This confuses me. I didn't even realize there were different formats for different countries. Why?
Can't we all just get along?
DVD format query
DVD format query
So I found a bunch of DVDs I want to buy but they are in UK region 2 format. Does that mean I have to buy a DVD player from across the pond, too?
This confuses me. I didn't even realize there were different formats for different countries. Why?
Can't we all just get along?
This confuses me. I didn't even realize there were different formats for different countries. Why?
Can't we all just get along?
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
Re: DVD format query
Unless you have a "region free" player you will not be able to play them.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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If you let me know the make and model of your DVD player I can let you know if it'll work BSG.
At worst, it'll mean a new player. Most are set to Region 0 these days which means they play all regions.
At worst, it'll mean a new player. Most are set to Region 0 these days which means they play all regions.
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
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Right now I'm just using a Philips portable DVD player I got a year or so ago at Walmart, as I haven't got round to getting a TV. I did buy a DVD from Amazon recently that had Chinese print on the packaging and it played okay. I wonder if that means it's set to zero? I'll have to hunt up the model number.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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you could try reading the manual. It usually mentions it in there.
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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Didn't you read her post?
She got it over a year ago ...
Everyone knows after six weeks instruction manuals get pulled into a wormhole in the space-time continuum that spits them out precisely a week after they die or get sold!
She got it over a year ago ...
Everyone knows after six weeks instruction manuals get pulled into a wormhole in the space-time continuum that spits them out precisely a week after they die or get sold!
Re: DVD format query
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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I would venture a guess that the unit is NOT a multi-region player.
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
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I posted a link on Gobs thread about the new Sherlock Holmes video that was supposed to help switch the code to zero the list of units was extensive...
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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What I'm the4 omly person who files my Manuals (especially for electronics)
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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I do usually keep manuals, but not for really simple equipment like this. It doesn't record, have a clock, etc. I'll see if I can figure anything out from the onscreen menu.
Thanks for the advice!
Thanks for the advice!
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
Re: DVD format query
Look on the back or base BSG. You should find the manufacturer's name and the model no.
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
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If you get that, there's usually manuals online
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: DVD format query
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
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LOL!! 
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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My portable is not region free, but I've found one online that is. Thanks all!
eta: fix typo
eta: fix typo
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For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
Re: DVD format query
Good enough! 
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
Re: DVD format query
Dales, as I said in my fav hijack 
;
Spanish speakers ask, ¿Como? <How?>, not ¿Que? <What?>
¿Como? Is short for ¿Como se dice? <How do you say?>
'Que'/'what' is used as a noun, sometimes as 'that', while speaking is a verb.
So asking, 'How you speak' is more proper in Spanish, when asking you to repeat yourself.
'Que' would be a statement; 'That you say', and not a proper question.
Here endith the lesson, that will be five dollars.
;Spanish speakers ask, ¿Como? <How?>, not ¿Que? <What?>
¿Como? Is short for ¿Como se dice? <How do you say?>
'Que'/'what' is used as a noun, sometimes as 'that', while speaking is a verb.
So asking, 'How you speak' is more proper in Spanish, when asking you to repeat yourself.
'Que' would be a statement; 'That you say', and not a proper question.
Here endith the lesson, that will be five dollars.
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Fawlty Towers was a BBC televison comedy, not a Spainish Language Instruction program.
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato