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Posted by D4RK4NG3L on 07-13-2003 03:28 AM:

Picture seems nice Sound is overmodulated unfortunatly.
For those that cant wait its the 1st acceptable version out.

7/4/? correction --> 7/7/7

seen it all the way now. they took a pretty bad sample piece which made it seem the rip was all dark, but it isnt. The movie itself is filmed mostly dark and so the sample made it seem that way. In the scenes with the parrot ull notice that the colors are idd there when needed.


Posted by T1Jr on 07-13-2003 03:30 AM:

okkkk

video is a little dark, this is ur average TS. i mean, good job i guess APM. 6/6/10.


Posted by gofast on 07-13-2003 03:31 AM:

Watchout CTP!!!!

APM did it right all around!!

Picture is real good 8
sound is real good 8
movie.......... ?

Just checked the 1st cd, no it's not out of sync
and it looks great, want better you're gonna have to wait for the screener or dvdrip....


Posted by brandonx on 07-13-2003 03:33 AM:

Just viewed sample...

Great colors, no angle I can see. 9
Audio sounds ok, although I listened to it on my laptop = shit speakers, but using headphones makes it better. 8
Movie is


Posted by SplinterBone on 07-13-2003 03:41 AM:

Sample looks great i wonder about the source tho hmmm..... anyways nice job apm props for the first watchable release
this movie is @#$@!# GREAT way better than LXG which i saw last night its horrible


Posted by Butch on 07-13-2003 03:45 AM:

*From sample*

Pretty good APM.Lets face it the audio is good the picture is really good.If this was released from *ahem*another group there would be praise all over it.
8/8/5

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Posted by brr8760 on 07-13-2003 03:48 AM:

Sample is very sharp, not very colorful, but otherwise very strong. Gonna check CD1 and report back.


Posted by damageisle on 07-13-2003 04:05 AM:

I really love the colors on this release, very very crisp.
Sorry, Butch, it's not *quite* as good as if that other group released it, but not that far away.
I didn't notice anything egregious about the audio, nothing spectacular either.
8/7/10+


Posted by Butch on 07-13-2003 04:05 AM:

hmmm apparently been nuked for out of sync audio.Couldn't see it myself from sample.

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Posted by flipp0r on 07-13-2003 04:12 AM:

very, very nice.
slight angle. very little pixelation
audio decent, also.
7/7/x
great job APM

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Posted by RUiNU on 07-13-2003 04:13 AM:

sample looks and sounds good , 7/7/6


Posted by Premiere on 07-13-2003 04:14 AM:

Video is decent - ( colors are a little washed on the blue side )
Audio has a odd feel to it and is out of sync
Movie sucked unless you are 10



Posted by exorcist on 07-13-2003 04:22 AM:

Sample looks good, but wasn't APM the group that jacked the Matrix from CTP?

Seems convenient if you ask me.

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Posted by m-drew on 07-13-2003 04:24 AM:

not too bad, cant complain. first watchable release.
3cd telesync (wow)

video-6
audio-6
movie-n/a


Posted by rappa on 07-13-2003 05:04 AM:

sample is very nice i must say, there is a tad angle tho and its a lil cropped as u can tell from opening credits.....8/8/x i heard this movie owned so ill grab this one, sound is also direct, seems alot like another grp i know, same colors/sharpness/angle..odd.

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Posted by your name her on 07-13-2003 05:04 AM:

Pretty nice pic
kinda dark needs more color
audio is good dont no if its outta sync during the movie cuz the majority of the samples i get play outta sync. .

7/7/8

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Posted by J-Bond on 07-13-2003 05:10 AM:

Judging from sample.

Video: Seems to have a small blue tint, not bad, and it might just be because of the scene chosen for the sample. Definitely watchable.

Audio: Some noise in it, not the greatest. Not bad, not great though.

8/7/X


Posted by Paula on 07-13-2003 05:40 AM:

Centropy II = APM?

sample looks fine.....

this group reminds me of Centropy...quality work...


