

Mmmm, nice one, Sony. Does this mean Russian roulette with all future discs then?
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Old 11-03-2007, 1:30 AM   #19
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Re: Casino Royale

bah this film was the only reason I was gonna go for blu-ray and would of ment prob ditching my hd-dvds but if they are gonna mess me round like this they can shove it!

bond should be in the UK first! if you start to bastardise bond anymore I'll kill you sony!
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Re: Casino Royale

Is it a mistake or is the uk version really out nearly a week later than the US version
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Old 11-03-2007, 7:48 AM   #21
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Re: Casino Royale

Watched this on Blu-Ray last night and it looked stunning in HD a very worthy addition to the BD collection
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Re: Casino Royale

Threw me a bit when it started in b&w...oh oh ps3 cream crackered...
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Re: Casino Royale

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With it being Sony if its locked one 1 region i am guessing it will be Locked world wide
I still think the UK one will be region free. The examples I mentioned, Open Season and Talladega Nights were Region A for the US release and A,B,C for the UK release as far as I know. Stranger Than Fiction is also down to be A,B,C at the moment...

I'll keep UK order and see how things are next week...
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Old 11-03-2007, 12:44 PM   #24
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Threw me a bit when it started in b&w...oh oh ps3 cream crackered...
lol Phil
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Old 11-03-2007, 2:19 PM   #25
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Re: Casino Royale

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Threw me a bit when it started in b&w...oh oh ps3 cream crackered...
Dont worry your not the only one

Best bond film in a long time,super smashing in HD (as its my only blu ray film was quite up for this)

The chair scene OUCH!!!!

Did not over use the gadgets in this one just bond and his training.

The guy in the first chase did he start all this "free running" thats in vogue at the moment?

Just looked like the guy in a documentry I watched a while back.
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Old 11-03-2007, 5:39 PM   #26
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The guy in the first chase did he start all this "free running" thats in vogue at the moment?

Just looked like the guy in a documentry I watched a while back.
I take it you didn't watch the extras yet then?

It is him.. There is a section about him in the extras called "james bond: for real" During this it mentions a documentry that was on tv before called jump london.
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Re: Casino Royale

So we don't know if the Uk version will be region free?
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Re: Casino Royale

I belive the UK version in the cinemas and disc is cut by about 7 seconds and the us version is uncut

This film was originally seen by the BBFC in an unfinished version, for advice as to the film's suitability at '12A'. The BBFC advised the company that the torture scene placed too much emphasis on both the infliction of pain and the sadism of the villain for the requested '12A' category. When the completed version of the film was submitted for classification, reductions to the torture sequence had been made, including the removal of lingering shots of the rope, close shots of Bond's facial reaction and the substitution of a more distant shot of the beating compared to the original version. This re-edited version of the scene was considered acceptable at '12A', where the Guidelines permit violence provided there is no dwelling on detail or emphasis on injuries.
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Re: Casino Royale

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bond should be in the UK first! if you start to bastardise bond anymore I'll kill you sony!


The United States is the No.1 market for Bond!
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Old 12-03-2007, 2:46 PM   #30
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Re: Casino Royale

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I belive the UK version in the cinemas and disc is cut by about 7 seconds and the us version is uncut
I'm sure the US version is the same as the UK release, it had the same edits in the US to achieve a PG-13 rating.
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