Comments on: Netflix Sent me a Bootleg – PROOF http://projectmutate.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/netflix-sent-me-a-bootleg-proof/ An archive of doodads Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:44:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Sandy http://projectmutate.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/netflix-sent-me-a-bootleg-proof/#comment-38 Sandy Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:07:15 +0000 http://projectmutate.wordpress.com/?p=34#comment-38 I believe your story because the same thing has happened to me. I received a copy of a dvd that looks very authentic...the cover is professional looking and even has cutouts. A lot of trouble for a bootleg copy. But the most damning part of it is the actual quality. It sucks! It literally looks and sounds like someone took a camcorder into the theatres and pirated the copy in this manner. The image is fuzzy and indistinct, the sound is muffled, and the size of the film itself doesn't match as the subtitles are swallowed up on either side of the film. Speaking of subtitles, they're awful. "Minutes" where "days" should have been, grammatical errors everywhere, and God only knows what else is lost in the translation. To give Netflix the benefit of the doubt, I even went on Youtube and searched for clips from the film...most were superior in quality to what I received from the "official" dvd. Hell, my cellphone recorder has better playback. I believe your story because the same thing has happened to me. I received a copy of a dvd that looks very authentic…the cover is professional looking and even has cutouts. A lot of trouble for a bootleg copy. But the most damning part of it is the actual quality. It sucks! It literally looks and sounds like someone took a camcorder into the theatres and pirated the copy in this manner. The image is fuzzy and indistinct, the sound is muffled, and the size of the film itself doesn’t match as the subtitles are swallowed up on either side of the film. Speaking of subtitles, they’re awful. “Minutes” where “days” should have been, grammatical errors everywhere, and God only knows what else is lost in the translation.

To give Netflix the benefit of the doubt, I even went on Youtube and searched for clips from the film…most were superior in quality to what I received from the “official” dvd. Hell, my cellphone recorder has better playback.

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