by philipchevron Sat May 20, 2006 11:09 pm
karen wrote:aparently there's also something else besides region...not sure what it's called but region zeros can either be PAL or NTSC
the dvd you have is probably PAL, usually, for me at least, PAL doesn't work in my dvd players but they work on my computer...and they might work on some US dvd players.
i've asked the same question many times so don't feel thick...it's SO confusing and i really don't understand why dvds can't just all be the same...if cd's are you would think dvd's could be too...
i'm not sure if my fall from grace is PAL or not....and i'm pretty sure my copy of rude boy which i got in london is PAL...
also there's something you can do to your dvd player to make it play other regions but i dunno if that's the same the the PAL/NTSC, and you can like only do it a certain amount of times...you can probably find directions online somewhere, i think you do it with your remote...it's all really weird...
I think the Region system was introduced to protect movies from piracy in markets where they have not yet been released. But this is rapidly becoming a false security, as increasingly, in these days of cheap digital prints, new movies are released all around the world on the same day. As ever, the consumer will rule in the end but yes, it is intensely irritating in the meantime, trying to remember which DVD plays in which player. I will no longer buy a player, on principle, if it is fussy about Regions. Capitalist bullshit.
[quote="karen"]aparently there's also something else besides region...not sure what it's called but region zeros can either be PAL or NTSC
the dvd you have is probably PAL, usually, for me at least, PAL doesn't work in my dvd players but they work on my computer...and they might work on some US dvd players.
i've asked the same question many times so don't feel thick...it's SO confusing and i really don't understand why dvds can't just all be the same...if cd's are you would think dvd's could be too...
i'm not sure if my fall from grace is PAL or not....and i'm pretty sure my copy of rude boy which i got in london is PAL...
also there's something you can do to your dvd player to make it play other regions but i dunno if that's the same the the PAL/NTSC, and you can like only do it a certain amount of times...you can probably find directions online somewhere, i think you do it with your remote...it's all really weird...[/quote]
I think the Region system was introduced to protect movies from piracy in markets where they have not yet been released. But this is rapidly becoming a false security, as increasingly, in these days of cheap digital prints, new movies are released all around the world on the same day. As ever, the consumer will rule in the end but yes, it is intensely irritating in the meantime, trying to remember which DVD plays in which player. I will no longer buy a player, on principle, if it is fussy about Regions. Capitalist bullshit.
