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Not only do you get the latest releases a lot cheaper and faster than waiting for slowass Region 2 but you get all the features that us pasty Europeans don't see valued enough to merit.
Why?
Is it because Americans are greater consumners and with the large amount of choice available,you have to cram those DVDs with enough features to convince the Yankees to buy your disc as opposed to the other one?
Who cares. Region 2, in fact, licks balls.
I got Spiderman this morning and Mallrats.
My all time favourite Kevin Smith movie on DVD, with a buncha stuff.
Compare:
Mallrats: Region 1 - Special Features: None
Mallrats: Region 2 - Feature commentary with Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Ben Affleck, Jason Lee and Scott Mosier. Over one hour of deleted scenes with intros by cast and crew. Live footage from commentary session. Featurette. Trailer. MCA soundtrack presentation. Production photographs.
It's just no contest.
And Donnie Darko arrives tomorrow, whilst us stupid Limeys still go watch it in the cinema.
Region 1 rules all.
Play.Com rules all for Region 1 DVDs.
Snootch to the nootch
Why?
Is it because Americans are greater consumners and with the large amount of choice available,you have to cram those DVDs with enough features to convince the Yankees to buy your disc as opposed to the other one?
Who cares. Region 2, in fact, licks balls.
I got Spiderman this morning and Mallrats.
My all time favourite Kevin Smith movie on DVD, with a buncha stuff.
Compare:
Mallrats: Region 1 - Special Features: None
Mallrats: Region 2 - Feature commentary with Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Ben Affleck, Jason Lee and Scott Mosier. Over one hour of deleted scenes with intros by cast and crew. Live footage from commentary session. Featurette. Trailer. MCA soundtrack presentation. Production photographs.
It's just no contest.
And Donnie Darko arrives tomorrow, whilst us stupid Limeys still go watch it in the cinema.
Region 1 rules all.
Play.Com rules all for Region 1 DVDs.
Snootch to the nootch
Page:
MoJoJoJo wrote:
> My expensive Sony DVD player gets the job done nicely... but is only
> R2
Same here. But I use my PS2 with Region X for R1 discs.
> My expensive Sony DVD player gets the job done nicely... but is only
> R2
Same here. But I use my PS2 with Region X for R1 discs.
cipro wrote:
> It peed me off a bit, but I got the film weeks before anyone else I
> knew, so meh.
I got a cinema screener DVD two weeks after the US cinema release - DVD quality but no extra's. Meh. Region 2 one is better than the region 1 version though.
Wish someone would bring out all the R1 anime over here though ! I have to buy them from Amazon.com and customs is making enough off me to finance several hundred sniffer dogs...
~~Belldandy~~
> It peed me off a bit, but I got the film weeks before anyone else I
> knew, so meh.
I got a cinema screener DVD two weeks after the US cinema release - DVD quality but no extra's. Meh. Region 2 one is better than the region 1 version though.
Wish someone would bring out all the R1 anime over here though ! I have to buy them from Amazon.com and customs is making enough off me to finance several hundred sniffer dogs...
~~Belldandy~~
I love Reg 1 DVDs, it's great getting movies that haven't even been released at the cinema over here yet, something to show off about to all you're friends ;)
An odd thing though, I actually got a Reg.1 DVD which had crapper extras than the reg.2 one.
Black Hawk Down, got the American DVD ages before it became available in the UK, but it had a small amount of extras, a small documentary, some cast and crew bios, and a couple of trailers for other films.
Then the UK version came out, and it was on a 2-disc box set with a whole disc dedicated to extras which I would have loved to have seen. It peed me off a bit, but I got the film weeks before anyone else I knew, so meh.
An odd thing though, I actually got a Reg.1 DVD which had crapper extras than the reg.2 one.
Black Hawk Down, got the American DVD ages before it became available in the UK, but it had a small amount of extras, a small documentary, some cast and crew bios, and a couple of trailers for other films.
Then the UK version came out, and it was on a 2-disc box set with a whole disc dedicated to extras which I would have loved to have seen. It peed me off a bit, but I got the film weeks before anyone else I knew, so meh.
