Sera
Crustacean
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BOOHOOO!!! unable to get the DVD in Singapore only able to get vcds only what a waste u guys have it lucky (those who already have their claws on it)
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aristos666
Crustacean
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i know this is not really related to the DVD in USA, just an interesting note....
It seems the Season 1 DVD that i ordered from Amazon.co.uk is reigons 2 and 4... i live in australia (reigon 4), and had my computer all patched up to play, but then PowerDVD says its reigon 4... i have yet to try it on a standalone Region 4 player yet tho... It still seems to work when i uninstall DVDGenie and made sure PowerDVD is set back to R4. i was quite happy about this, being in australia... deprived of futurama!!!
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Tzlk
Professor
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Yea thats right Erdrik, there are Six Regions: Region 1 - 1: U.S., Canada, U.S. Territories Region 2 - Japan, Europe, South Africa, and Middle East (including Egypt) Region 3 - Southeast Asia and East Asia (including Hong Kong) Region 4 - Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central America, Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean Region 5 - 5: Eastern Europe (Former Soviet Union), Indian subcontinent, Africa, North Korea, and Mongolia Region 6 - Peoples Republic of China
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aristos666
Crustacean
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Also, i forgot to mention this before, but i noticed the DVD had a copyright notice for Australia in the long-winded roll of various copyright notices at the start.
That's all. Don't worry, i'll be quiet now.
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Chump
Urban Legend
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« Reply #49 on: 03-31-2002 15:59 »
« Last Edit on: 04-01-2002 00:00 by [-mArc-] »
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Originally posted by Tzlk: Yea thats right Erdrik, there are Six Regions: Region 1 - 1: U.S., Canada, U.S. Territories Region 2 - Japan, Europe, South Africa, and Middle East (including Egypt) Region 3 - Southeast Asia and East Asia (including Hong Kong) Region 4 - Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central America, Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean Region 5 - 5: Eastern Europe (Former Soviet Union), Indian subcontinent, Africa, North Korea, and Mongolia Region 6 - Peoples Republic of China Mappified: [img w=99 h=65]http://www.unik.no/~robert/hifi/dvd/world.gif[/img][thumbyfied]
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Otis P Jivefunk
DOOP Secretary
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« Reply #50 on: 03-31-2002 17:39 »
« Last Edit on: 03-31-2002 17:39 »
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Originally posted by Chump: Question: is there anything stopping me from playing VHS tapes from Europe? Only the fact that Europe uses the PAL system and America uses NSTC instead. You can buy video playes which play both, that would be the only way to do it as far as I'm aware. I'm not sure but some TV's might only be compatible with one sort which would complicate matters even more. Btw, I can't remember If your American system is NSTC or NSCT, same applies either way though.
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
DOOP Secretary
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Like Otis said, both your VCR and your TV must be PAL to play European VHS tapes. Or you need a PAL/NTSC converter between your PAL VCR and a NTSC television. The only page I could find about this is this one.Note: I have been known to be mistaken about this before, but that's at least my current understanding of things.
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SQFreak
Professor
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Originally posted by [-mArc-]: I seriously doubt that the Futurama DVDs are region 4 though... Why, they most certainly are! (For some strange reason, the didn't mark it as such, but if you check it with PowerDVD or DVD Genie, it shows: Playable Regions: 2,4
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
DOOP Secretary
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Hmm, don't know if this have been mentioned before, but here goes. NOTE: DON'T GET YOUR HOPES UP!Amazon.com now has an entry about region 1 DVD's. You can sign up for email notification when they have info on a possible DVD set, at the same time you're letting FOX know that you're interested in buying the set.
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noone
Crustacean
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Don't get your hopes up. Amazon does that sign up thing when they get a certain number of hits on searches (i think). Back to the Future has been on a sign-up thing for about 2 years now.
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Tor
Bending Unit
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« Reply #56 on: 05-02-2002 05:25 »
« Last Edit on: 05-02-2002 05:25 »
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Originally posted by Teral: Like Otis said, both your VCR and your TV must be PAL to play European VHS tapes. I think most new TVs today are multisystem (both PAL and NTSC). Many VCRs in Europe, even those that are really cheap, can play PAL and NTSC, and I think all DVD players can. (Region protection or not. A region free DVD disc (region 0) with PAL format can be played in a region 1 NTSC DVD player.) My new DVD player has a PAL/NTSC/AUTO setting, that can force video output to any system. I use the AUTO setting, because I have a multisystem TV set. NTSC movies plays in the NTSC format, and PAL movies in the PAL format. Yes, it's that simple. Originally posted by SQFreak: Why, they most certainly are! (For some strange reason, the didn't mark it as such, but if you check it with PowerDVD or DVD Genie, it shows: Playable Regions: 2,4 I have seen region 2/4 discs before. (Star Wars 1?) This is common because Europe and Australia both use PAL (I think), and because the movies often are released at the same time Europe and Australia. (I guess)
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noone
Crustacean
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From a business perspective (Amazon), "email notify" thing is not an actual sale. Referral bonuses should be given out only on executed sales (unless stipulated otherwise in the affiliate agreement). Furthermore those notifications are sent out usually after release and the presales are available at least a month before release.
Fox knows there is a market for region a region 1 dvd, but by the time the dvd set is released (if it is released) some of the initial fanbase, and demand, will have waned. Therefore it will probably sell less than if they sold it today, possibly jeopardizing future season sets. However, that is a very pessimistic view.
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kbarbdamnit
Poppler
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One thing I don't quite understand is why the dvds are being released in region 2 before the usa. I would think t would be the other way around. does anyone know if there is a differance between the usa releases and the Region 2 releases? As far as the region codes go. there is also a region code 8 which is for airlines but thats pretty much irrelevent to regular people. .
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