# Quality of DVDs from Asia on eBay

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-of-dvds-from-asia-on-ebay/291738>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 24, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-of-dvds-from-asia-on-ebay/291738 "2005-02-24T18:08:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ultraviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c77e96/32.png) [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-of-dvds-from-asia-on-ebay/291738/1 "2005-02-24T18:08:45Z")

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I’ve seen quite a few listings on eBay for DVDs from Asia (usually China or Hong Kong) that are selling quite cheaply. The listings swear up and down that these are not pirated copies - they apparently are legitimate copyrighted discs with the English language soundtracks. I want to know what the deal with these is. Why are they selling so cheaply? Is the quality inferior? Anyone ever bought one?

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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-of-dvds-from-asia-on-ebay/291738/2 "2005-02-24T18:40:17Z")

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I’m sure they are pirated copies, despite what they say in the listings. EBay is full of pirated CDs from Russia, too, which also _claim_ to be legitimate.

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**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-of-dvds-from-asia-on-ebay/291738/3 "2005-02-24T19:26:40Z")

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I don’t know about what’s selling on EBay, but a friend of mine brought back from Hong Kong dozens of high quality english language dvds and video games for pennies, several years ago.

So, it’s possible, but not likely.

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**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-of-dvds-from-asia-on-ebay/291738/4 "2005-02-24T19:39:40Z")

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Yeah, they’re pirated. They range in quality from crap to okay to sorta good. It’s a crap shoot, really, if you want to go that route.