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-- The Life Of David Gale *SVCD* - TELESYNC - Centropy (http://www.vcdhq.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=15701)

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good quality, keep up the good work

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What could one say but Centropy 8.5/9/?

Dark and also has that same CTP trademark blue tint to it.

Props but.....blah.

6/7/?

I have not watched this... I don't really want to see the movie, but it is obviously the same camera as was used for the Shanghai Knights, and Daredevil releases.

This source is not SVCD quality. The resolution is low, and you would loose nothing by releasing it as a VCD. That is cool if it is only a two CD release, but it is just dumb to do a three CD release with this kind of source quality.

Centropy needs to get off their high-horse and encode their material in a manner appropriate to the source quality.

::"I have not watched this" do not make such findings from looking at some jpegs.. rate the release.. if you havent seen it dont comment -FuzZ

As much as I respect CTP I really do belong to what I perceive to be the minority opinion when it comes to makings SVCD's of TS's. Seriously, isn't it bordering on overkill?
Yeah, they're better, but what's the point when a vhs screener is often just around the corner?
This looks like a typical CTP SVCD TS based on the sample.
Haven't been arsed to unpack all the cd's yet.
What is it with that blue tint thingy? Anybody know?

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centropy...where your cam go? not bad, but i miss your old rls quality

kind of dark.... looks like a good movie tho.. all around good release

6.5/6/?

The quality's alright, but the movie is trash.

5/7/3

Centropy is BACK!!!
food release 7/7/?

Didn't like the movie, but nice release compared to the latest ts's being released. Release looks grainy, and has the blue look to it. Definitly better than the SHiNA though, that one didn't look too good at all.
I don't recomment the movie, but if ya need it, download the CTP version.

Watched this one in the theatres last week... Great movie...
CTP's blue tint lives on...

In the words of Eiffel 65.. 'I'm blue, da-ba-dee-da-ba-die"
Typical blue tint, but it shouldn't take away from the story, so no real complaints from me, just observations~

Probably woulda fared alright as a VCD, but im not complaining..i set shit to download when im sleeping and whether its 800 megs or 2.5 gigs, i could care less cuz its done by the next day when i get home from my gruelling day . Anyways, im glad i skipped over watching that fish-eye rls cuz i love kevin spacey an i hope this is as good as its supposed to be.

7/7/?

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Ooooi la la I really wanna see this one and wasn't about to watch the other CAM rls. Props, blue tint /me shakes fist but oh well.

7/8/?

[minor flame edited out]

On the Topic.Looks like a decent release except for that blue tint.
Kevin Spacey rocks and I hope he will in this one.
5/6/??

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Yeah. The blue contrast on the sample makes this a no downloader for me. I remember back in the days when I used to d/l these types of movies. Then one day, my friend brought over a orginal video tape of a movie, and I was amazed at the realistic BRIGHT colors. No more crappy TS for me. Sound was ok, and the story seems interesting though for this release.

Oh...but if you want to see the Daredevil movie just because of the hype, get the SVCD version out. yeah, it has the same washed out look, but it's the best version out there.

Oh! And thank god for a moderator that FINALLY deletes crap posts. I never want to hear again "The jpg looks good" or "can't wait to see this..downloading now on my oc-45 connection from my 0 second FTP site"

Lurker

I wanna see this movie and I will finish downloading this but I do agree with some of the other comments..3 cds is a bit much. This movie would've been fine as a VCD format. Its not a blockbuster like Spiderman or Dardevil so it really should've required an SVCD

7/7/?