Posted by BigJ8197 on 07-13-2003 06:15 AM:

Sample looks awesome

didnt notice any sync issues

7/7/9

*OFF TOPIC*

Centropy said it was their fault about APM and APM didnt do it on purpose

they said it in one of their nfos u have to look for it but i know its there


Posted by GeeMann on 07-13-2003 06:54 AM:

Overall vid looks a bit too bluey for my liking and audio does de-sync. Definately worth waiting for a proper release.

6/6/9


Posted by uRMoM.=P on 07-13-2003 07:03 AM:

Thumbs down Too much panic

quality is not all that.. some1 called it ctpII <--- lol. If anything.. give props to vcdcentral.. over all they are the only group that comes close to ctp quality
apm has a long way to go. dont think this or sws were needed, the previous one was good enough.. but w/e

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Posted by RaymondChan on 07-13-2003 07:07 AM:

isa nice quality laaa

raymond say good quality release me like yes. 7/7/7.


Posted by Jaded4Ten on 07-13-2003 07:35 AM:

Hmm ... reminds me of the feeling I had when watching *their* Matrix Reloaded Real Proper. Of course that's a good thing, as long as the source is legit ... video is fairly sharp and wide, sound is good, good ts.

VCDCentral only had a couple good ts and it's been a month. I guess I can't write off a mighty wind but that's their only claim to fame in the what have you done for me lately category.


Posted by Paula on 07-13-2003 07:42 AM:

Re: Too much panic

quote:
Originally posted by uRMoM.=P
quality is not all that.. some1 called it ctpII <--- lol. If anything.. give props to vcdcentral.. over all they are the only group that comes close to ctp quality
apm has a long way to go. dont think this or sws were needed, the previous one was good enough.. but w/e



huh? I could swear I had a few vcdcentral releases with problems, ripping issues (picture breaking up), and maybe even 1 or 2 with the "audience" (heads) in the picture.....

yes, apm is a lot closer to ctp than vcdcentral.....and I'm not a member of any of these groups......JMHO... just like yours.


Posted by Dirty on 07-13-2003 07:52 AM:

Good release. Had some trouble opening up the .rar's but the nfo says it all.

7/6/6.5 (didnt like it much)


Posted by perfect10- on 07-13-2003 08:32 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by exorcist
Sample looks good, but wasn't APM the group that jacked the Matrix from CTP?

Seems convenient if you ask me.




did someone mis reading this nfo? http://www.vcdquality.com/nfo.php?id=13678

anywyas, the quality is good...
scens are bluish and sound is okay...
picture is very clear though.
good work, apm!


Posted by temp0 on 07-13-2003 10:00 AM:

Pretty terrible angle. I see APM likes to take after the "best" in this respect. (rofl lmao lol )

But seriously, a respectable attempt. Audio's a little funky, but still watchable. A good first release.

6/7/6


Posted by Chewsmoka on 07-13-2003 11:31 AM:

Video : Clear and definately watchable. colors are a little bland and it cropped a bit. Overall good.

Audio : You can here everything going on, a bit hollow though.

Watched the movie and was surprised I kinda liked it. Good release APM, and 3 cd's don't make a diffrence to me, keep'em coming.

8/7/7

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quote:
Originally posted by platinum_bomb
Dude, It wasn't there and still isn't... I was waiting to see what the pic looked like cuz the release was up, but there was no pic and i didn't find the sample, mo fo. Don't make me come and tie ur arms to ur chair and beat u silly with your own keyboard

lol

Will edit this after i get it.


Posted by Naughty_Sauce on 07-13-2003 01:03 PM:

Is this release in NTSC or PAL format?

THX.


Posted by kindrid on 07-13-2003 01:47 PM:

Finaly someone has been able to beat centropy on getting their sweet dvd silvers
yes this is a centropy release and no they never cammed their own shit
i bet u dont see centropy release this movie
because apm just like pv did with 2f2f beat centropy at their asian source
ask ya self why didnt centropy release 2f2f the only box office movie in recent months they didnt bother with ,because pv beat them to their source and same has happend here ,a asian release group releasing a ctp style svcd :O just like pv
:P

same agnle same dark patches in the top left and right corners :P

all u centropy cock smokers should be praising this too because it acualy is their release altho not from thier camming jobs which was false anyway but from asian source
whats wrong dont have ctp tag so not on ya hands and knees smoking that ctp cock? why not its the same as any other centropy release
in more ways than u think :P

7/7/6


Posted by sooka on 07-13-2003 03:42 PM:

sounds good, pics decent (although hard to judge on the sample scene). i'm sure theres a slight angle, or it could just be the way the ropes n masts are...
7/7/?

