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Sorry, but I'm not real clear on this point. There's a UK Region 0 DVD that
I'd love to buy.

TIA!

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Kishin

"Kishin" <> wrote in message
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> Sorry, but I'm not real clear on this point. There's a UK Region 0 DVD
> that I'd love to buy.
>
> TIA!
>



nope!
it will be PAL - so you'll need a player that converts PAL to NTSC.
either that or watch it on your pc.


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> "Kishin" <> wrote:
>
>> Sorry, but I'm not real clear on this point. There's a UK Region 0 DVD that
>> I'd love to buy.

Kimba W Lion wrote:
> It depends on how the DVD is made. There's a really popular one that I know of
> that's NTSC even though it's made in the UK. Plus, a _lot_ of DVD players
> would have no problem converting PAL to NTSC if necessary--with a DVD the only
> conversion that needs to be done is the frame rate.

Most DVD players sold in the U.S cannot convert PAL to NTSC. Not sure
I'd say it's even a lot of DVD players that can do it either. This site,
www.nerd-out.com, used to be an excellent source of DVD players that can
be hacked, but it hasn't been updated in years and it looks like the
forums are no longer available.

Over the years I've used APEX, CYBERHOME and now I own an OPPO that I'm
very happy with.

http://www.oppodigital.com/

Andrew

"Andrew" <> wrote in message
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>> "Kishin" <> wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry, but I'm not real clear on this point. There's a UK Region 0 DVD
>>> that I'd love to buy.
>
> Kimba W Lion wrote:
>> It depends on how the DVD is made. There's a really popular one that I
>> know of
>> that's NTSC even though it's made in the UK. Plus, a _lot_ of DVD players
>> would have no problem converting PAL to NTSC if necessary--with a DVD the
>> only
>> conversion that needs to be done is the frame rate.
>
> Most DVD players sold in the U.S cannot convert PAL to NTSC. Not sure I'd
> say it's even a lot of DVD players that can do it either. This site,
> www.nerd-out.com, used to be an excellent source of DVD players that can
> be hacked, but it hasn't been updated in years and it looks like the
> forums are no longer available.
>
> Over the years I've used APEX, CYBERHOME and now I own an OPPO that I'm
> very happy with.
>
> http://www.oppodigital.com/
>
> Andrew

The reverse seems to be the experience in Australia, a PAL country, where
most home DVD/TV systems have no problems playing NTSC or PAL. I'm guessing
the same would apply in the UK. And region coding is both legal and illegal
in Australia! The copyright law supports it but the Trades Practise
Commission doesn't so you can ask most retailer to provide the unlocking
code. I bought a Samsung VHS/DVD player for a friend the other day and after
I paid for it the salesperson gave me the receipt and a nicely printed form
on how to unlock it.

"Kimba W Lion" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Andrew <> wrote:
>
>>Most DVD players sold in the U.S cannot convert PAL to NTSC.
>
> When you consider that most of the DVD players sold would be the cheap
> Chinese
> ones featuring one-firmware-for-all-markets, I'd say most _can_ convert.
> Region lockout/hacking is a separate issue, and not applicable here since
> the
> question was about a Region 0 disc.
>
>>Not sure I'd say it's even a lot of DVD players that can do it either.
>>This site,
>>www.nerd-out.com, used to be an excellent source of DVD players that can
>>be hacked, but it hasn't been updated in years and it looks like the
>>forums are no longer available.
>
> Try www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks.
>
> And I just tried a Region 0 PAL disc in an un-hacked Samsung player, which
> converted the video to the NTSC frame rate without a problem.
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I got in touch with the seller, and he said the disc is NTSC. I'm not sure
why a UK DVD would be NTSC, but I'll take it as a good thing.

Thanks a bunch to all who answered.

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Kishin