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Scott_D
Crustacean
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I just preordered it from Amazon.uk and it said that the total was 18.71 pounds, not the supposed 22. Is it getting cheaper and cheaper?
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Scott_D
Crustacean
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Yeah on the email confirmation it says:
Subtotal (VAT Incl.): GBP 18.71 Purchase Total: GBP 22.29
Maybe Amazon just like me or something?
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
DOOP Secretary
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And now we're rank 2! "The Usual Suspects are ranked #1.
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M5438
Liquid Emperor
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I have some information for people outside Western Europe, Japan, or South Africa as to playing the region 2 discs. Disclaimer: I'm not guaranteeing that any of this will work. In fact, the sites I'm linking don't grantee it either. Don't come crying to me if you screw something up. If you don't feel comfortable screwing around with your computer or DVD-Player then the safest thing you can do is to buy a region free model. These can be had on eBay for around $120 USD. One thing to pay attention to: If you live somewhere where PAL is not the standard (eg. outside most of Europe or Australia) you need to get one that can convert PAL to NTSC (the format for USA, Canada, and Japan.) If you already have a DVD-Player that is the wrong region you may be able to hack it by entering a code on your remote. Be aware of the NTSC/PAL problem. If your player can convert the format then that information will be in the manual. Mine has it on the specifications page under “signal system” as "NTSC/PAL." Meaning that it can deal with both. If yours can convert then there is a nice list of hacks at: http://www.regionfreedvd.net/players.html Most DVD-ROM drives made recently have some sort of internal system that lets you change the region up to five times. If you have a different DVD-Player and have one of these drives then a good way to play region two discs is to make your computer dedicated for region 2. It is possible to make your computer something like region-free. All pre-2000 drives don’t have hardware locks, and some later ones have been hacked. However, even if you don’t have hardware locks, you still need to override the software locks. A good site to go to is http://www.inmatrix.com/genie/ . The FAQ site there is very good and tells you everything you need to know, and the guy who runs it has created a nice software package for overriding the region locks in DVD-Software. Note: I wouldn’t try messing with windows region locks. Mess with the third-party stuff instead. Another Note: PAL/NTSC is irrelevant for computers. Both have to be converted to display on the monitor anyway.
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pink freud
Crustacean
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I wonder why hmv.co.uk has it listed as a Seeptember 30 - 2002 release?
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Helpy McHelphelp
DOOP Secretary
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Because they haven't updated their site in a long time. September 30th was the original release date for season 2, but it was later changed to November 11th.
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pink freud
Crustacean
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cool, thanks, i pre ordered at amazon uk then.
ahhh, it feels good to be region free!
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~FazeShift~
Moderator
DOOP Ubersecretary
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« Reply #54 on: 09-21-2002 22:44 »
« Last Edit on: 09-21-2002 22:44 »
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I have calculated it will cost about €37.70 inc delivery etc. for me to order from amazon.co.uk It probably won't be cheaper than that, Season 1 cost me ~€55!! BTW, how much actual commentary is on Season 1 cos I can only find the one from Matt Greoning, how do I turn on the Audio Commentary for each episode?? ------------------ "You cannot measure knowledge by what you know, only by what you don't." - ~FazeShift~
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
DOOP Secretary
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« Reply #55 on: 09-21-2002 23:01 »
« Last Edit on: 09-21-2002 23:01 »
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Originally posted by ~FazeShift~: BTW, how much actual commentary is on Season 1 cos I can only find the one from Matt Greoning, how do I turn on the Audio Commentary for each episode?? There is a full commentary for each episode by Matt Groening, David X Cohen, a voice actor (John or Billy), a few staff guys (usually at least the writer and the director of the episode) To turn the commentaries on go to "Language Selection" under each episode, there is an option there for commentaries.
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Smitty
Professor
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God how annoying.
I pre-ordered it at play.com for £29.99 inc delivery then I cancelled it yesterday, assuming I could get my parents to use their credit card at amazon and now have to re-pre-order it at play.
Stupid amazon.
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Smitty
Professor
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Its still pretty annoying. Mind you, good point about the popularity. Remember this happened last time with the season 1 dvd. Wonder what Fox think about that!
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[-mArc-]
Administrator
Liquid Emperor
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VHS picture up at cgef since today. Smitty: go with the amazon link on cgef anyway and consider the 2 pounds as a fee for using peel Really though, it will help funding peel and cgef (more peel, because cgef is about self-paying without that at the moment)
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Scott_D
Crustacean
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Just the other day was the first time ever I have preordered something so I have a question for people in the know.
When Amazon debit my credit card they have to go off the amount that I preordered it at, 21.99? They can't debit 32 pounds from me can they?
Thanks.
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noone
Crustacean
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from Amazon.co.uk customer charter (useful information on the "your account" page)
2. Price Increases
Unfortunately publishers occasionally raise the price of items unexpectedly. In the event that this occurs we will check with you to see if you still wish to receive the item at the new price. We may, at our discretion, absorb small price increases without passing them on to our customers.
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