Well the Thai Government try to ban them

and the police tried to close them down

But the pirate DVD industry still survives

But it seems they still can not beat the commercial industry if they really want to put them out of business

Here in Australia Kmart is selling genuine dvd's for 175 baht on the current exchange rate, with a money back gaurantee..

4 Major players in The US are ready to release self destuctive dvd all the latest titles for just over 100 baht, Like a buy it but you rent it system.

So it seems the best way to beat them is undercut them, and I can say with out a joke they can produce then cheaper than thai pirates

MMMMhh just a thought

Can you get me a copy of Matrix Reloaded...

IT copy any DVD you want,just hire movie and copy it easy.

copy to HD with smart ripper

convert files from using DVD2AVI

Re-encode with TMPGEnc

burn with inbuilt burn program or Nero whatever.

shows how easy it is, all these programs are freeware so how can you stop it.

I actually want to begin collecting proper dvd's, not pirate ones. We watched it last night..awesome film.

My point was how easy it is to do with freeware IT.

Hav'nt seen them at that price yet ozman, are we saying $6? That's the same price as a new release overnight hire in our local video store.

I was looking thru Kmart, Big W, and Target b4 xmas and no bargains, most new movies about $30.

My comments wher how easy it would be if they wanted to stop the commercial dvd pirates in places like Panthrip Plaza who are asking 150 - 250 baht per dvd, You can still pick them up at 120 if you know who to talk to, this was never meant to stop pirating at a private level

The $6 was just an example and started the first dy of Trading in all KMart stores in Australia

was this the after xmas sale?

I actually want to begin collecting proper dvd's, not pirate ones. We watched it last night..awesome film.

I am also a major movie buff, I have a massive tv, surround sound, woofers, dolby etc and now over 1000 dvd and vcd movies - All mine are sound and picture perfect. I would guess 80% are pirate! I actually would buy original dvds, but they take such a long time to get to dvd - so i will keep buying perfect pirates..

Gentleman I assume you can get them on VCD first, if interested you can convert to dvd if you have a burner.