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Topic: GRRRRRRRRRR!!!!
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Nick Zbu
ZooKeeper
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posted 04-06-2001 11:16 AM
   
Okay, so today I find out that two British TV series that I've been dying to see, "Adam Adamant Lives" and "Doomwatch" are having some episodes put out on DVD! DVD!! And the former is being released on Region 0, which means it can be played in any country, including America!  All's good, right? Except for one little fact.. It's a Region 0 PAL disc. That means that if I'm not wrong, it can play in any player BUT NONE OF THE AMERICAN ONES because my TV (NTSC) has fewer lines of resolution than an English one! GAH!! Why me?? 
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Rockjock
Monkey
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posted 04-06-2001 11:58 AM
Becuase the Moon Men are out to get you. Duh.  I think you can get some sort of formatter for this problem, but don't quote me on that. Ask the boys at Radio Shack and maybe they can help. You have a Dremcast, right? Doesn't that play DVDs, or am I thinking of another console? |
Nick Zbu
ZooKeeper
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posted 04-06-2001 12:19 PM
Actually, if I wanted to, I could just break down and put some dough into a DVD-ROM, which could concievably play any kind of DVD because it's non-region-coded AND could format Media Player to play as many lines of resolution as it wanted. See? There is a solution.Now all I need is money. *sigh* |
Case B
Monkey
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posted 04-06-2001 12:37 PM
The PS2 is able to play Dvds. The Dreamcast has online capabilities (so far.) |
Nick Zbu
ZooKeeper
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posted 04-06-2001 01:16 PM
Actually, before this gets out of control, let me explain:The problem I'm having with this Adam Adamant DVD is that I can't play it on my TV despite having a DVD player. You see, to prevent certain movies from being prematurely released in other countries, the makers of DVDs produce a 'Region Code.' This code allows most DVD players (like my own) to play only their own region of DVD. So, in America, I can only play Region 1 (American) coded discs. However, this DVD I want is Region 0, which means that any player in the world can play it. This is GOOD news, except for the fact that the disc is encoded in the English "PAL" format. North American and Japanese TVs use something called a NTSC format which use 525 lines of resolution on their TVs. All PAL systems use somewhere around 605 or 625 (I forget which), which means that while the PAL systems can play NTSC with little to no problem, it means that no NTSC TV can handle PAL tapes or discs. So, despite having a disc that isn't encoded, my DVD player can play it but my TV can't handle it. Plus, finding a TV that can play both NTSC and PAL is extremely diffcult and VERY expensive. So, either I have to buy a pricey DVD-ROM drive so I can ply it on my computer, or I can simply write the company urging them to release some of the discs in America. The latter seems more likely, unfortunately. So, *sigh* x 2. |
Rockjock
Monkey
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posted 04-06-2001 02:32 PM
You're shit out of luck, mon ami. You may just have to forgo getting the discs. Until the day when all information is in one compatible format! |
Nick Zbu
ZooKeeper
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posted 04-06-2001 02:38 PM
Aw, fuck it, one of these days I'll just get a fucking DVD-ROM. That way, I can watch the goddamn stuff on my computer and save myself the grand it would take to buy a multi-standard TV and regionfree DVD player.Now, to pray that technology keeps going at a fantastic rate so DVD-Roms go down in price.. |
Nick Zbu
ZooKeeper
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posted 04-06-2001 05:03 PM
Actually, I've found a way!! If I get a DVD-ROM, I should be able to play any kind of DVD on that drive and watch it on my monitor. BUT if I get a MPEG-2 card with PAL-TO-NTSC ability, I can play any DVD in the world on my TV!! KEWL!! I'm happy again!! | |
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