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From the sample, video and audio look pretty good.

The NFO is messed up, looks like they have used the Snakes on a Plane NFO and forgot to change the plot to that of The Departed!

Grabbing the full release right now.

Video 8

Audio 8

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from sample..looks really good..
good job pukka

8/8

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Same shit....Different Day........

Slightly out of sync on cd1 but not too bad

8 seems a bit washy though
7.5
8

fucking shite dont bother

out of sync on cd 2 aswell near the end.

Don't flame me for this, but why do they release these when they know the audio is out of sync.?. Surely they would be better off fixing any problems and then releasing it.

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Grabbing the full release right now.

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this is definetly no TC, it looks like a cleaned up ts with lots of cropping, audio goes out of sync a couple of times as well.

V-6
A-6
M-8

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I wish they stopped whining. It took them long enough to sync audio to that Russian TC.
One would expect a flawless release considering the amount of time they took, but there are still some sync issues.
They take a shit on some of the other groups, well, hey're entitled to it. But in that case: make sure your own releases are okay!!
This isn't. Sync issues.
Moreover, one could ask himself which groups take more risk/effort:
those who cam themselves, or those who simply sync audio (which is fairly easy to get) to an image from an other group (Russian)?

V:7
A:6

This really does look like a TC, a proper TC, not these Russian DVD's that have been getting passed of as TC's the last month or so.

Admitedly i have saw better true TC's but this is nice enough, it is very washed out looking, and does block quite bad for no apparent reason, wonder if thats more a XviD encoding thing, hopefully there is a DVDR from this source.

Sync thing is a pain and the fact its not constant is harder to fix without watching it all, but ive heard much worse.

7/6/?

Edit, scanning through it alot there, and maybe not so sure now, the end credits are so overly white, its messed up looking, and the dont quite look as centred as they should do, also it doesnt have all of the credits, just maybe 90secs or so.
Pic quality looks too good to be a TS, so not sure, but dont really care anyway, this is good enough to watch, so its all good.

Hmm i just scanned through this rls cd1 and cd2 and it all seems to be in sync methiniks you should A, get a decent pc B, defrag ur hds and C, get a life.

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The NFO is messed up, looks like they have used the Snakes on a Plane NFO and forgot to change the plot to that of The Departed!

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I thought The Rock was in this.... I did'nt see his name in the credits????

>>Stars ::
Karl Urban, Rosamund Pike, Deobia Oparei, Ben Daniels, Razaaq Adoti, Richard Brake, Al Weaver, Dexter Fletcher, Brian Steele, The Rock, Yao Chin, Robert Russell, Daniel York, Ian Hughes, Sara Houghton<<<<<

See No "The Rock" ??

this ain't no tc,cropped,washed out,sync issues,also imdb say's its 152mins, this is only 140mins,so is it missing 12mins, if it was a true tc there wouldn't be all these faults.
as a tc
v=6
a=5
m=9

video =8, great, better if you tweak it yerself with colour saturation

audio = 5 - loud n clear but sync issues as stated, its bearable but damn lazy ass syncer, would have taken 10 mins to fix!

movie = 7 - decent gangsta flick, scorsese knows his shit.

not bad rls
very quick tc
sync issues slight , pic not best tc but watchable easy!
bare in mind there r different types of telecine so could still be a telecine..
slystic mippers quote quote quote?
alan??

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Originally posted by andrews
this ain't no tc,cropped,washed out,sync issues,also imdb say's its 152mins, this is only 140mins,so is it missing 12mins, if it was a true tc there wouldn't be all these faults.
as a tc
v=6
a=5
m=9

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Great

This is a TC in my opinion. not the best but a TC!
No arguing though this is the one to grab, slight sync issues as stated, gets a bit blocky.. nothing too shout about!

V: 8
A: 9
M: 10 superb

rated as telecine, watched all of movie on pc as could not wait to convert to DVD-r doing it now!

sweet, enjoy!

StUdLy

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This is NOT a TC.

It's a mislabeled TS. It's cropped and has all the signs of a TS. Furthermore, the entire ending credits are not intact- another hallmark sign of a TS. Anyone who says it's a TC needs to go back and look at some of the recent Russian TC's like "The Covenant" or "You, Me, and Dupree."

It's definitely the best OVERALL release out there, but it's no telecine. The audio is good. I didn't see the sync issues a few others saw.

Rating:

Video: 4 (as a TC)
Audio: 8
Movie: 10

p.s. yet another mislabeled release form PUKKA. this release group doesn't know its ass from a hole in the wall.

