Zeroblade: I’m sure your parent would enjoy high quality anime once in a while. Pick a high production value series like Seirei no moribito and induct them into the Great Art

holyman282: Heh, I’m learnt the hard way to differentiate the difference between bootleg and legit. It is getting harder since typical traits like eps/discs are now irrelevant when they are copying R2s. So there are bootlegs with 2 eps per discs with superb quality. The couple of traits I use to set legits aside from bootlegs are ifpi and matrix found at the inner circle of the discs. They can be faked but I haven’t seen any pirates take the effort to so far. The information on the disc is also another dead giveaway. The licensees, region code, company logos are things always missing from a bootleg

TP: Hmm first I’m not sure if you know that HK and Taiwanese DVDs have legit licenses which accounts for most of the collection here. I choose R3s because they are almost always cheaper than their R2/R1 counterparts and more readily available – After all I can waltz into the shop, manhandle the discs and test them instead of ordering long-range online. Only R1 thinpaks or boxsets can rival R3s in price though not always. I choose Taiwanese R3s because they have a much wider selection than say Odex’s R3s here. Better quality too I may add. TP, if I’m not wrong, you’re a fellow countryman. Do check out Hypermedia in Chinatown point where I get my goods from. You’d know what I mean then.