Of course they have interactive menus, whoever you are who writes that as a feature, if they're not interactive... we wouldn't be able to watch the film. We'd just have to stare at the options all day long
Anyway, as for getting a multi-regional player, I have bad experiences from buying cheap players - namely they refuse to play certain films. My expensive Sony DVD player gets the job done nicely... but is only R2
Anyway, as for getting a multi-regional player, I have bad experiences from buying cheap players - namely they refuse to play certain films. My expensive Sony DVD player gets the job done nicely... but is only R2
my multi-region DVD player cost me £90 from Comet.
SR do a nice selection of multi-region as well.
Good thing about mine?
With the RCE addition, some players that just play all regions can be blocked by this new feature.
But mine,you enter a code and set the region yourself, so RCE can go jump.
And I messed up with Mallrats, Region 1 - All the features. Region 2 - Nothing.
And here's a note to European DVD distributors:
INTERACTIVE MENU IS NOT A FEATURE
Neither is "Stereo sound"
SR do a nice selection of multi-region as well.
Good thing about mine?
With the RCE addition, some players that just play all regions can be blocked by this new feature.
But mine,you enter a code and set the region yourself, so RCE can go jump.
And I messed up with Mallrats, Region 1 - All the features. Region 2 - Nothing.
And here's a note to European DVD distributors:
INTERACTIVE MENU IS NOT A FEATURE
Neither is "Stereo sound"
MoJoJoJo wrote:
> Alright for you, but what of the unfortunate people without
> multi-regional DVD players?
>
> And they cost more too, from what I can remember
http:// special.reserve.co.uk/reviews/review.php?index=1033742969
Nah. Cyber Home DVD player, best box of tricks ever, only £79.99.
> Alright for you, but what of the unfortunate people without
> multi-regional DVD players?
>
> And they cost more too, from what I can remember
http:// special.reserve.co.uk/reviews/review.php?index=1033742969
Nah. Cyber Home DVD player, best box of tricks ever, only £79.99.
Alright for you, but what of the unfortunate people without multi-regional DVD players?
And they cost more too, from what I can remember
And they cost more too, from what I can remember
Not only do you get the latest releases a lot cheaper and faster than waiting for slowass Region 2 but you get all the features that us pasty Europeans don't see valued enough to merit.
Why?
Is it because Americans are greater consumners and with the large amount of choice available,you have to cram those DVDs with enough features to convince the Yankees to buy your disc as opposed to the other one?
Who cares. Region 2, in fact, licks balls.
I got Spiderman this morning and Mallrats.
My all time favourite Kevin Smith movie on DVD, with a buncha stuff.
Compare:
Mallrats: Region 1 - Special Features: None
Mallrats: Region 2 - Feature commentary with Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Ben Affleck, Jason Lee and Scott Mosier. Over one hour of deleted scenes with intros by cast and crew. Live footage from commentary session. Featurette. Trailer. MCA soundtrack presentation. Production photographs.
It's just no contest.
And Donnie Darko arrives tomorrow, whilst us stupid Limeys still go watch it in the cinema.
Region 1 rules all.
Play.Com rules all for Region 1 DVDs.
Snootch to the nootch
Why?
Is it because Americans are greater consumners and with the large amount of choice available,you have to cram those DVDs with enough features to convince the Yankees to buy your disc as opposed to the other one?
Who cares. Region 2, in fact, licks balls.
I got Spiderman this morning and Mallrats.
My all time favourite Kevin Smith movie on DVD, with a buncha stuff.
Compare:
Mallrats: Region 1 - Special Features: None
Mallrats: Region 2 - Feature commentary with Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Ben Affleck, Jason Lee and Scott Mosier. Over one hour of deleted scenes with intros by cast and crew. Live footage from commentary session. Featurette. Trailer. MCA soundtrack presentation. Production photographs.
It's just no contest.
And Donnie Darko arrives tomorrow, whilst us stupid Limeys still go watch it in the cinema.
Region 1 rules all.
Play.Com rules all for Region 1 DVDs.
Snootch to the nootch
Page: