Finding a DVD on eBay

 I very recently bought two Jackie Chan DVDs that can be found in the so called "Armour Of God Pack" and, again, I did those nasty mistakes that I tend to do when I buy a DVD via eBay. I hope, in the future I can avoid these mistakes if I sit down for once and write them down. [...]
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Always check the description of the DVDs and check them twice. Search for Language information, Region Code information and whether or not Extras like a Making Of are contained.

Regarding the language, with Jackie Chan I was lucky because I really don't want much more languages than the german version - it's good to have cantonese but I probably will never look that, not in a Jackie Chan movie - but still, watch out for these traps. Besides, despite the fact that a "Digitally Remastered" tag might look and/or sound good, as I've seen now it actually can turn out quite bad. The "Digitally Remastered" version of "Armour Of God I" for instance was annoyingly enhanced by comical goof sound bits during almost every hit, kick and jump. I absolutely don't think that was appropriate. I'm glad you can switch from the embarassing "Deutsch DD 5.1" to the unharmed "Deutsch DD 1.0". Maybe I should have read and searched about this version in forums before I decided to pay money for it.

Another thing to look out for is the tag "Uncut". With a movie that old this doesn't necessarily mean that scenes of gore or nudity were cut out but instead it might mean that there are scenes included now which don't have a voice over at all but subtitles instead - right in the middle of the otherwise dubbed movie. Yeesh.
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