Update on DVD compatibility issues
 

Greetings all

In a recent thread, the question arose as to the compatibility issues of my
current and my new DVDs. I have been laboring under the impression that
they had been coded for Region 1, which is the US and Canada. With a little
bit of research on the part of my contact at the video company, I have
learned that this is not the case. Both DVDs have in fact been region free
(or universal) since the beginning of production.

This is not to say that there are no compatibility issues. The early copies
were burned, but even with our switch to stamping, there is going to be the
occasional machine that just won't play them. But for all you who are not
in North America, if you want to inflict my person onto your TV screen, it
should work.

--
Bill

Bill Grumbine

www.wonderfulwood.com

Update on DVD compatibility issues
 

Bill Grumbine wrote:
Greetings all

In a recent thread, the question arose as to the compatibility issues of my
current and my new DVDs. I have been laboring under the impression that
they had been coded for Region 1, which is the US and Canada. With a little
bit of research on the part of my contact at the video company, I have
learned that this is not the case. Both DVDs have in fact been region free
(or universal) since the beginning of production.

This is not to say that there are no compatibility issues. The early copies
were burned, but even with our switch to stamping, there is going to be the
occasional machine that just won't play them. But for all you who are not
in North America, if you want to inflict my person onto your TV screen, it
should work.

--
Bill


It would not necessarily be the fault of the DVD from Bill that
wouldn't play correctly. Some of the older machines (I have two)
simply won't play some DVDs. I mean really common ones. And they
refuse to play a DVD that was burned on a computer or another
recorder/burner.

Fast forward to the DVD player I just bought at Circuit City, and it
will play everything, including DivX. It was a whopping $49, and it
ended my frustration with some of my DVDs.

Just a thought, here....

Robert

Update on DVD compatibility issues
 

On 14 Jun 2006 21:49:16 -0700, wrote:


Bill Grumbine wrote:
Greetings all

In a recent thread, the question arose as to the compatibility issues of my
current and my new DVDs. I have been laboring under the impression that
they had been coded for Region 1, which is the US and Canada. With a little
bit of research on the part of my contact at the video company, I have
learned that this is not the case. Both DVDs have in fact been region free
(or universal) since the beginning of production.

This is not to say that there are no compatibility issues. The early copies
were burned, but even with our switch to stamping, there is going to be the
occasional machine that just won't play them. But for all you who are not
in North America, if you want to inflict my person onto your TV screen, it
should work.

There's still a framerate difference between PAL and NTSC. It's not
that huge, and a computer will compensate, but it might make some
players refuse to use them.

It would not necessarily be the fault of the DVD from Bill that
wouldn't play correctly. Some of the older machines (I have two)
simply won't play some DVDs. I mean really common ones. And they
refuse to play a DVD that was burned on a computer or another
recorder/burner.

Fast forward to the DVD player I just bought at Circuit City, and it
will play everything, including DivX. It was a whopping $49, and it
ended my frustration with some of my DVDs.

Yep. APEX is a great brand for playing everything you could ever
want- and it's about the cheapest thing on the shelf. I never had a
disc not play for me on the thing, no matter what format it was in-
including some that I think were region coded from Asia.

We got one of those for $19 and a relatively expensive Emmerson at the
same time three or four years ago, and the cheapo is the one that's
still working fine. The Emmerson went in the trash over a year ago-
not only wouldn't play much to begin with, but it died completely with
relatively light use in a couple of years. DVD players are one of the
of the few cases where paying more doesn't do you any good at all.