A crucial factor in the hunt for this release is the specter of censorship. Across the world, numerous official DVD releases of Irreversible are cut. The Hong Kong release, for instance, has the rape scene butchered and shortened, while other versions pixelate genitalia. Fan-created 720p encodes, sourced from uncut prints (such as the uncensored Japanese release), often circulate in the "dual audio" torrent community, promising a completely uncensored and uncut experience. For many collectors, the "better" 720p version is the one that allows the film to exist as Noé intended, without censorship.