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v8
a8

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Originally posted by Redemption1980

Its 140mins cause its PAL which runs at 1fps faster, 152mins ends up being about 145ish mins...

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8.5 Video is very nice, Depends what you class as a TC nowadays. But whatever you call it, I wouldnt mind all rlses looking like this

9 Audio was nice and bassy. i noticed NO
sync issues, streaming thru xbox. I think that theres a few VCDQ lemmings posting again.

8 Movie wasnt what i expected, nice twist and well worth watching.

Nice job Pukka\sceptic, keeping scene alive

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Originally posted by Redemption1980
This might be a TC, might not be, no definite proof yet, but those faults are nothing to do with that

A TC will come out washed out if its a poor quality machine or its not been setup correctly.
Its 140mins cause its PAL which runs at 1fps faster, 152mins ends up being about 145ish mins, its also missing most of the credits, which more than likely accounts for the other 5 or so minutes.
The Sync issues are always gonna be a problem on TC's these days as the audio is always from a diff source and sometimes differnt versions, and also cause DTS discs cant be used these days.
And after watching 40mins worth and flicking through CD2, i can't find any signs of excess cropping, and wont know unless i see a retail DVD of it, to compare, and see if it wasnt filmed like that.

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V 8 very watchable
A 8 there are sync issues but they ain't that bad
M 10 fracking brilliant!

TC or TS? If it's a TS then I wish they were all this good!


ps, the big black knob in the cinema scene is hilarious!!!

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Originally posted by protekt0r
This is NOT a TC.

It's a mislabeled TS. It's cropped and has all the signs of a TS. Furthermore, the entire ending credits are not intact- another hallmark sign of a TS. Anyone who says it's a TC needs to go back and look at some of the recent Russian TC's like "The Covenant" or "You, Me, and Dupree."

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I dont care where the source comes from as long as it is good. The video source on this is good. The audio sync problems seem worse on CD 1 especially the fist 45 mins.

V = 8
A = 5 Would have been higher but for poor sync (Quality good)
M = 10 Great for action and violence

does this audio needs to be send to a WAV file like Miami Vice did?

fucking wank stains if you moan at this go film it better yourselfs tosser

sorry for the bad language but ive had to many stella's tonight and up for a fight lol love all the pretty momen out there

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so.. you were out drinking... and you left all those "ladies" to come on your pc? ok..

Anyway, had a quick skip through..

VIdeo - 7
Audio - 5 ( because of the sync issue's, audio itself is really great. )


Can't wait for the REPACK

Not completely sure its a TC..but it looks real nice...noticed a couple of times in the movie where it looks almost like the film shifted to the right then back..wierd..but overall very nice release

V - 8
A - 8
M - 8

cool release but sync issues and pixalation issues i can live with that thou so thanx im wathchin right now gud enough 4 me

my first post looks good to me,but i know nothing

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Originally posted by Skyclad
FPS stands for Frames per second. Hate to tear up your hypothesis, but it's complete bullocks.

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Is this a good TC? Not really
Is this a TC? Probably not
Would this be a good TS? Yes
Is this release watchable? Yes

... In other words, shut the hell up arguing over semantics and just watch the fucker, you ladies give me a headache!

V - 6 (rated as a TC)
A - 8 (not noticed any sync issues in VLC)
M - Not watched it yet but it sounds pretty spankin'

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Originally posted by Skyclad
FPS stands for Frames per second. Hate to tear up your hypothesis, but it's complete bullocks.

Took a better look at it, and must say I'm also beginning to doubt if it truely is a TC.
In case it really is a mislabled TS, the leet nfo is just plain stupid.

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this ant that bad of a release but there is sync issues it's the same auido from maven supplier, i'm just guess too. V-7 A-6 M-10 i think it was a good flick.

this is a tc

not the best, but blatanly a tc.

6/7/9

I didn't noticed any sync issues either. Video a bit washed out. Sound hollow like everybody said but decent. Great movie.

2 things i feel compelled to comment on.

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Originally posted by vurtX
decent gangsta flick, scorsese knows his shit.

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Originally posted by SeeDee_MKII
Depends what you class as a TC nowadays.

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audio-8
video-9
movie-10

excellent flick, watched it at the theatre before grabbing this rls. thanks pukka

Ive checked this all the way through and its looking less and less like a TC. As with septics release they look at best a TS. Why why misslabel?

A 5
V 5
M 10 imo the best film of the year so far.