/me praises kindrid


Posted by Paula on 07-13-2003 03:50 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by kindrid

all u centropy cock smokers should be praising this too because it acualy is their release altho not from thier camming jobs which was false anyway but from asian source
whats wrong dont have ctp tag so not on ya hands and knees smoking that ctp cock? why not its the same as any other centropy release
in more ways than u think :P

7/7/6



I am praising the release, calling APM = Centropy II, and I AM on my "knees smoking that ctp cock", lol

Hehe...just kidding

I knew when CTP released the 3-Disc of Matrix R, which was *identical* (glitches and all) to the APM VCD of Matrix R, except for CTP intro, and SVCD encoding. This was the biggest indicator that they were "sharing" the same source for VCD/SVCD.


Posted by rappa on 07-13-2003 04:01 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by kindrid
Finaly someone has been able to beat centropy on getting their sweet dvd silvers
yes this is a centropy release and no they never cammed their own shit
i bet u dont see centropy release this movie
because apm just like pv did with 2f2f beat centropy at their asian source
ask ya self why didnt centropy release 2f2f the only box office movie in recent months they didnt bother with ,because pv beat them to their source and same has happend here ,a asian release group releasing a ctp style svcd :O just like pv
:P

same agnle same dark patches in the top left and right corners :P

all u centropy cock smokers should be praising this too because it acualy is their release altho not from thier camming jobs which was false anyway but from asian source
whats wrong dont have ctp tag so not on ya hands and knees smoking that ctp cock? why not its the same as any other centropy release
in more ways than u think :P

7/7/6



roflmao, umm ever heard of their shit being put on a silver? just for thinking that they don't cam themselves, your now a bigger lamer then the people who thought they used boom mics for sound.

Also i watched the movie, movie was kickass, 3cd's is needed for alot of action and theres lil pixelation during the scenes.

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Posted by CcZ on 07-13-2003 04:08 PM:

Nice release with nice audio and a nice picture, movie's somewhat fun, I'd give it a 7/7/7


Posted by pHizZ on 07-13-2003 04:36 PM:

Centropy does NOT use Asian silvers as sources. The only reason the APM and Centropy releases of The Matrix Reloaded were similar is because APM stole the release out of Centropy's pre directory.


Posted by pezley on 07-13-2003 05:13 PM:

wether this is a ctp rip or whatever ,... its damn fine

as good as usual ctp release .. so props to apm

8/7/ ? watching now


Posted by someth1ng on 07-13-2003 06:09 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by pHizZ
Centropy does NOT use Asian silvers as sources. The only reason the APM and Centropy releases of The Matrix Reloaded were similar is because APM stole the release out of Centropy's pre directory.


Exactly right....so it is obvious where this rls came from considering the quality of it (angle, sound, etc). I'm all for other grp rlsing good shit, but not when your stealing rlses from another grp. Expect to see ctp proper with some comment in their nfo about APM once again. Back to the password protected rars :x This will be nuked shortly, I'm willing to bet on it. 7/8/? but since I believe its stolen, 0/0/?


Posted by tw1st on 07-13-2003 07:12 PM:

Are you guys really that dense to think CTP has axx to an entire theatre to film these? Its obvious they are from the same source, the well guarded CTP silver spot has been discovered, end of story.

Think, if you owned a movie theatre would you allow a group of people to record a wonderful copy of a movie you are trying to make money off of and then release it on the internet ... sure you would.

Props to APM, but the movie doesnt seem complete, cuts off at end, wondering how much is actually missing.


Posted by LOLobo on 07-13-2003 07:13 PM:

OK.... let's get back to the real issue, not who gets what, where, and shared suppliers, but quality. Besides, who gives a fuk, as long as we can leech and see great flix.

I spotted this remark from an OP on a channel about tcs vs. apm....

quote:
PROPER NOTES: We noticed APM rlsd their version of this movie last night, however we have some issues with their release... Apart from the fact that it flickers and the aspect ratio is a little off, nero also complains about it not being svcd visibly MUCH better. -TcS


I'm still d/l cd1 so I'd have to verify, just thought I'd release this nfo to a more public field.


