Posted by Marc Martin on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/DVD-s-tp1496098p1496099.html

Anthony wrote:
>I then enquired at a nearby electronics shop and was told:-
>- A DVD player that can record would cost about £900

Hmmm, that's twice of what a recordable DVD player costs in
the USA. The price will certainly drop dramatically
in the near future.

>- They had not heard of DVD players that can be switched between
>regions by a button/etc.

Well, local stores are usually useless when it comes to multi-region
DVD players. That's why many of us bought our multi-region,
multi-standard, macrovision-free DVD players on the Internet.  
For far less than 900 pounds, but then again they don't record
either.

>Some movies have a special code to stop DVD-recorders from
>recording them.

DVD is primarily a playback medium at this time, Anthony.
If you're looking for a recorder, I agree that you should
probably stick with something other than DVD for now. If
however you're looking to rent or buy DVD's, then it's
a fine format.

> At the convention, the speaker pointed out that the Space Police
>DVD that was on sale there, was DVD region #0 and thus playable
>anywhere. I think he also said that some other DVD's (it may have
>been the UFO DVD's?) were also actually region #0.

UFO is indeed region 0.

Marc