Subject: Re: [B7L] Videos and DVDs To: blakes7@lists.lysator.liu.se
In a message dated 02/09/2002 12:07:30 AM Central Standard Time, julia.jones@jajones.demon.co.uk writes:
Are multi-region players available in Region 1?
They are, but they're very expensive and hard to find, at least in the area where I live.
Tiger M
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The last time I looked on Ebay you could buy multi-region DVD players for something like $160 plus about $13 postage in the US. If you can believe the blurbs, these are the very same machines being sold for $300 by some stores.
I have a friend who bought one off of Ebay and swears by it. The one she recommends is
ACI all-region compact portable DVD player.
To get to the information, just type in ACI DVD in the Ebay search slot.
My friend warns against buying zero region players--at least, that is what I think she called them. Presumably some DVDs say they play every region and do not. There were a lot of problems involving DVD players which she was talking about, but I don't remember what all she said. She did say there was also some reason for waiting to buy a DVD player, too, because some new advancements might be made in the next year.
The ACI DVD plays both region 1 and region 2. My friend says it's very easy to change the code by using the remote. She was just recommending to a bunch of us two weeks ago at a local (California) m/m slash fanclub party that we should all buy one since many of us like British TV series.
She claims, and I have no clue if this is true or not, that we Americans, also, want to be able to play British DVDs because some of the British DVDs will have more information on them than the American ones. One of the series she mentioned where this would be true was Stargate. I personally find this hard to believe. I don't see why there would be differing amounts of information on a specific TV series depending what region the DVD is made for.
I will be buying a multi-region DVD once it is for sure that B7 does come out on DVD. I'm not going to hold my breath. And then I will probably buy the multi-region ACI DVD player and ONE B7 DVD to make sure it does work before I invest in the entire series.
Joyce
In message 723273CD.6848E633.006C6AED@cs.com, JEB31538@cs.com writes
She claims, and I have no clue if this is true or not, that we Americans, also, want to be able to play British DVDs because some of the British DVDs will have more information on them than the American ones. One of the series she mentioned where this would be true was Stargate. I personally find this hard to believe. I don't see why there would be differing amounts of information on a specific TV series depending what region the DVD is made for.
There have been plenty of US DVDs which had things that were missing from the European editions, which is one reason why so many Europeans have chipped players...
"Julia" == Julia Jones julia.jones@jajones.demon.co.uk writes:
There have been plenty of US DVDs which had things that were missing from the European editions, which is one reason why so many Europeans have chipped players...
Not to mention many things that are only released at all in Region 1. On the other hand, Region 2 is way ahead of Region 1 in Buffy releases...
Besides, I can't really see why region-cracked players would be so much more expensive on the US side of the pond. In all cases I know of, it's the same player as the region-fascist version, only with another firmware downloaded into it. Cracking my player consisted of hooking a PC up to a port on the back of it for about five minutes and cost me $15. And the region-free firmware was "accidentally leaked" from Pioneer themselves, so it works just as well as the original.
Of course, one can hope that people producing such limit-audience stuff as B7 will have the good sense to code it Region 0 (that is, any region at all).
Calle wrote:
Of course, one can hope that people producing such limit-audience stuff as B7 will have the good sense to code it Region 0 (that is, any region at all). --
I emailed Fabulous Films or whoever the link was for, when this all came out about a year ago. They emailed me back saying they had no plans to release these in Region 4 (for Australians.) Could this then mean that they are only going to release them in Region 2 format? Otherwise, wouldn't they have told me they will release them in Region 0?
Min.xxx
"Julia" == Julia Jones julia.jones@jajones.demon.co.uk writes:
There have been plenty of US DVDs which had things that were missing from the European editions, which is one reason why so many Europeans have chipped players...
I recently bought a multi region player by mail order after taking some advice from people on lyst (waves to Steve). The very first disc I bought was region 1 and it turned out to be RCE (regionally encoded) and it wouldn't play. I phoned the retailer and they told me how to 'adjust' the player to read RCE discs.
The adjustment was very easy, I managed it on the second attempt and now it seems that I can play any discs, any region whether or not they are RCE. My comment therefore, (for what it is worth) is that it may be better to pay a little extra to go to a shop that will provide after care, rather than buying a 'bargain' from the supermarket as I nearly did.
Incidently, some internet suppliers of DVDs will warn you if a disc is RCE, but some do not. After reading some posts on a DVD type list it seems that the new RCE discs can be a major problem for players sold as multi region.
Debra
JEB31538@cs.com wrote:
I don't see why there would be differing amounts of information on a specific TV series depending what region the DVD is made for.
The DVDs for British and US release are generally put together by different groups, depending on how the rights are distributed. They can, and often do, have very different sets of "extras" included on the DVDs. I've just been wading through a long discussion of this over on the UFO list (a DVD release of that show is pending in both the UK and the US), and it appears there is little connection between any extras that may appear in the two releases.)
- Lisa
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Lisa wrote: \in both the UK and the US), and it appears there is little connection between any extras that may appear in the two releases.)
Sounds like a scheme to make the REAL completists buy both sets.
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