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| Registered: September 21, 2010 |  Posts: 10 |
| | Posted: | | | | Yay, first post. Hi everyone; moved to a new apartment some time ago and recently i picked up my DVDs and sorted them. I'd totally forgotten that i've got a strange misprinted DVD of "Lord of the rings - The two towers" (it's Cover is Black and White only and i'd say it's slightly overexposed). I always wanted to ask if this might be somehow precious or at least rare. Thanks  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | More than likely from your description it is in all probability a bootleg copy. If you can insert the images into a post we will probably be able to give a more definitive answer. Rare...unlikely | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | Just going by what you said in the first post I would agree that it sounds more like a bootleg at this point. But more info would help. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: September 21, 2010 | | Posts: 10 |
| | Posted: | | | | Well, i purchased it on release-day in a big warehouse-company (i hope thats translated right) called "Karstadt" in germany, it was originally sealed and there have been about 3 of those misprinted DVDs between many normal ones; even the quality of the paper is normal DVD-quality, so i think it's not a bootleg or something like that.
Tomorrow i'll try to post a picture of the cover, but as i altready mentioned: it's a normal DVD-cover just without any color | | | | Last edited: by Speedy79 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | I will wait Speedy. I am notfamiliar with the company you refer tosince i am not in germany, but it would not be the first time that "legitimate" dealer got caught selling boots. | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
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| Registered: May 29, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,475 |
| | Posted: | | | | I hope that it is rare and precious and worth a lot of money!  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | I am not familiar with it either...maybe someone here from Germany can give better insight. Hopefully it is like you think and is a rare misprint. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 1,946 |
| | Posted: | | | | Well, I think you can compare Karstadt to something like K-Mart or any other big department stores that sell about everything.
So, it may indeed be a misprint and not a bootleg, but images are required to be more sure. As to it's value, I'm not sure if many misprints actually have high value. | | | View my collection at http://www.chriskepolis.be/home/dvd.htm
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'd be more curious to know about the disc ID of the discs within.... | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,777 |
| | Posted: | | | | Bad prints slip through the presses all the time, the same goes for bad cuts. Regardless, that's all it is. If you can find a sucker out there who actually values the paper sleeve more than the product, then you're in business. Generally speaking though, no, it's not valuable. |
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| Registered: January 1, 2009 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,087 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting cvermeylen: Quote:
Well, I think you can compare Karstadt to something like K-Mart or any other big department stores that sell about everything.
... Correct. I would have said Walmart without food department, because I don't know other well known stores. |
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| Registered: September 21, 2010 | | Posts: 10 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thank you for your answers so far. It's not that i really think it's really rare, but it 's nice to have certainty with this. Disc-IDs: Disc 1:  Disc 2:  Cover:    |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 6,018 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Winston Smith: Quote:
I will wait Speedy. I am notfamiliar with the company you refer tosince i am not in germany, but it would not be the first time that "legitimate" dealer got caught selling boots. Karstadt is one of the largest chains of department stores in Germany and has a good reputation. More than likely this is just a misprint. With regard to its value: that can be whatever a fool is willing to give for it...  | | | | Last edited: by dee1959jay |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,946 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'm not an expert in professional printing, but I thought a 4 color (CMYK) method is used. May be one of the colors is missing due to equipment failure. | | | View my collection at http://www.chriskepolis.be/home/dvd.htm
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| Registered: January 1, 2009 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,087 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting cvermeylen: Quote:
I'm not an expert in professional printing, but I thought a 4 color (CMYK) method is used. May be one of the colors is missing due to equipment failure. For me it looks as three colours are missing in most parts of the cover. And it really looks like a misprint. (Btw, I would not pay much for this rarity, Sorry.  ) |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,918 |
| | Posted: | | | | Does DVDP indicate that it is dual layer? If so, check the inner ring of the disc and see if you can see one or two bar codes. Two bar codes indicates that the disc is dual layer. If you only see one, you got a boot.
Two bar codes doesn't mean it's not a boot but I figure bootleggers would be far inclined to use the much cheaper single-layer DVD's over the dual-layer.
But if the Disc ID matches the profile (inserting the DVD while DVDP is running highlights the profile), I would feel confident that it's not a boot. |
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