Oh well..thanks for the fine release ctp..geez I hope they dont do Gods and Generals..that mamouth will be 6 cd's for an SVCD
I better stock up on more cd's hehe

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first off, no matter how good the TS is, it should never have to be a svcd, this movie looks good, nice rip, actually glad i saved money then seeing it in the theaters, cause it was not what i expected from kevin spacey, kinda upset really in the whole end of the movie, but thats my opinion. nice job on the rls, video is a little grainy, someone tried to mention low resolution, but that wouldnt make sense, if it was the same camera (pal or ntsc minidv cam) used as with previous rips, then the res will be the same, just some more grains came through....as for it having to be 3 cds...well thats just keeping quality 113 mins, if people are upset bout that, get off your high horses and download the divx, i mean shit, people going to bitch bout spending too much time on p2p or wasting 3 cds of credits or spending 6 hours a cd just to dl the movie from over shores....wow, almost makes you want to spend the 9 bucks or higher to go see the flick, i know i would have, but i really wasnt sure bout the flick, and im glad i got to sample it before losing this weeks grocery money...who says this game is free ?, as for the svcd and vcd situation, it comes off the camera as mpeg2, while reencode to a lesser format ? there is no point, if it comes in mpeg2, then it stays in it, shit next people will want all dvdrips to be vcd....oh well

i have said before and i shall say again-just because some of us do not like svcd-for whatever reason-at the end of the day, none of us have any power of persuauion in the matter-as centropy themselves have basically said in the past-they will do what they want and if you dont like it fuck off.-personally-i am a fan of svcd as all my dvd players are capable of playing the format and also -and maybe i am wrong here-but i think the higher resolution format can actually improve the picture quality-however slightly-regardless of source.-i will no doubt get the usual mature replies on this post but then-what should i expect from some of the people on here.
anyway-as usual kevin spacey is excellent-although overall not my favourite film of his-
6.5/7/6
daniel

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Originally posted by outside_ag


This source is not SVCD quality. The resolution is low, and you would loose nothing by releasing it as a VCD. That is cool if it is only a two CD release, but it is just dumb to do a three CD release with this kind of source quality.

Centropy needs to get off their high-horse and encode their material in a manner appropriate to the source quality.

::"I have not watched this" do not make such findings from looking at some jpegs.. rate the release.. if you havent seen it dont comment -FuzZ

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Originally posted by strawhair
i have said before and i shall say again-just because some of us do not like svcd-for whatever reason-at the end of the day, none of us have any power of persuauion in the matter-as centropy themselves have basically said in the past-they will do what they want and if you dont like it fuck off.-personally-i am a fan of svcd as all my dvd players are capable of playing the format and also -and maybe i am wrong here-but i think the higher resolution format can actually improve the picture quality-however slightly-regardless of source.-i will no doubt get the usual mature replies on this post but then-what should i expect from some of the people on here.
anyway-as usual kevin spacey is excellent-although overall not my favourite film of his-
6.5/7/6
daniel

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nice one ctp yea there's a blue tint but its a case of oh well so what. and c'mon mods some of the flame stuff is funny least leave the dumbest ones there for us all to get a laugh at

:: oh no ya dont -rec0de

edit: Checked sample, excellent quality but a bit fuzzy picture wise. the sound is still to their usual quality.

edit2@mods: LOL no need to edit my post!

:: plenty of need when they are not appropriate. -K::

Geez, seems alot of peoppeare voting 7+ just because it's centropy, at MOST a 6/7/5

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Good quality and sound but definetly a crappy movie! Even though Kate Winslet is fucking hot!

very watchable quality
7/7

i dont really understand all the negative attitudes towards a centropy release ,take out centropy from the equation and what are we left with? cams when the sound is so bad you cant hear anything and the picture is so skewed u can just about make out someones head

so many people complaining about something which to be honest they wont have a scoobydoo clue how to improve because they contribute nohting to the scene only downloading then complaining

if your not happy with say a blue tint then please atleast focus somthing on the possitive aswell as the negative say nice sound, picture is in alignment,i can make out text i.e credits and subtitles ect....

