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What is a R5

Just a quick question. What is a R5?? I've just recently been seeing this and the quality is really good. is this something new? Anyway..... basically i just wanna know what a R5 is. Thanks for the help.

Ryan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R5_%28bootleg%29

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Thank you J Fresh

Didn't see this stickied... so now it is.

Excerpt from J Fresh's post...

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R5 refers to a specific format of DVD released in the former Soviet Union, which is in DVD Region 5, and bootlegged copies of these releases that are distributed on the Internet. In an effort to compete with movie piracy, the movie industry chose to create a new format for DVD releases that could be produced more quickly and less expensively than traditional DVD releases. R5 releases differ from normal releases in that they are usually a direct Telecine transfer of the film without any of the image processing common on DVD releases, and without any special features. This allows the film to be released for sale at the same time that DVD Screeners are released. Since DVD Screeners are the chief source of high-quality pre-DVD release pirated movies, this allows the movie studios to beat the pirates to market. In some cases, R5 DVDs may be released without an English audio track, requiring pirates to use the direct line audio from the film's theatrical release. In this case, the pirated release should be tagged with ".LINE" to distinguish it from a release with a DVD audio track.

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