Posted by kakarot12300 on 07-13-2003 08:59 PM:

mighty purdy. i give it 8/7/?

ive only seen the sample so far.


Posted by MoNoXiDe on 07-13-2003 09:48 PM:

From Ctps Matrix DVDR NFO... http://www.vcdquality.com/nfo.php?id=13678

³³ After thorough discussions with the APM crew we have discovered an ³³
³³ internal leak on our part. They did not have any knowledge that their ³³
³³ release was infact our work, nor are they in any way responsible for ³³
³³ stealing our matrix release. They acted in good faith when releasing ³³
³³ it, and should be credited for doing so. We apologize for what ³³
³³ confusion our previous nfos may have caused, to the APM crew, and to ³³
³³ you.

7/7/?

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Posted by T-H-E-W-H-O on 07-13-2003 10:41 PM:

m2

Yeah thier matrix 2 dvd-r nfo said it wasnt apms fault, and that it was their fault.... But i really do doubt that centropy uses silvers..... I mean if they did, just think of all the good quality realeses we would have had from those week groups that use silvers.... and i know that were not getting good quality silvers so w/e. Centropy prolly knows somone who cams silvers, and takes that source and realeses it. meaning somone on centropy proly makes the silvers. And the fact that ONE out of the many realeses they have done got leaked isnt all that surprising.... Somone said pv's 2 fast 2 furoius was a centropy source, i think thier pretty ignorant, because pv even said they were getting a 3chip cam. Ne ways, lets not turn this thread into a whole stole from centropy thread, lets actully rate the quality of the movie.

(after watching the entire realese)

8/8


Posted by Paula on 07-14-2003 12:11 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by tw1st
Props to APM, but the movie doesnt seem complete, cuts off at end, wondering how much is actually missing.


Yeah, I noticed this too....how much of the end is missing......

Anyone seen it in the theaters and can tell us?


Posted by Paula on 07-14-2003 12:11 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by tw1st
Props to APM, but the movie doesnt seem complete, cuts off at end, wondering how much is actually missing.


Yeah, I noticed this too....how much of the end is missing......

Anyone seen it in the theaters and can tell us?


Posted by Itrun on 07-14-2003 05:04 AM:

Just watched the entire film. The video quality is one of the best iv seen for a TS. Only watched it on a 15" tv but i coudlnt tell the diffrents from the release to a dvdrip is svcd format.

The audio is great as well. Not certain why tcs properd apm as i couldnt see anything wrong. I couldnt tell how badly it was cropped but from what i could it was hardly any if anything.

As for the ending it ends after the first credit is shown so theres no ending missing.

Itrun


Posted by Paula on 07-14-2003 06:30 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by Itrun

As for the ending it ends after the first credit is shown so theres no ending missing.

Itrun




My error...the Apex cuts it off before the credits show, at least my AD-1500 does. PowerDVD does also if play the burned videocd. However, the Initial DVD Player plays all the way through to the credits, and so does PowerDVD if you play the mpegs.....


Posted by lickmyzack on 07-14-2003 07:15 AM:

Just finished watching this release and converting it to DVD, this is a fine release, good video/good audio this is how a telesync should be expected to be. There were NO notable instances of the audio out of sync on my Pioneer DVD player(so whoever started the rumour must have a crap system or bad burn) Anything released as an SVCD telesync should be NUKED unless labeled proper or internal. There is no need for another SVCD release of this until a screener comes out. (The Cue Fix files are important though.. as I paid them no attention and burnt without, resulting in unplayable discs, once I used the fixed cues no problem)

Good Job APM

8/8/10


Posted by psyche on 07-14-2003 08:12 AM:

I've never seen so many CTP fanboy's (the ones who usually drool over every CTP release disregarding angle/cropping/oversaturation/pixelation) complain so much about the slight angle in this release, aren't you guys used to it by now or does that only apply when it's tagged -CTP. This looks like the same exact source, don't judge by the dark scene in the sample... The bright ones are nice, Great Job APM 8/8/9


Posted by ShotGunLoboTo on 07-14-2003 12:34 PM:

decent video but kindo dark, sound is a bit noisy but not bad till the end when it cuts out for a second and it seems to be missin the very end so i have to give it a 6/6/8

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Posted by ged8934 on 07-14-2003 11:45 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Itrun
As for the ending it ends after the first credit is shown so theres no ending missing.