Converted this to dvd last night and watched thought it was a very good copy
I didnt really notice much pixelation and the sync issues are not worth worrying about
when they are out it is very slight nothing to complain about
overall very watchable

V 7

A 7 ( clear but low nothing the volume couldn't sort out)

M 9 Excellent about time there was a decent film out

TC? mislabled TS? who cares, quality is great for something this early.

ive read a few coments saying this is defenately not a TC, well i'm not sure here is a screenie that looks to have some sort of ciggie burn in the top corner like a TC would.

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/5413/ndvd018ch8.png

anyway i'm not caring as this release will do me untill a better one comes along.

as for it being out of synch it's very marginal, and i can fix this myself easily so i am not caring.

as a TC i would rate this

V. 8(average, not the best)
A. 8(same)
M. 10 (superb film)

but if this wasn't labled a TC then just on quality i would give this

V. 9(excellent for being this early)
A. 9(same).
M. 10.

7 / 6 / 8

Video is alright for the most part. I did notice that it got blurry during CD2 when they are on the subway.

The audio is not very good. Booming lows distort the sound, and it goes out of sync at various places during the film.

Overall, I liked the film, but I think the HK original "Infernal Affairs" is much better.

More screencaps, taken from BS Player, take them for what they're worth.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g...24/bscap001.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g...24/bscap004.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g...24/bscap003.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g...24/bscap002.jpg

Until a DVD Scr. or an excellent proper comes along this is as good as we're gonna see this apart from the theaters.

From scan-throughs

V-8 (looks like the bastard child of a telecine and a telesync but watchable)
A-7 (Sounds a bit too high-pitched, but is listenable)
M-10 (Saw in theaters and it's my favorite film of the year so far)

I first watched the other TS release, audio in that one was a little distorted a times, but was completely in sync.

grabbed this version and watched it on the TV... video is much better and the audio is cleaner, problem tho, the sync is just a hair off... enough that it's annoying. if they fixed this, it'd be a great release.

v: 8.5
a: 6 (sync)
m: 10

lmfao at people who think this is a TS, you have no clue seriously if you can't work out the differences between a TS and TC then seriously you need to get out of the scene altogether.

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Originally posted by magregus
lmfao at people who think this is a TS, you have no clue seriously if you can't work out the differences between a TS and TC then seriously you need to get out of the scene altogether.

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I converted this to DVD and watched it on my home theatre.
Picture is good,definitely a telecine,it looked very well on the big screen .
Audio is a fraction off in the first 20 minutes ,esp around 15 mins in but its not too distracting.
Its very clear audio and when converted to DVD its fine unlike earlier Pukka releases which came thru the rear speakers only.
Didnt think much of the movie,though.
Without the original, it could be decent.
If you watch the original first, The Departed is totally not up to standard.
I liked how Infernal Affairs just jumped straight into the storyline story without any of the excessive fluff that The Departed had.
I just didn't feel that it added to the storyline.
Infernal Affairs was slick ,clever,subtle ,fast paced,full of suspense and had a good ending .
Scorcese and his writing team took the basis for Infernal Affairs added hammy over the top acting and dumbed everything down.
The original, "Infernal Affairs", remained taut throughout its 101 minutes; "The Departed," at 150 minutes, sort of lolls around awhile, with lots of soul-searching and pill-popping, until what began life as a classic Scorsese film nearly morphs into self-parody, with characters literally standing around, waiting to get shot in the head.

V:8
A:8
M:6

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What makes you even think they are in "the scene" ya wanker?

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OK.... then make your case for why this IS a telecine. So far I've only seen 1 screenshot that showed what might have been a cigarette burn, which is not always indiciative of a telecine. I see ciggy burns in TS's all the time.

Here's my case:

1. Credit are not in tact. 99% of the TC's coming out recently have full credits.
2. It looks like shite... period. Pixelated, colors suck, blurry.
3. It's overcropped. Saw this in the theaters, it's definitely cropped. Doesn't necessarily mean it isn't a TC, but TC's aren't usually cropped this bad.
4. At 31:46 on CD2 it looks like the cam is moved or shifted. (see screenshots below). Specifically look at the left side of the screen... that large black line is NOT a wall. Go look at the video. You can see the entire frame shift as if someone bumped or moved the camera to the left.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/protekt0r/PDVD_010.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/protekt0r/PDVD_011.jpg

That's my case. It's not definitive, but it's enough for reasonable doubt IMO. I say again, I seriously doubt this is a TC.

