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Hey can people give me a list of DVD players that are, or can be easely made
regon free.

And give links with more info would be cool

Thanks Daniel

In article <8OF4b.134021$>,
spam@bites_the_dust_.again says...
> Hey can people give me a list of DVD players that are, or can be easely made
> regon free.
>
> And give links with more info would be cool
>
> Thanks Daniel

Last time I walked through a Woolworth they had a stack of them sitting
next to the checkout. Price around $130 .. $150 i.i.r.c.

Now, I like the idea of DVDs, but what's the point? They make the things
so damned expensive, I would rather drive 2 hours to a movie theatre and
spend 12 bucks than shell out 40 bucks for a movie that I might watch
once, or twice.

Once DVD hire comes down, or the media is no more expensive than the cost
of two movie visits, I may reconsider. As things are there's no way I'd
buy a player, even though they are just about giving them away at
present.

-P.

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On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 01:51:33 +1200, Peter Huebner wrote:

> Once DVD hire comes down, or the media is no more expensive than the
> cost of two movie visits, I may reconsider.

FWIW, loads of older discs are selling in europe for $8-12. Kids stuff as
low as $5 (NZ$)

It costs MORE than that to go to the flicks, even on cheap nights. 2
tickets, parking, popcorn...

> As things are there's no way I'd
> buy a player, even though they are just about giving them away at
> present.

I now have the complete range of Monty Python films and none of them cost
more than NZ$9 apiece. (Grail and Brian were even a special 2 for $9)

FWIW, check out amazon.com, if you're willing to wait 3 days you cen get
your favourite series box sets for about 1/2-1/3 the NZ price.

Having said that, some things are quite expensive. The average for 24
series 2 or Taken box sets are about NZ$200, f'instance.

And this is without even looking at pirate discs - reputable retailers, etc.


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Daniel Farley allegedly said:

> Hey can people give me a list of DVD players that are, or can be easely
> made regon free.
>
> And give links with more info would be cool
>
> Thanks Daniel

I got a cheapo Mustek from DSE last Xmas that is easily made region-free. It
works great.....though I know others had a different experience. The kids
play MP3 CDs in it for *hours*.

I think they sell and even cheaper model now.....so best to check.

I know all the Pioneer models in NZ are Region Free


"Daniel Farley" <spam@bites_the_dust_.again> wrote in message
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> Hey can people give me a list of DVD players that are, or can be easely
made
> regon free.
>
> And give links with more info would be cool
>
> Thanks Daniel
>
>

"Peter Huebner" <> wrote in message
news: .co.nz...
> In article <8OF4b.134021$>,
> spam@bites_the_dust_.again says...
> > Hey can people give me a list of DVD players that are, or can be easely
made
> > regon free.
> >
> > And give links with more info would be cool
> >
> > Thanks Daniel
>
> Last time I walked through a Woolworth they had a stack of them sitting
> next to the checkout. Price around $130 .. $150 i.i.r.c.
>
> Now, I like the idea of DVDs, but what's the point? They make the things
> so damned expensive, I would rather drive 2 hours to a movie theatre and
> spend 12 bucks than shell out 40 bucks for a movie that I might watch
> once, or twice.
>
> Once DVD hire comes down, or the media is no more expensive than the cost
> of two movie visits, I may reconsider. As things are there's no way I'd
> buy a player, even though they are just about giving them away at
> present.
>
> -P.

Have you ever thought about the money you'd save on power bills by turning
your TV and computer OFF?

For 12 bucks you can hire 3 DVD movies for 2 nights from some places. The
Two Towers is the kind of movie that's well worth watching again. For you
that would cost you another 12 bucks to sit in a lousy theatre seat for
another 3 hours. You'd only be another 6 bucks away from owning the DVD
along with all the special features that you wouldn't have seen at the movie
theatre. A damn visit to a movie theatre isn't worth more than 6 bucks at
the very most, to pay more is nothing but a rip off.

E. Scrooge

E. Scrooge wrote:
> Have you ever thought about the money you'd save on power bills by
> turning your TV and computer OFF?

Not a whole lot. My computer+monitor only draw 1.2 amps under full load.

Cheers,
Nicholas Sherlock

"Nicholas Sherlock" wrote
> Not a whole lot. My computer+monitor only draw 1.2 amps under full load.

I once figured out that for each PC it costs ~$9 a month if on 24/7
This was overly generous, over estimating on each step.

E. Scrooge wrote:
> "Nicholas Sherlock" <> wrote in message
> news:bj1268$hr1$...
>> E. Scrooge wrote:
>>> Have you ever thought about the money you'd save on power bills by
>>> turning your TV and computer OFF?
>>
>> Not a whole lot. My computer+monitor only draw 1.2 amps under full
>> load.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nicholas Sherlock
>
> One of the options in mine was a bigger power supply. If I ran it
> non stop it would make a noticeable difference. The old PC would
> hardly make much difference at all.

Simply having a bigger power supply doesn't change the amount of power that
your components draw, though. You can rig up a specially wired 3-pin double
adaptor that lets you use a multimeter to read the current draw. 1.2 amps
was the combined total of my monitor and my computer. The computer itself
only draws about .3 or .4 amps.

Cheers,
Nicholas Sherlock

E. Scrooge wrote:
> Thanks for that information. I'll be able to plug some 2,000 watt
> heaters in without any affect to power consumption?
>
> The increase I went up in for the PC was ffrom 250 watts or whatever
> it was as standard to at least 350 watts from memory. It might not
> be that noticeable comapred to a 2,000 watt heater going flat out non
> stop, but this PC uses more juice than the old Pentium 200 MMX does.
> Something of which was expected and not a problem anyway.
>
> E. Scrooge

That's not what I meant. I meant that simply getting a larger power supply
does nothing to increase the power draw of your computer. If you change
components in your computer, then sure . But you didn't explicitly say
that in the message that I was replying to.

Cheers,
Nicholas Sherlock