OT: Movies You Have Seen Lately

narf poit chez BOOM · #1 September 20th, 2004, 09:06 PM

That kinda black&white look is intentional, according to something I read in the newspaper.

dogscoff · #2 September 21st, 2004, 07:26 AM

Last night I finally got a chance to watch "Shaun of the Dead" on DVD. I tell you, it's one of the funniest films I have ever seen- it's good as a horror flick as well, but mainly it's a comedy . It's described as a rom-zom-com on the box, and I can't think of a better description myself. Some of the DVD extras are excellent as well.

It might not be widely available outside the UK, but if you have access to a multi-rigion DVD player and internet shopping anything is possible...

Randallw · #3 September 21st, 2004, 07:36 AM

I just received a DVD player, and it has a button to choose between NTSC and PAL. I know these are different TV types. Does my DVD player have a Multi-Region function?.

gregebowman · #4 September 21st, 2004, 10:05 AM

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Randallw said:
I just received a DVD player, and it has a button to choose between NTSC and PAL. I know these are different TV types. Does my DVD player have a Multi-Region function?.

If I'm not mistaken, PAL is how the Europeans view their television signals. Not really sure of the difference between the two, but I don't think it has anything to do with a multi-region viewer. I know back about 7 years ago when I first got my Playstation, you could either buy an adapter or buy a multi-region machine to play the Japanese games. I haven't really checked since I got a PS2. There may be something similar out there for those who have one that will let you play dvd's from the different regions.

Randallw · #5 September 22nd, 2004, 05:51 AM

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I know back about 7 years ago when I first got my Playstation, you could either buy an adapter or buy a multi-region machine to play the Japanese games.

While I was in Europe a few years ago our housesitter stuck something in my playstation (without asking) that he said would let me use games from anywhere. I've never used it though. I played Wipeout2097 twice when i got back, finished it and gave my games to someone for christmas.

capnq · #6 September 21st, 2004, 01:10 PM

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I just received a DVD player, and it has a button to choose between NTSC and PAL.

Maybe they just designed one unit for sale in both the US and Europe.

dogscoff · #7 September 21st, 2004, 01:20 PM

NTSC and PAL are just two different display outputs. It doesn't necessarily mean your machine is multi-region, but it doens't mean it isn't either.

A lot of DVD players are multi-region these days, and a lot of those that aren't can be made multi-region very easily. Sometimes it requires a little hardware work (opening it up and doing some light modding, or maybe flicking a switch or something) and sometimes it is as easy as getting a "secret" key-sequence off the internet to access a hidden menu or type in a special code.

Do some research on the internet for your own particular model of DVD player. Just go to google and type in the exact model of your DVD player and the words "region hack", for example http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...07+region+hack

gregebowman · #8 September 22nd, 2004, 11:01 AM

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dogscoff said:
NTSC and PAL are just two different display outputs. It doesn't necessarily mean your machine is multi-region, but it doens't mean it isn't either.

A lot of DVD players are multi-region these days, and a lot of those that aren't can be made multi-region very easily. Sometimes it requires a little hardware work (opening it up and doing some light modding, or maybe flicking a switch or something) and sometimes it is as easy as getting a "secret" key-sequence off the internet to access a hidden menu or type in a special code.

Do some research on the internet for your own particular model of DVD player. Just go to google and type in the exact model of your DVD player and the words "region hack", for example http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...07+region+hack

Just for the sake of argument, let's say I could modify my dvd player. Where the heck do you get the other region dvd's? I know you're going to say E-bay or some other internet service. Since I don't have a credit card to use or want to participate in Pay-Pal, how would I get my hands on these discs?

narf poit chez BOOM · #9 September 24th, 2004, 02:04 AM

I saw hero and spider-man 2 today.

Fyron · #10 September 24th, 2004, 02:41 AM

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gregebowman said:
Just for the sake of argument, let's say I could modify my dvd player. Where the heck do you get the other region dvd's? I know you're going to say E-bay or some other internet service. Since I don't have a credit card to use or want to participate in Pay-Pal, how would I get my hands on these discs?

I think it is illegal to sell DVDs in the "wrong" reason... or if not illegal, then very highly discouraged.

No need to modify your DVD player at all. Just get a DVD-ROM drive for your computer and get good software that can decrypt any format DVD. I posted some links in the DragonCon thread if you are interested... A video card with TV Out options can help, as you can then ouptut the movie to a TV (maybe use an RGB converter if necessary) and not have to watch it on the computer monitor.