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hi,

you know this release doesn't look so good, but i use the ffdshow filter in my mediaplayer classic to filter the video....


by the time its done, it looks like a dvd retail source....and sounds almost as good with dts audio.

i use sound normalization and boost,

16:9 anamorphic, de-ring and deartifact postprocessing, deblock and dering with luminescnce from mplayer, xsharpen scaler, and video noise reduction algorithms.... wish i new how to post up a screenshot for comparisons.... maybe ill do that....


v 7
a 7
m 9


comparison:

with filters:
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r172/jaredpace/snapshot20061017230910.jpg
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/...61017230910.jpg


no filters (original):
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r172/jaredpace/snapshot20061017230954.jpg
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/...61017230954.jpg


half & half:
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r172/jaredpace/snapshot20061017231246.jpg
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/...61017231246.jpg

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Originally posted by magregus
listen you fuckhead, what I mean is, if you are gonna come on here and bitch and say its a telesync because you have no clue then you need to fuck off like yaself for instance capish?

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Are we looking at the same release guys? Great video and a few temporary sync problems add up to a mighty fine release.....

V: 8
A: 7

u guyes crack me up.... ha ha

Nuked?

So is this Nuked yet? Due to scene regulations, you think it would be. Not sure if its TS or TC, but the Camera does seems to move/shift a couple times during the film. Almost like it's in the actual movie, but with no real reason for it, it seems like thats why this would be a TS.

It would be nice if we would know if this is gonna be nuked or not, so someone could release a Proper.

V-7
A-8 (depending on player)
M-8


I ran the movie in 3 different Windows players and 1 DVD/DivX standalone player. Each time I scanned the movie forward and then reverse to check for overall sync issues.

Windows Media Player 9 had some very minor sync problems.
DivX Player stayed in sync.
Nero Showtime went way out of sync.

I burned the XviD files to a Memorex 16x DVD+R (MBIPG101/R05). And played it on my LG standalone player with a Sony Wega 32” TV. The movie played well with only very slight sync issues.

I haven’t yet decoded for DVD yet.

I loaded the movie in Goldwave and confirmed it is in real 2-channel stereo (not a mono track encoded as stereo).

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Originally posted by snakehips78
Converted this to dvd last night and watched thought it was a very good copy
I didnt really notice much pixelation and the sync issues are not worth worrying about
when they are out it is very slight nothing to complain about
overall very watchable

V 7

A 7 ( clear but low nothing the volume couldn't sort out)

M 9 Excellent about time there was a decent film out

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Some whining fucks in here!

Had a couple of sync issues in VLC (who watches shit with anything else???) but it wasn't that much of a big deal

I saw no pixelated bits?!?

Watched out of a XP box on a 29inch TV thru a home theatre system

I even saw some burn marks... do you want a screenshot of them???

v=8 (a bit light for my taste)
a=9 (played well on my HT)
m=10 (best fuckin movie this year!)


edit: Cheers Pukka!!!

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Very maVenesque.

If they had of released this as one of their renowned TS's it would have been the one everyone would have been raving about and wanted as "the keeper" til scr or dvd release. Overall this is a very good release so soon after cinema release, wasn't even been shown in the uk at time of release. It has been cammed imo, and a very good cam job it is. Twice on cd2 the camera shifts, once in the end scene at the big score and once when his gf blows him off, this doesnt happen on TC's and up until that point i was convinced I had a good TC. Now i have an excellent TS. The sync issues are negligible, smoke a fag (or a tab) and enjoy the movie

V: 0 as a TC because it isnt so 10 for the TS
A:7 the sync issues arent bad but enough to lose it points.
M:8 a good reworking of a hk masterpiece but Infernal Affairs made this so predictable its unbelievable.

Climb the ladder Mr Scorcese, you have your foot on the bottom rung again.

V-8
A-8
M-8

I had no sync issues on either disc and this release was top notch IMO. Only noticed some pixelization in a couple of dark scenes and an audio drop out in one or two spots. Nice work PUKKA.

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Originally posted by vurtX
movie = 7 - decent gangsta flick, scorsese knows his shit.

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Hey guys, love the debate!
From my point of view the movie was a good pic and sound.
I'd just like to say a big thanks to the guys out there who put there ass on the line bringing these films to us, just so we can moan about pixalation and sync issues!
Jeez is anyone old enough to remember pirate video?!!
Now that would have given some of you guys something to moan about!
Tele cine/sync who cares?
Thanks for bothering in the first place!

great movie and pretty good release

v-8 (slightly grainy)
a-9 (slightly out of sync in certain parts, but not very noticable!)
m-10! (loved it!)

Audio

You know if you idiots would stop bitching, you would realize that all you have to do is cut the first 17 minutes by .2 seconds and then add .2 seconds at the end of it so the entire movie is in sync. Works fine now.