why come on here making a post about 1 thing and making the whole release seem so bad ,be grown up and give these guys some credit for the possitive aspects of these rleases aswell ,because they do far out weigh the negative

it is shocking to come on here and read some of the most ignorant posts ive ever read ,shouting do this do that centropy, do it now we demand it from you

dont do it in this format do it in that format i demand it because i want it this way (stamp my feet)

regardless of what people write in this forum be it good or bad ,if i can see whats going on and can hear whats being said , then job done
it doesnt matter what format it was in or how blue it looked ,its a telesync you know what you get when its labeld a telesync

if your going to post someting you found negative atleast spare a few lines for what you thought was possitive aswell ,i can only imagine how much hard work went into making these for us ,and i might add for free

to hear complaints about this being in svcd and not vcd only means those people complaing want this release to watch,
if you didnt want it and think it was watchable you wouldnt complain about it being in a format which you dont like
you would see the folder and think nar ill pass on this a centropy telesync blah nasty

but you dont you all cry for it ,...centropy have done their job ,stop being so lazy and convert it to vcd if you want it in vcd ,there are so many guides out there to make this possible ,you all cry for centropy to do this for you ,yet your all to lazy to do it yourselfs

ts -> svcd -> the scene -> ppl who cry about it not being vcd = lazy feckers who take take take and give nothing back in return

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Originally posted by strawhair
i am a fan of svcd as all my dvd players are capable of playing the format and also -and maybe i am wrong here-but i think the higher resolution format can actually improve the picture quality-however slightly-regardless of source.
6.5/7/6
daniel

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Overall I thought it was a good movie the sound is clear and the picure is decent no real action so no pixalation 7/7/8

nice video and audio quality, good movie. 7.2/7/8

for those who complain of the slight blue tint, you can adjust the colors on your tv, it helps...i did it

i checked the sample and ctp should not be releasing in the svcd format its pretty bad to their standards in the past even there releases around a year and ahlf ago were clearer than this but they were vcds

7/8/

oh ya to the nfo saying over 113mins so made it 3 cds
i remember oceans 11 by fast empire i belive 2cds on a movie around the same lenght of this and quality was great on it they just think they are superior cause they HAD good quality releases i have some svcd of star wars ep 5 and 6 laser disc rips one of the cds is 67mins qual was pretty good no complaints 3 cds for a alright video ts with good sound phhhhhttttttt

:: Damn your a fool, I wont even edit this due to your stupidity. Don't Complain phantoms, you can't do nothing better, plus who says they think there above everyone else? They don't care what you want, as theyve shown that, so stop complaining about svcd.

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just finished watching it, movie was great, and I didn't find it very blue, or dark as some people have posted. audio is excelent thats a huge advantage ctp has....video is good as well, only complaint is that its svcd. aww well, I'll live. 7, 9, 9

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[NUKED.x10]The.Life.Of.David.Gale-SVCD*LOL*-TS-Centropy - next time deluser

SVCD = DVD source, incl. DVD-Screener
VCD = TS,Cam, VHS

:: Thanks, i bet that site is a .edu with little 10 yr olds. and wtf is NUKED.x10, i love the madeup folder, must be raiden or somethin so you know it aint no real site. laff. Keep out flames.

who cares if it vcd or svcd atleast with a centropy release the peaple look normal always and picture is clean not all jumpy and scaterd..centropy rules

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Originally posted by nicci
[NUKED.x10]The.Life.Of.David.Gale-SVCD*LOL*-TS-Centropy - next time deluser

