DVD Boxset: Seasons 1-7?

[Elite Anubis Guard]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Stargate-DVD-b...QQcmdZViewItem

I'd never seen this before, a legitimate boxset?

[Kensterman]

It looks like a 'fake' to me. I've seen others on Ebay with chinese characters like these ones on the box -- probably a bootlegged/copied of the original. I wouldn't bid on it.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Stargate-DVD-b...QQcmdZViewItem

I'd never seen this before, a legitimate boxset?

[NowIWillDestroyAbydos]

Your right it does look fake. And as a matter of fact, I never seen that kind of DVD collection (from China (it is from China, right?))

[Kensterman]

In Hong Kong/China -- video copying is a huge industry over there. Even here there are the occasional DVD busts which bring down merchants selling fake copies.

[NowIWillDestroyAbydos]

In Hong Kong/China -- video copying is a huge industry over there. Even here there are the occasional DVD busts which bring down merchants selling fake copies.

I don't get it, why it is so big over there????

[ToasterOnFire]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Stargate-DVD-b...QQcmdZViewItem

I'd never seen this before, a legitimate boxset?

Nah, it's a bootleg. See where it says "may contain Chinese writing"? That and it's outrageously cheap price are dead ringers that it's a fake.

Bootlegs tend to have poor video and audio transfer and cheaper packaging. Plus, I read that the Star Trek series sold in Hong Kong have the last 10 minutes of each episode chopped off, so that would be a serious deal-breaker for me. You do get what you pay for; best to stick with the official stuff.

I don't get it, why it is so big over there????

IIRC, Hong Kong has some kind of copyright loophole that allows people to copy and sell bootlegs of American TV shows and movies, often before they're released in US theaters! The international police (INTERPOL in this case I believe) cannot charge people for bootlegging in that city. However, if a US citizen buys a bootleg in Hong Kong and then takes it back to the US they can be subject to prosecution.

[LtColCarter]

IIRC, Hong Kong has some kind of copyright loophole that allows people to copy and sell bootlegs of American TV shows and movies, often before they're released in US theaters! The international police (INTERPOL in this case I believe) cannot charge people for bootlegging in that city. However, if a US citizen buys a bootleg in Hong Kong and then takes it back to the US they can be subject to prosecution.

That sucks! We get in trouble for peer to peer selling...yet...they can get away with it.