FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (German Import Blu-Ray)

[Shawn Francis Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Shawn Francis]

Wonder how this compares to Echo Bridge's version?

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[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

I'm going to assume that this is the extended cut that was on DVD domestically and not some other alternate version with yet more footage in it?

[Shawn Francis Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Shawn Francis]

I'm just assuming this is the same version I have of the special edition Dimension put out back in the day, just all blued up. But if the blu looks better than EB, this might be the better version to get. Having said that, is the EB blu shitty, or not? BM said it was coming soon, so, apparently, it's not released yet.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Haven't seen it myself. Blu-ray.com says it's okay. Not wowed by it but that it's ok. No extras though. There's a Canadian release from Alliance too but it's also barebones and with lossless audio, though the screen caps at DVD Beaver look decent.

[Shawn Francis Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Shawn Francis]

Run time on the domestic special edition says 108 minutes and the run time on the import, according to BM, says it's the same.

[Shawn Francis Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Shawn Francis]

Still curious about this version. Will have to keep tabs on it so when I go regionless.

[Mark Tolch Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mark Tolch]

The Alliance one is decent and can be had real cheap if you don't get the Steelbook version of the disc. I think I paid 8 bucks for mine. Held onto the DVD release just because it's got the feature-length doc, but I watch that about once every 10 years anyway.

[Shawn Francis Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Shawn Francis]

A facebook friend from the UK told me this new German version is NOT uncut, it's missing 2 minutes. So, a NOT buy then. Will have to keep that Alliance version in mind then.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

The Alliance version has lossy audio though, doesn't it? I'd be curious to know if it's got the same transfer as the Echobridge disc.

[Mark Tolch Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mark Tolch]

As I recall, the soundtrack is lossless, but I'll check that out when i get home.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

The DVD Beaver review says DTS 5.1, not DTS-HD 5.1, but it could be a typo.

[Mark Tolch Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mark Tolch]

It is indeed DST 5.1, lossy. It's a pretty decent lossy DTS, but DTS nonetheDTLess.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Thanks for the confirmation. I think I'm just gonna bite and get the US Blu-ray. It's cheap enough...

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

So for $7.99, the Echobridge Double Feature isn't bad. It would have been nice to at least get some trailers, and that didn't happen, you just get a lousy menu and that's it - BUT - you can't beat the price, the transfers are good (better than I expected) and the lossless DTS-HD tracks aren't bad either. This isn't a reference quality release by any stretch but for eight bucks... yeah, I'm happy with it.

[Mark Tolch Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mark Tolch]

Kay. So oddly enough, I just popped in the Alliance version of this, and you get the option for English DTS-HD MA 5.1. I think it's because it doesn't have a main menu, just a pop-up menu. But the pop-up does allow you to choose a lossless track.

Still barebones, but life goes on.