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jamesgibbon

Re: UK UFO DVD's Officially Announced!

Lieve wrote:

> How do the UFO DVDs compare in price to DVDs with films on
> them, or other series?

Hi Lieve,

Well the UFO VHS tapes cost about £11 each in the UK, and with
one or two exceptions, there were two episodes on each tape.

>
> I don't have a use for a DVD player that can't record off TV,
> I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels that way. And what's
> the point of buying a DVD player (even if one has the UFO DVD
> set) if one has to buy a DVD writer in the foreseeable future?

I think it's a situation that's analogous to the arrival of audio
CD players compared to cassette player/recorders .. just as you
couldn't record your favourite radio programmes with a CD player,
most DVD players can't be used to record TV programmes (and for
those that can the writeable media is very expensive), but the
playback quality and additional features make it worthwhile for
people who tend to buy prerecorded stuff.

> Then there are the regional differences. Absolutely ridiculous,
> those different standards. Just a thing to boost sales, I'm
> sure :-)
>

Well - to be fair we were stuck with the different video
standards (PAL, SECAM, NTSC) long before they thought of selling
films and TV series in the shops - but as for the regional
coding, I agree 100% .. thankfully we have the technology to
defeat them!

Wouldn't it be great if every country in the world had the same
video standard, the same lightbulb sockets, the same mains plugs,
the same voltage mains electricity ..

But not the same money of course ;)

James

Denise Felt

Re: UK vs. USA DVD extra features

In reply to this post by Marc Martin

>ultramannick <[hidden email]>
asked:
>I'm curious to see how the sales of "Space: 1999" have
>been in the US.

My son works at Suncoast Video, and he told me that their Space:1999 DVDs
sit and sit and never move. It still pisses me off that they came out
before UFO. I couldn't say how sales are for the entire country, however.
*grin* But that's the stats for Central Illinois.
Yours,
Denise

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Bruce Sherman

Re: UK UFO DVD's Officially Announced!

In reply to this post by ultramannick

most modern dvd players allows you to change regions, but some only allow
you a couple of times to do so without shipping it back to the manufacturer

Bruce
----- Original Message -----
From: "ultramannick" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: [SHADO] UK UFO DVD's Officially Announced!

>
> Go to your nearest Sam's Club and check out the Daewoo
> DVD player. Can't remember the model number, but you
> can do a search on Daewoo DVD and probably come up
> with the info. It has a secret menu which allows you
> to change regions. And it's only $99!!
>
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Phil-3

Re: UK vs. USA DVD extra features

In reply to this post by Denise Felt

At 09:51 PM 1/5/02 +0000, you wrote:
> >ultramannick <[hidden email]>
>asked:
> >I'm curious to see how the sales of "Space: 1999" have
> >been in the US.

I remember that A&E were surprised how good the sales were of the 1999
DVD's. I don't think they'd be selling in a video store though while most
people are buying them through deepdiscountdvd.com for $19.19 shipping
included! I saw them on the shelf at best buy listed at $39.99. A&E also
began offering a T Shirt later on after the disks were released. Amazingly
A&E ignored the original logo of Space 1999 and used B&W photos on the
boxes instead of color. Still, it's nice having the disks and maybe the
A&E Year two disks will be better if the come from remastered sources. But
we'll see what happens. I think sales of the UFO disks ought go at least
as good as the 1999 ones. I'm sure a lot fo the people who bought the 1999
disks will want to buy the UFO ones.

Especially if they're priced at $19.19 for six episodes! Even with all the
problems and warts on the A&E Space disks you can't beat the price.

>My son works at Suncoast Video, and he told me that their Space:1999 DVDs
>sit and sit and never move. It still pisses me off that they came out
>before UFO. I couldn't say how sales are for the entire country, however.
>*grin* But that's the stats for Central Illinois.
>Yours,
>Denise

ultramannick

Re: UK UFO DVD's Officially Announced!

In reply to this post by Bruce Sherman

--- Bruce Sherman <[hidden email]> wrote:
> most modern dvd players allows you to change
> regions,

I beg to disagree; the two DVD players which have
caused the most attention have been the first shipment
of Chinese-made APEX DVD players which had a secret
menu to change regions and turn off Macrovision; the
Daewoo only just recently was shipped and the
discovery was made and made known on several NGs. I've
never seen where more popular brands (Sony, JVC, etc)
have ever had an option of changing regions, secret or not.

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ultramannick

Re: UK vs. USA DVD extra features

In reply to this post by Phil-3

I don't think they'd be selling in a video
> store though while most
> people are buying them through deepdiscountdvd.com
> for $19.19 shipping
> included

Since the time of your posting, the price went up
$1.26 to $21.25.

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jamesgibbon

Re: UK UFO DVD's Officially Announced!

In reply to this post by Marc Martin

ultramannick wrote:
>
> I beg to disagree; the two DVD players which have caused the most
> attention have been the first shipment of Chinese-made APEX DVD
> players which had a secret menu to change regions and turn off
> Macrovision; the Daewoo only just recently was shipped and the
> discovery was made and made known on several NGs. I've never seen
> where more popular brands (Sony, JVC, etc) have ever had an option
> of changing regions, secret or not.
>

Some of the more popular brands, including JVC, DO have
multi-region hacks built in, but in any case many shops sell
'chipped' versions (ie specially modified to multi-region, they
are slightly more expensive obviously). I have a chipped Toshiba
which works very well.

