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Current authorized distributors for Hollywood studio home entertainment products (BD / DVD) in China:

Sony Pictures --> Sony Music China (begin from June, 2011)
e.g. Social Network http://www.gouduo.com/ware_18933.html
Packaging: Just a disc (or two discs) in a plastic case, DVD are often Region ...

News update:

Fox has a deal with Excel Media.
Fox R6 DVDs will be available through Excel Media distributions in China from July, 2008.

Each title will be available in 2 to 3 editions.
Fox will name their R6 DVDs in a way that familiar with Chinese consumers, that is, disc capacity.
Here from left ...

Corrections and Updates:

CAV Warner officially released their first DVD in China was in Nov 2004 not early 2005.

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee42/David_Chen/cavwarner01.jpg

The Paper Sleeve Edition DVD should be renamed as Simple Pack edition (the official English term for the $1.5 disc ...

Question: R6 DVDs use PAL or NTSC?
Answer: Both. More PAL then NTSC. TV sets sold in China are multi-systems and play both perfectly. Analog TV broadcasting in China uses PAL.

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Part 5: Chinese Bootlegs

Chinese piracy issues are complicated and more or less involved corrupted regional authorities. The leaders of bootleggers will never get caught.

Todays Chinese bootleggers use the best video/audio materials found on earth to compose a pirated DVD. They are not kids ...

Part 4 TV Shows

Are US TV shows DVDs from China all pirated?

Answer: Demand for US TV shows in China is low. The majority do not watch US TV shows often. A lot of Chinese in mainland China not even watched one US TV show in their entire life. Most US TV shows DVD from China are pirated and are ...

Summary: If you are EXTREMELY concern about not buying counterfiet, public domain releases then the only international movies R6 DVDs that you can buy are those distributed by EXCEL MEDIA, CAV WARNER and CAV THAKRAL.

Part 3 DVDs in the grey zone

The Copyright Law in China is far from perfect and has loopholes. Unethical businessmen take this chance to make profits. As the Chinese Copyright Law does not protect old publications, many oldies can be legally published by anyone without paying one cent to the ...

Part 2: Today's authentic R6 Hollywood DVDs

CAV Warner Home Entertainment
In 2005, Warner Home Video and CAV (China Audio House, a Government sector under the Cultural Bureau) formed CAV Warner Home Entertainment and take over CAV Thakral's Warner DVD business. Warner Home Video releases DVD ...

Part 1: Authentic R6 releases in the old days

Here I only address R6 Hollywood DVDs in China where people outside China known very little about.

The History of R6:

CAV Thakral Home Entertainment
In 1998, Thakral Group from Singapore, a reputable listed company, joined China Audio Video ...

A Guide to Chinese DVDs (authentic, bootleg and grey zone)

I write this guide to provide detailed information to those who are interested in Chinese DVDs. The reason that I write this guide is because I've seen so many comments or guides by foreigners about DVDs from China that are unprofessional ...