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Topic: DVD REGIONS
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BLACKARROW
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posted 05-08-2004 06:01 PM
 
For a long time I avoided buying the American DVD versions of "For All Mankind" and Nova's "To the Moon" because my Pioneer DV-444 DVD player is Region 2. I recently bought a DVD recorder (Phillips DVD R75) and paid extra to get an all-region version. I then got the 2 DVDs from Amazon and, sure enough, they play perfectly on the DVD recorder in playback mode. Then, a few days ago, I absent-mindedly put "To the Moon" into the Pioneer DVD player, and it was only after watching half an hour of it that I realised that it was playing perfectly on a Region 2 machine. There is nothing on the DVD or its case to say that it is Region 1 only. Is it all-region? |
spacecraft films
Member Posts: 802
From: Columbus, OH USA
Registered: Jun 2002
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posted 05-08-2004 07:58 PM
 
I can't speak for the "To The Moon" release. But as a DVD producer, I will tell you that more and more the region coding, at least for special interest DVDs, is being ignored.We have always done our encoding as Region 0 (which is open). When we went with Fox we met absolutely no resistance to this, which I thought might be an issue. The proliferation of open region DVD players has also made a difference. Mark Gray
Spacecraft (and now www.aircraftfilms.com) Films [This message has been edited by spacecraft films (edited May 08, 2004).] |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 05-09-2004 03:19 AM
Most educational DVDs ( BBC documentaries, etc ... ) are usually DVD " All Regions " |
eurospace
Member Posts: 2610
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 05-09-2004 12:45 PM
When - as a European - buying DVD's in the US, one should pay attention to the formatting. US tapes are usually encoded as NTSC, while most European TV stations use PAL. It would need a multi-coding DVD player AND a multi-coding TV set to see a US-made DVD in color. More and more of the machines do have multi-code facility, but it is worth checking, especially if you own older equipment. ------------------
Jürgen P Esders
Berlin, Germany
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