[Quackers]

I like many others here have a HD DVD "problem", and i've noticed a few films i would love that are either from germany, netherlands (dutch) or japan. Will these have annoying subtitles on or be in another language or will they be in english?

[namuk]

I have the German Hd-dvd the island only difference is the German cover the disc is same as Uk release ..

ask same question here HD-DVD's Anonymous - Part 3

but name the films

[SuperChris]

generally speaking, most HD discs sold in, say Europe, will usually have English audio and/or subtitles. the only hiccups i've seen or run across personally are films in which the original language is something other than English or European...specifically "Hero" (German disc with Chinese & German audio only) and "Curse of the Golden Flower (La Cite Interdite)" (French disc with Chinese & French audio only). neither of those discs have English subtitles by the way.

[dpstjp]

Originally Posted by SuperChris

generally speaking, most HD discs sold in, say Europe, will usually have English audio and/or subtitles. the only hiccups i've seen or run across personally are films in which the original language is something other than English or European...specifically "Hero" (German disc with Chinese & German audio only) and "Curse of the Golden Flower (La Cite Interdite)" (French disc with Chinese & French audio only). neither of those discs have English subtitles by the way.

"Ran" doesn't have English subtitles either.

dpstjp

[zapata]

The one's I have the most problems with are the JAp one's ! They have english audio but the menu is Japanese, trying to find the right option is the challenge.

[SuperChris]

Originally Posted by dpstjp

"Ran" doesn't have English subtitles either.

dpstjp

and "Ran", yes yes...

[rojgelf]

also some french releases like 'renaissance', 'cities of gold' and 'les choristes' have no english. others have forced french subs even when you watch with english audio.

Plus some polish release have no english, eg arthur and invisibles and apocalypto (only polish and mayan!).

There are plenty you can get though, some of best are underworld, fantastic 4's, perfume, renaissance (all german), underworld 2 (spanish), stalingrad (french), equilibrium (jp), mr and mrs smith (polish). So visit some of the sites dedicated to this (they do make mistakes) or ask here or on the anon thread.

[dpstjp]

Originally Posted by zapata

The one's I have the most problems with are the JAp one's ! They have english audio but the menu is Japanese, trying to find the right option is the challenge.

Set it off in Japanese then press your audio button on the remote to cycle through the options. The English soundtrack will appear.

Otherwise do what I did once, and watch the entire series of Shogun from end-to-end. I swear I could understand Japanese after that, although I can't remember whether "choose the English audio from the HD DVD menu" was one of the phrases they used in the series...

dpstjp

[zapata]

Originally Posted by dpstjp

Set it off in Japanese then press your audio button on the remote to cycle through the options. The English soundtrack will appear.

Otherwise do what I did once, and watch the entire series of Shogun from end-to-end. I swear I could understand Japanese after that, although I can't remember whether "choose the English audio from the HD DVD menu" was one of the phrases they used in the series...

dpstjp

Good thinking, the last one I watched I just selected every option until I got the english audio.