Re: DVD REGIONS

The POWER DVD program I have on my computer that I use to play DVD's with
varying degrees of success (I have the most trouble with the DVDs that have
the "PC FRIENDLY" program in them---talk about a contradiction in terms).
Anyway, there is a menu option to change regions but you only get one or two
switches then
the program locks into that region.

Has anyone stateside tried this with non region 1 DVD's? If so do they work
well enough to ordering the Carlton UFO disks rather than waiting for A&E to
release what might be a lesser version?

William;
Yes, I have the Carlton DVD's and I haven't changed my region code at all. I
am using PowerDVD also, ver 4. They play GREAT. With either WinDVD or
PowerDVD you can do frame captures.
I'd get the Carlton DVD's and enjoy them, why wait. With the conversion rate
and shipping mine were about $65.00 US. Not bad, in my opinion.
Matter of fact I upgraded my system, just to watch the UFO DVD's. I
purchased a NEC DVD Drive off eBay and also got PowerDVD on eBay. Total cost
about $60.00. I was worried about the region coding. But as soon as I heard
that they [the DVD's] were region free, all fears went away.
It might be hard for Carlton to mass produce the DVD for each region and
that would cost them alot more money and the bottom line might be losses in
some regions while other regions either sold out and became unavailible.
Hence it's much easier to make them region free and let them play on the
region where the person is. A good call on their part.
I expect that Carlton has had more orders in the US then expected.
I hope this helps about the DVD's.
Best regards to all;
Steve Christensen


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William wrote

> The POWER DVD program I have on my computer that I use to play DVD's with
> varying degrees of success (I have the most trouble with the DVDs that
have
> the "PC FRIENDLY" program in them---talk about a contradiction in terms).
> Anyway, there is a menu option to change regions but you only get one or
two
> switches then
> the program locks into that region.
>
> Has anyone stateside tried this with non region 1 DVD's? If so do they
work
> well enough to ordering the Carlton UFO disks rather than waiting for A&E
to
> release what might be a lesser version?

If your not able to wait,it is possible with a number of Computer DVD Roms
to change the firmware to make it Region Free and to obtain a small piece of
freeware called DVD genie to bypass Region checks on your Power DVD
Player.

Mark UK

"Steve Christensen" wrote:

> Yes, I have the Carlton DVD's and I haven't changed my region code
> at all. I am using PowerDVD also, ver 4. They play GREAT. With
> either WinDVD or PowerDVD you can do frame captures.

Or, if you're a Linux user, Ogle & Xine will do frame captures
too.

Jim