Posted by andy_lovie on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Re-DVD-Special-Features-Poll-tp1494950p1494965.html

Hi Lisa,

Right, my last and final post on this issue ! (promise
!)

<<Andy Lovie <andy_lovie@y...> wrote:

> So anyone in north America who could get hold of PAL
videos - on
> eBay for example - really shouldn't have a problem
> playing them.

<<Um, Andy, the happy state of affairs in the UK
reference low-priced
multi-format VCRs most emphatically does *not* apply
in the US. I
know; I have one, and tracking it down and getting
hold of it was
quite an adventure in itself. The usual response at
any US retailer
when I asked about VCRs capable of playing PAL tapes
was "Huh?" (Most
people in the US aren't even aware there *are*
different formats.) I
eventually found information on the two (2) models
available at the
time; one was intended for professional use and had a
four-figure
price tag; the other -- which I bought -- was about
$500. Last I
looked, its successor was still the only model readily
available
here, was still around $500, and was still not all
that easy to find.
I have a bunch of PAL tapes and the VCR I bought has
been well worth
it for my frame-capture work, but a multi-format VCR
really isn't a
viable option for most people in the US.>>

This may be considered off-subject, but as I say, the
cheapest VCR I see on sale in a nearby retail outlet
for £75/$100 plays both PAL and NTSC tapes. My own
preferred player for DVDs is a Play Station 2 - which,
with a CD-ROM called 'Datel DVD RegionX'
(£20.00/$30.00), will play DVDs of any region. Are
U.S. consumers really being ripped off so badly ?
Sorry for letting you know :^

But in any case, posted about 6 months' worth of posts
in one day, so will retreat into obscurity at least
until the 'Fanderson' convention,

Regards and best wishes,

Andy




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