You can find a list of DVD players with secret multi-region (and
other) hacks here:

http://www.vcdhelp.com/hacklist/dvdplayershack.html

Christian J.

Re: UK UFO DVD's Officially Announced!

In reply to this post by Marc Martin

--- Marc wrote:
>
> Historically, Blackstar has also offered a discount on pre-orders,
> and sometimes even throws in a T-shirt! Amazon.co.uk also offers
> discounts. So I imagine that all the retailers will be offering
> similar discounted prices.
>
> Unless you've already seen from past releases that play247 offers
> steeper discounts than Blackstar or Amazon?

Marc,

I checked Blackstar and amazon.co.uk but they don't have the UFO
DVDs on pre-order so far. Of course I will be on the alert :-)

As a rule I've learned that play247 is cheaper as amazon.co.uk and
the prices includes the shipping costs (you mustn't forget to add
this at the other shops!). I haven't watched Blackstar prices in the
past.

But one thing I've forgot to mention is the fact that "at the
moment play247 do not supply to Belgium, Denmark, Portugal, Jersey or
any Country outside of the EU". So this service is of good use for
people in Europe only. Sorry, Marc :-(

Oh, and good that you mentioned it, Marc! I've always wanted to
ask: which kind of T-shirt offered Blackstar in the past? Had the
shirt something to do with the show or rather with Blackstar ads? Was
a photo print or a writing on it?

Thanks, Marc!
Christian

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Marc Martin

Re: UK UFO DVD's Officially Announced!

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> But one thing I've forgot to mention is the fact that "at the
>moment play247 do not supply to Belgium, Denmark, Portugal, Jersey or
>any Country outside of the EU". So this service is of good use for
>people in Europe only. Sorry, Marc :-(

Ahhh, so there's no sense in me pre-ordering from them! In any
case, it seems a bit early to be pre-ordering -- I'll just wait
for Blackstar to list them, as I've always had good luck ordering
from them, and they've usually been a bit cheaper than Amazon.co.uk.

> Oh, and good that you mentioned it, Marc! I've always wanted to
>ask: which kind of T-shirt offered Blackstar in the past? Had the
>shirt something to do with the show or rather with Blackstar ads? Was
>a photo print or a writing on it?

With the STINGRAY discs, they sent along a STINGRAY T-Shirt, with
some artwork for the series on it. I never wear these sorts of
shirts, but I think my wife wears them when she works out at the
gym... :-)

--
Marc Martin, [hidden email]

Anny Théberge

Re: UK UFO DVD's Officially Announced!

In reply to this post by SHADO Librarian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Deborah Rorabaugh" <[hidden email]>

> Well, if you've got a hot enough computer, Hival has a DVDRom for about
> 60.00. When I loaded my first DVD in the thing, it asked which region - so
I
> am assuming my DVDRom is multi-region. The DVDrom replaced by CDrom which
> died.

If it's like mine, it can play up to five times for a specific region but
sticks to only one thereafter.
I hear that there are hacks to bypass this restriction, though.
Can be found on the web, but can cancel the warranty of the drive.

--Anny

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> Deborah
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yuchtar [mailto:[hidden email]]
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 8:26 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [SHADO] UK UFO DVD's Officially Announced!
>
>
> I hope I hope I hope we can find a multi-region dvd player when we have
> the money to buy one. I already have several dvds that I can't play
> because I have no dvd player. <sigh>
>
> -- Y
>
>
> Marc Martin wrote:
> >
> > >More importantly, will they be released in the US?
> >
> > Supposedly, A&E will begin to release UFO in July,
> > however, this has not been announced officially,
> > nor will it be for several months.
> >
> > Also, if you look at the USA releases of Thunderbirds
> > & Space:1999, they haven't had as many extras as
> > the UK releases, so if the extras are important
> > to you, you're going to have to buy a multi-region
> > DVD player and buy the UK DVDs. I for one want
> > to see those extras (Ed Bishop commentary! alternate
> > opening sequence!), so I'll be buying the UK
> > DVDs.
> >
> > Of course, I'll be buying the USA DVDs as
> > well, and I'll probably keep my Japanese LDs
> > too... :-)
>
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SHADO Librarian

RE: UK UFO DVD's Officially Announced!

After I sent my message I found the details on the multi-region
capabilities.
My plan - well we have a stand-alone DVD for region 1 and I will set my
computer DVD for region 2.
As to warranties - if you're your own tech, taking the blasted thing out of
the box voids the warranty.

-----Original Message-----
From: Anny Theberge [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 7:57 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [SHADO] UK UFO DVD's Officially Announced!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Deborah Rorabaugh" <[hidden email]>

> Well, if you've got a hot enough computer, Hival has a DVDRom for about
> 60.00. When I loaded my first DVD in the thing, it asked which region - so
I
> am assuming my DVDRom is multi-region. The DVDrom replaced by CDrom which
> died.

If it's like mine, it can play up to five times for a specific region but
sticks to only one thereafter.
I hear that there are hacks to bypass this restriction, though.
Can be found on the web, but can cancel the warranty of the drive.

--Anny

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