A good resource for finding subtitles for Asian movie DVDs which come without subtitles is Kloofy's. You'll need a plug in like Direct VobSub to be able to use them though - much more info is available at Kloofy's. Yes, and probably not. DVDs are encoded into regions; relevant here are regions 1 (US and Canada), 2 (Europe) and 3 (South-East Asia). A significant number of films here are only available in region 3 versions.

English movies do not contain subtitles unless it is stated clearly. However, most of our Chinese movies contain English subtitles.

All movies on this site are only available in their original languages. Fortunately, all have English subtitles available on the disc. It's our understanding that European versions of some of these films are dubbed into their respective languages - there's a French language version of Battle Royale, for example. Likewise, the Rapid Eye Movies release of Wild Zero also has an optional dubbed sound track in German. But these are few and far between.

Some movie subtitles may appear in the black letterboxing below the movie image. If you use automated screen masking, the subtitles may then be obscured by the mask. The Kaleidescape System now offers the option of repositioning subtitles within the movie image.

You should see a green arrow shaped icon in your systemtray (right-bottom of your screen). That is DirectVobSub. Right-click on that icon to enable or disable the subtitles.

There are links at the middle of this site to sites where you can buy them. I recommend Amazon (see BUY-links above the FAQ) where you can buy all Tartan Video-releases (in region2 DVD) for about £18 each (USD$29) . I guarantee that they are worth it! It doesn't matter where in the world you live, you just need a codefree DVD-player (PAL-compatible) to watch them. Enjoy.

They're available on a few asian film-websites. You can for instance get them at www.yeasia.com. Please see the links at the middle of this site for exact links.

Subtitles can only be placed on top of the video. Placing the subtitles below the original video is possible by enlarging the video frame. This is done by adding black bars to the top and bottom of the video. These black bars will be visible when the video is not in fullscreen. They are different from black bars that are only visible during fullscreen playback. Those are not part of the video frame and thus can not be used to put the subtitles onto.

Ringu 1 and Ringu 2 are PAL and region 0 (which is codefree). Codefree means that it can be played on any DVD-player. These films are PAL though and therefore require a PAL-compatible DVD-player. Ringu 0: Birthday is region 2 and therefore require a DVD-player that can play region 2 and also PAL. If you live in Europe your DVD-player will do just fine. But in other parts of the world (U.S etc.

There are several programs you can use to stream movies in the Archive. Because we allow users to upload video files in any format, the same player will not always work for every single file, so it's a good idea to have a couple of programs available that you can try. Also, some files simply can't be streamed. Usually, this happens when the program that created the video file uses a codec that our software doesn't understand.

No. We prefer to receive payment before shipping. All to often, people forget to send the payment once they have the movies.

No. Subtitles are stored as images, not as text, on DVDs. The Kaleidescape System cannot change the color, font or size of subtitles.

I don't like remembering complex technical names so I just keep track of the sub's extension. The following list collects almost all formats available currently .ass, .dks, .txt, .psb, .sst, .sub, .son, .stl, .srt, .ssa, .tts, .vsf, .zeg, .jss, .scr, .mpl, .pjs, .smi, .sami, .rt, .txt + .sub, .idx + .sub and others.

You need to SET UP the disc by selecting SET UP from the Picture This DVD main menu. There you can choose which subtitles or closed-captions you would like to appear. In most cases, you can also choose none. From this menu you can also select between regular 2-channel stereo (2.0) or 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound (5.1).

No. Most of the movies I review here have been rented from Netflix, or are borrowed from friends. I won't buy a DVD unless I feel I will watch it more than three times. I figure, if I can watch it three times, it's probably good enough to watch over and over again.

Movies are just $1 per night after the initial rental period. You have 21 days before our system charges you the $25 purchase price of the DVD, at which point the movie is yours to keep.

You are allowed to check out as many movies as you like in either DVD or VHS format. We have no limits.