Man, it's been so long since I've seen any new R1 rips.

[Duragon]

Or buy the actual R1's and support work where it is deserved.

I agree with you. Wholeheartedly. However, while I will buy R1 OVA's and movies, (and before I discovered HK I bought quite a few complete R1 series', killing my bank account in the process) I don't quite have the funds to buy each and every R1 TV series in it's entireity that I like the look of. Not only that, but the cheap price point of HK DVD's allows me to indulge, to a certain extent, in series' that I wouldn't otherwise have bought in their R1 form.

Sometimes, if it's a particular anime that I really like, for instance, Gundam 0079, I will buy each DVD as they come out, simply because the HK version sucks and I don't want to wade through lines and lines of incomprehensible subtitles.

Just the way I feel man.... :|