R5 (bootleg)
R5, in the film business, is a DVD of a movie sold in Russia very soon after the first screening in cinema, at reduced wholesale prices.[1][2] It is made with a telecine machine from an analog source and is typically of a lower quality than other retail releases.[3]
Overview
Telecine (TK) is the
This digital post-processing is an important step, and provides many qualitative benefits to the finished conversion and should not be under-appreciated. From color correction to grain removal/reduction there are many steps that improve the transfer that generally the R5 does not have, even if done by the originating studio.[citation needed]
The name R5 refers to
The image quality of an R5 release is generally comparable to a DVD Screener release, except without the added scrolling text and black and white scenes that serve to distinguish screeners from commercial DVD releases. R5 quality can be somewhat better than transfers produced by movie bootleggers because the transfer is performed using professional-grade film scanning equipment.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Universal Pictures International announced their readiness to place special DVD releases on the Russian market at reduced wholesale prices. [...] Simultaneously, the national representatives of the US studios shrank the window for release to video of new films on distribution (special Russian editions were released just four weeks after the first screening in cinemas). "Russian film industry feels the chill as recession cools the production sector". Archived from the originalon 2009-12-22. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
- ^ ANTiX (2006-11-23), Flyboys.READNFO.R5.SVCD-ANTiX,
We agree with Pukka and will be tagging future releases with R5 if it's Russian retail source. Everybody should be able to see the quality of the release in the dir tag, so please stop fake tagging.
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sc0rff (2008-08-06). "Paramount Pictures & R5's". ReleaseLog. Archived from the original on 2015-11-28. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
An 'R5' tagged release from the scene is a studio-produced unmastered telecine, put out quickly and cheaply to compete against telecine piracy in Russia. Mostly they are released with Russian audio only, so scene groups have to source direct English audio. Not all studios are on board for this and so do not release them, Paramount is one of them.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Wes Finley-Price -- CNN.com Webmaster (2009-11-09). "Pirated copy of District 9 posted online". SciTechBlog - CNN.com Blogs. Archived from the original on 2010-08-23. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
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has generic name (help) - ^ Chan, Norman; Upton, Dave; M., Eric (2010-03-31). "Why Not All Blu-Ray Movies are Created Equal". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
- ^ a b PUKKA (2006-11-23). "Flyboys.READNFO.R5.XViD-PUKKA". VCD Quality. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. First scene release that introduced the R5 tag. See also Flyboys.READNFO.R5.DVDR-DREAMLiGHT.
- ^ mVs (2008-07-27), Wanted.REAL.PROPER.R5.XViD-mVs,
Both releases did not take the time to "sub" the scenes where various parts of the film (the ATM) have been changed to Russian.
- ^ a b "What does "R5" mean?". Definitions from the "Scene"!. Scene Lingo. 2008-07-29. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
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"В 2006 г. продажи лицензионных DVD в России выросли вдвое - до 42 млн дисков" [In 2006, sales of licensed DVD in Russia has doubled - up to 42 million discs]. tvcenter.ru (in Russian). 2007-01-23. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
"A positive role was played by distributing releases with a short window (the difference between film premieres and the release on DVD) and the reduction of prices on wheels" - said Trushin. Four weeks after the premiere of a movie on DVD now appear movie studios
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"Movie sources". Release Log. 2008-08-06. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
This is fairly new movie format. Basically the same as DVD Screener – this kind of release is legal DVD released in Russia to decrease the level of pirated movies in this country. Retail is rushed out by the studio, so there is little to no cleanup of the film after the telecine process. As a result, you can see some scratches, hairs or other mess on the picture, but you will hardly notice it while watching. External English audio is often used, as these are supplied with Russian sound by default.
- ^ "Early-released Russian DVDs of Hollywood films: No English audio options?". DVD Talk Forum. 2008-08-06. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-01-19. Russians explaining the situation in their country.
- ^ sharky (2008-07-20). "R5 Movies and Release Dates". FileShareFreak. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
- ^ DIMENSION (2005-06-30), Sin.City.DVDSCR.DVDRip.PROPER.XviD-DIMENSION,
Video from Russian DVDSCR with Eng Audio supplied by Saosin