SVCD = DVD source, incl. DVD-Screener
VCD = TS,Cam, VHS
Centropy = cant learn that, need more banns, should go to hell, didnt respect other rel-groups

yep

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3 discs? svcd? come on things have changed

well i use to be a centropy hater. but i have to give it to them when they where releaseing stuff before i admit and take back everything i said about them their old TS releases where damn good. as a matter of fact i was looking forward to them comeing back but i have to say the pic on thier reelases isen't what it use to be. daredevil was way to dark. svcd? ok i said no last time they where around cause i just had something personal against them and felt the vcds i recoded of their svcds looked the same as the original svcd. but i do have to say they aren't the top of the heep anymore and svcd is no longer needed. stay with the norm which is the vcd format. i must say though tcf has been doing a damn good job of giveing ctp a run for their money if only they could release as often as ctp does. anyway i'll be recodeing this sucker to vcd like i have thier past few releases as to not take up to much hd space. 3 discs? come on guys i dont like to get up once in the movie to change discs and your asking me to do it twice? fuck it i'm lazy or maybe i'm just comfortable on the couch with my girlfriend and don't feel like getting up either way 3 discs is not the way to go sorry ctp things have changed while you where gone. change to vcd format. even if you don't i still will enjoy your releases and urge you not to stop and to continue because they are among the best TS releases lately but i have to give props to esoteric and tsc. hmmm seems i have written a book over here hehehe

very nice release, glad it's svcd...quality would be lost if it were vcd. 9/9/8

btw: I'm not seeing this blue tint...is something wrong with my dvd player?

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Originally posted by nicci
[NUKED.x10]The.Life.Of.David.Gale-SVCD*LOL*-TS-Centropy - next time deluser

SVCD = DVD source, incl. DVD-Screener
VCD = TS,Cam, VHS
Centropy = cant learn that, need more banns, should go to hell, didnt respect other rel-groups

yep

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I posted yesterday on what I initially thought of the sample.
Now I've watched the film, which was excellent by the way......great performances by all involved!
That bluish tint that I, and a lot of others mentioned, really isn't a problem at all.
I basically NEVER watch telesyncs! Why? Because I'm a fan of films and the shite quality of the average TS just about ruins the viewing experience.
I sat and watched this without being disturbed at all by the quality. The sound's clear and the picture is fine....albeit a little dark here and there.
It should of course be rated in comparison to other telesyncs and because of that I'll give it a 7/7/8.
Good work Centropy

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[Flame edited out]

...definitly a sad SVCD quali, i gave them a 6/6/10 if it was on vcd, but CTP is allways the latest with new releases....

::in case you didn't notice, flaming is not allowed, abuse will not be tolerated. -K::

::edited-dude seriously, that wasn't called for-M$

NOTE: i wont be posting back to flame, that should be kept at isonews!

::that bit^was funny tho lol-M$

@k AND M$ - Please stop editing my posts ty

Regardless of a blue tint, or slight graininess/pixelation, Centropy ALWAYS releases a watchable release. Audio is always top notch, and the video stays aligned, and focused. Granted, the quality's not as great as it used to be, but its still pretty damned good. It beats these tilted, subtitled silvers getting released. Now, I'm not trying to sway anyone's opinion here; I could care less. I'm just stating mine, and reviewing the quality of this release. The video IS a little more pixelated than normal, but this is from watching it on my PC; I'm sure my television will smooth it out a bunch. The Blue tint is still present, and some of the high motion scenes are a TOUCH blurry. Other than that, this release, like Centropy's other releases is great, and extremely watchable. I haven't finished the whole movie yet, but I rate it an 8/8 for video/audio, respectively.

*EDIT* I don't really mind about SVCD for any movie, seeing as I convert everything to DVD compatible anyway. I honestly hate disc swapping with a passion. But for those of you who burn CDs, I don't really see why you would have a problem with SVCD; its just a MINOR inconvenience, if that. If you don't like it, say so... but no need to bash or flame. Especially when groups don't get shit back from you.

::flaming really isn't doing you any favours -M$

low sound

This movie has really really low sound i burned it popped it in the dvd player and video is good but sound is really low i turned volume on tv all the way up to max and still wasnt very loud also has a hissing sound

7/5/9

Been looking forward to this film, reletively nice pic, decent sound.
Give it a 6/7/6

And, watch out everyone, that mystic is a dodgy fella

Video: Good. Blue tint but honestly, who cares.. learn how to fix it, its easy. Its SVCD, get over it. The source has a high resolution whether it looks grainy or not, CTP has said that they will release their TS's in SVCD format. If you want to complain about that fine, its always funny to hear someone bitching about something they have no control over. Deal with your inability to effect change.

