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I was just wondering, how many of you guys actually have Multi Region DVD players? I currently don't own a DVD player that I can call mine, but there a few British Region encoded models in my house which are useless to me. I say this because of the simple fact that I am a big fan of the American DVD discs, so I opt to order online for foreign versions of the movies I seek. And now I am looking to purchase the "Thomson DTH 3300" which I have heard rave reviews about, any of you guys have this model?
To be fair, the recent PAL releases onto DVD format here have been impressive, and I purchased "The Terminator", "Gladiator" and "X-Men" upon release without hesitation. All exceptional discs with superb extras and features, much alike the American versions.
So the modern status looks promising, but I still find it hard finding decent versions of the classic flicks of the early and pre 90's, there so damn hard to come by. I'm a massive fan of such movies like "The Evil Dead", and I already have the saga, even though I cant play them on any of the models in my house.
Ultimatley, this will all be academic, I think that eventually all DVD players will be encoded to play multi region, and that's the way it should be. Like I said, I think that they all have there advantages/disadvantages, different regions appeal more to some people than others.
Tell me what you guys think, what Models and regions do you prefer?
To be fair, the recent PAL releases onto DVD format here have been impressive, and I purchased "The Terminator", "Gladiator" and "X-Men" upon release without hesitation. All exceptional discs with superb extras and features, much alike the American versions.
So the modern status looks promising, but I still find it hard finding decent versions of the classic flicks of the early and pre 90's, there so damn hard to come by. I'm a massive fan of such movies like "The Evil Dead", and I already have the saga, even though I cant play them on any of the models in my house.
Ultimatley, this will all be academic, I think that eventually all DVD players will be encoded to play multi region, and that's the way it should be. Like I said, I think that they all have there advantages/disadvantages, different regions appeal more to some people than others.
Tell me what you guys think, what Models and regions do you prefer?
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It doesn't say whether it palys RCE discs (a new type of region coding) which means it probably wont play the newest of Region 1 dvds, no mention of PAL 60hz either on this site, better look around for some more info!
I'll probably notice now that it's been mantioned, but i don't see tham being that strict, Braveheart was a fifteen and you saw planty of decapitations and limbs being cut off in that!!
It's during the last fight scene between Jet Li and Russell Wong, Jet Li catches him with a punch to the throat.
/Stj
/Stj
Which punch?? I really didn't notice, I watched my mates then bought it the next day!
Non-Zero Possibility wrote:
> Because allegedly Warner allowed the BBFC to cut the throat-punch
> scene at the end of the film to escape an 18 certificate.
/Stj
Non-Zero Possibility wrote:
> Because allegedly Warner allowed the BBFC to cut the throat-punch
> scene at the end of the film to escape an 18 certificate.
/Stj
If that is the case then why does a region one disc skip every couple of seconds when played on a 50hz PAL setting?? That is very strange oversight, and as this guy wants decent advice it is also a dengerous one!!
pb wrote:
> technically no. Most DVD movies are not in PAL or NTSC unless they
> are TV movies or made for TV series.
The basic film on a DVD is
> not encoded for different TV signals, but converted by the DVD
> player itself. A TV that shows 60khz signal (i.e. most modern TVs)
> will show a movie perfectly. Anamorphic transfers will mean that
> whatever way you display the picture it should give you a good
> quality transfer.
To be honest, I have The Stand and the new Dune
> mini-series on DVD (reviews pending!) both made for TV dramas in the
> US, and the quality of the picture is not noticably different at
> all, other than it's a TV series and not a film.
Multiregion
> DVD players are good and I was so glad to get my region hack sorted
> out for my player, but do watch out for the new Region Coding
> Enhanced (RCE) titles that won't play on some multi-region players
> as they've been specifically designed for one region. You can,
> however, play these on a DVD player that can swap regions, just by
> setting it at the specific region code before watching the film, so
> the idea doesn't really work that well anyway!
The new Superman
> box set and Charlies Angels are both RCE titles in the US and may
> cause problems on some DVD players.
pb wrote:
> technically no. Most DVD movies are not in PAL or NTSC unless they
> are TV movies or made for TV series.
The basic film on a DVD is
> not encoded for different TV signals, but converted by the DVD
> player itself. A TV that shows 60khz signal (i.e. most modern TVs)
> will show a movie perfectly. Anamorphic transfers will mean that
> whatever way you display the picture it should give you a good
> quality transfer.
To be honest, I have The Stand and the new Dune
> mini-series on DVD (reviews pending!) both made for TV dramas in the
> US, and the quality of the picture is not noticably different at
> all, other than it's a TV series and not a film.
Multiregion
> DVD players are good and I was so glad to get my region hack sorted
> out for my player, but do watch out for the new Region Coding
> Enhanced (RCE) titles that won't play on some multi-region players
> as they've been specifically designed for one region. You can,
> however, play these on a DVD player that can swap regions, just by
> setting it at the specific region code before watching the film, so
> the idea doesn't really work that well anyway!
The new Superman
> box set and Charlies Angels are both RCE titles in the US and may
> cause problems on some DVD players.
Because allegedly Warner allowed the BBFC to cut the throat-punch scene at the end of the film to escape an 18 certificate.
/Stj
/Stj
technically no. Most DVD movies are not in PAL or NTSC unless they are TV movies or made for TV series.
The basic film on a DVD is not encoded for different TV signals, but converted by the DVD player itself. A TV that shows 60khz signal (i.e. most modern TVs) will show a movie perfectly. Anamorphic transfers will mean that whatever way you display the picture it should give you a good quality transfer.
To be honest, I have The Stand and the new Dune mini-series on DVD (reviews pending!) both made for TV dramas in the US, and the quality of the picture is not noticably different at all, other than it's a TV series and not a film.
Multiregion DVD players are good and I was so glad to get my region hack sorted out for my player, but do watch out for the new Region Coding Enhanced (RCE) titles that won't play on some multi-region players as they've been specifically designed for one region. You can, however, play these on a DVD player that can swap regions, just by setting it at the specific region code before watching the film, so the idea doesn't really work that well anyway!
The new Superman box set and Charlies Angels are both RCE titles in the US and may cause problems on some DVD players.
The basic film on a DVD is not encoded for different TV signals, but converted by the DVD player itself. A TV that shows 60khz signal (i.e. most modern TVs) will show a movie perfectly. Anamorphic transfers will mean that whatever way you display the picture it should give you a good quality transfer.
To be honest, I have The Stand and the new Dune mini-series on DVD (reviews pending!) both made for TV dramas in the US, and the quality of the picture is not noticably different at all, other than it's a TV series and not a film.
Multiregion DVD players are good and I was so glad to get my region hack sorted out for my player, but do watch out for the new Region Coding Enhanced (RCE) titles that won't play on some multi-region players as they've been specifically designed for one region. You can, however, play these on a DVD player that can swap regions, just by setting it at the specific region code before watching the film, so the idea doesn't really work that well anyway!
The new Superman box set and Charlies Angels are both RCE titles in the US and may cause problems on some DVD players.
What you need to do is buy a player that supports both NTSC and PAL. A major consideration should be a player then can convert NTSC into PAL 60hz as the PAL format is a much higher resolution and colour quality. Most DVD players convert NTSC to PAL but downgrade it to 50hz, so you get the picture quality but it skips every 6 seconds or so, and it gets really annoying. My stand alone player wont convert to PAL 60hz, but my PC does, the only way you are going to be able to know what I am talking about is to get someone to show you an NTSC dvd running in NTSC mode and the change it to PAL mode, the difference is amazing!!
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