So Sparrow gets the Black Pearl in the end and just sails away? I have only got the TGF release waiting to find this one somewhere.


Posted by FunkyFlyChick on 07-15-2003 03:58 AM:

Another fairly decent release

Well, I haven't seen a whole lot from APM, but this isn't half bad.

And just to chime in on the subject, I don't give a rats ass where the source came from, as long as it gets released. You people crack me up, arguing about who stole what from who. Technically, if you want to get down to it, it's ALL stolen, so just stfu. Enjoy the fact that you get access to movies that you may not otherwise have had.

Now, onto the release.

I really didn't expect the picture to be quite so dark, even after reading a few comments. I almost hate reading the first 2 pages of comments, though, cuz it's always JPG or sample judgements, and I am a firm believer you can't judge fairly by those (And should not judge at all). But, the picture was too dark in some places - even in well lit, daylight scenes on islands and such. It's nothing that makes it unwatchable, but I would have liked to seen more color and vividness to the pic. More groups than just Centropy has gotten a nice, crisp picture out of dark films.

As for the sound, I didn't have as much trouble here as most were. I noticed no sync problems, only a few VERY quick cutouts (like a second each). But overall, pretty decent sound.

The movie was great. I very much enjoyed it, even after listening to all this hype. Depp is an amazing actor.

7/7/8

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Posted by Wheely on 07-15-2003 09:37 AM:

Nice rls.. keep up the good stuff, you can only get better !!

8/7/7


Posted by shak3 on 07-16-2003 12:58 AM:

looks damn nice to me, watched the TGF version and it wasnt bad, this is a marked improvement...

no desync for me either

8.5/8/8


Posted by ewfbootlegga on 07-23-2003 12:51 AM:

Re: *From sample*

quote:
Originally posted by Butch
Pretty good APM.Lets face it the audio is good the picture is really good.If this was released from *ahem*another group there would be praise all over it.
8/8/5



Very correct. I'm suprised by the voting on this as this is indeed a CTP source (wondered why CTP didn't release?). Shows you that theres alot in a name. I choose this version after watching all of the TcS release which had all the makings to be better but it fell a little short.

I prefer the "APM" release due to the fact that no parts are cut out (a good 20-30 seconds are cut on disk 2 of the TcS release and about 5 minutes of Disk 1). Also this release has a steady color control while the TcS constantly switched up with faded in or out colors (became very annoying). Dark scenes are a little more vibrant with this also.

Video - 8.5 (very good for a TS and overall better then the TcS)
Audio - 8 (good audio with very little echo or hollowness)
Movie - 10 (I thouroughly enjoyed this movie and watched the TcS copy 4 times last week but the chops kept bothering me. I have now watched this twice and I am very grateful for the full movie).

Also audio was perfectly in sync with me.


Thanks APM & CTP for this release. Thanking APM for the quickness and CTP for the source. I just wish CTP would release quicker so we could get some real votes and not just hold on to our 8's and 9's for movies tagged CTP.


Posted by Pra3t0 on 07-23-2003 11:05 PM:

IMO, this is currently the best release of this film. It has captured more of the widescreen image than any of the other releases from TcS, TGF, and sWs. This is an awesome Telesync. Great job APM!

VIDEO - Very sharp, perfect widescreen framing, whites a little blown out but acceptable

AUDIO - Kind of hollow sounding but clear

MOVIE - Great swashbuckling action, lots of fun

9/8/8


Posted by XboxFreak on 07-28-2003 09:18 AM:

Excellent release, very nice picture and sound. Watched movie in theater it was great!


Posted by stezo2k on 08-08-2003 11:57 PM:

not a bad release

7/7/5

was a pretty decent movie, i think if it was a dvd rip i would of enjoyed the movie much more


Posted by Steeldrago on 08-11-2003 02:03 AM:

actually not too much different from the theater, you have to expect a bit of a downgrade but it is more than watchable


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