Re: DVD's

Posted by jamesgibbon on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/DVD-s-tp1496098p1496105.html

"anthonyappleyard" wrote:

> - All the DVD players that they sell are for region 2.
> - They had not heard of DVD players that can be switched between=20
> regions by a button/etc.
> - Some movies have a special code to stop DVD-recorders from=20
> recording them. I suspect that that means that nearly all the best TV=20
> programs will have that code in, and that for all my =A3900 spent I=20
> would not be able to use it much.
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> I am sticking with my good old faithful videotape recorder, which=20
> does not have all that silly mess of handicaps and handcuffs. I heard=20
> on the internet somewhere that there is a PC program going the rounds=20
> on the internet, that can translate DVD's between regions and bypass=20
> all this silly mess.
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> At the convention, the speaker pointed out that the Space Police=20
> DVD that was on sale there, was DVD region #0 and thus playable=20
> anywhere. I think he also said that some other DVD's (it may have=20
> been the UFO DVD's?) were also actually region #0.
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