Audio: Fine, slightly low but thats what volume knobs are for. If you hear a hiss when you turn up the volume then congratulations on saving all the money when buying your TV, amplifier, or speakers.

Movie: This movie is just like a political science lecture I sat through in university. I thought I was sitting through a lecture, just like I thought I was sitting through a movie, but for some reason it felt like church. Maybe its because of the nonstop preaching. Let me guess at what was going through the writer's mind "Death Penalty Bad. Death Penalty Bad. Nudity. Death Penalty Bad. Nudity. Death Penalty Bad. How the fuck do I end this?" I still can't figure out what the message was from this movie but I really think the people responsible should be put to death... in Texas.

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Audio: Fine, slightly low but thats what volume knobs are for. If you hear a hiss when you turn up the volume then congratulations on saving all the money when buying your TV, amplifier, or speakers.

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They did a pretty good job on this one, there is a slight blue tint but nothing to bad. Video is clear, sound is good except for the buzz, it is definitely noticeable. Overall this is a great release.

7/7/?

I'm so glad that these guys came back.. 8/7/7.
Blue tint and slight hiss are barely noticable.

Nice release, slight blue tint but didn't notice much... wonder what they're ts of the new matrix film will be like? A blue tint mixed with the green tint of the Matrix?

Anyway, this release is great, those bashing it plainly just hate CTP cos of the reputation they've got themselves. And svcd doesn't bother me, cd's are 15p a throw and bandwidth is at a flat rate a month, it's better quality so I don't complain.

just watched this, really good movie quality was below average for a svcd ts, sound was totally messed up. some serious buzzing and it would go from muffled to clear and back like someone was playing with the equipment when they ripped it. i think this could have easily been done on 2cds though... definitly not worthy of 3cds

SORT IT OUT WITH THE BLUE SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

....AM SHOUTING ...

4/6/5

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Not bad at all.

6/7/8

Well I watched this movie last night. Yes is has a "slight" hissing noise to start but for those actually watching the movie and not picking at the pieces to flame the noise goes away after awhile. The Movie has a Blue tint to it yes. But the Movie is very Watchable. Sound was alright and Picture was good and clear. What the hell were you flamers expecting a DVD Rip. It says TS. From the TS i have seen latley, this was a great copy. Keep up the good work Centropy.


7/7/7 ... no less.

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audio 7
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review with
***SPOILERS*** .. do not read if you haven't seen the movie

This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen .. reasons:
Kate Winslet was HORRIBLE .. Her diologue in the first scene was so contrived and unbelievable that (at the same time) I looked at my girlfriend and we both said “is this terrible acting? .. what’s going on here?” Then the annoying intern comes in to bring the acting down to a lower level (didn’t think it would get THAT bad) .. and this is only the first 20 minutes or so.

After that it goes ON and ON with cliché “Nancy Drew/Scooby Doo antics .. like this one,
“Hey, you call the cowboy and get him out of the house while I sneak through the backdoor and look for the secret video tape uhhuhh uhhuhh uhhuuhh.”

At this point I was wishing that I bagged my own head and suffocated myself.

And some people actually think this is a SMART thiller? They (Hollywood) are really “dumbing down” the mystery/thriller genre and insulting the average movie goer.
Shame on you Kevin Spacey for wasting your brilliance on this! You otta be fried!!!
OH .. hehe you were .. lol

My only complaint woud be that they used blended feild option to deinterlace it. My suggestion would be to use even or odd feild or just leave it interlaced. Oh and if you could get rid of some of the blue would be nice.

6/8/2

Keep up the good work.

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