DVD's UK USA?
Nov 19th 2005, 9:57 pm
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DVD's UK USA?
A friend of mine has asked me to bring home the Lost series on DVD. Question is will the DVD's work on UK DVD players?
Nov 19th 2005, 10:01 pm
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Re: DVD's UK USA?
Originally Posted by LeedsGirl
A friend of mine has asked me to bring home the Lost series on DVD. Question is will the DVD's work on UK DVD players?
Nov 19th 2005, 10:01 pm
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Re: DVD's UK USA?
Originally Posted by LeedsGirl
A friend of mine has asked me to bring home the Lost series on DVD. Question is will the DVD's work on UK DVD players?
Nov 19th 2005, 10:02 pm
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Re: DVD's UK USA?
Originally Posted by fatbrit
Not unless s/he has a multiregion player or s/he or you has the ability to copy the disk and break the region coding.
Nov 19th 2005, 10:03 pm
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Originally Posted by gruffbrown
Nope, not unless they have a multi-region DVD player, which you can buy in the UK. UK uses PAL format and the US uses NTSC format.
Nov 19th 2005, 10:03 pm
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Originally Posted by gruffbrown
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Nov 19th 2005, 10:05 pm
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Re: DVD's UK USA?
Originally Posted by LeedsGirl
So basically she's SOL. Thank you.
Yes -- unless you know a local nerd. Really quite complicated to do it from scratch if you've not done it before on your computer -- er...allegedly!
Nov 19th 2005, 10:07 pm
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Originally Posted by fatbrit
Yes -- unless you know a local nerd. Really quite complicated to do it from scratch if you've not done it before on your computer -- er...allegedly!
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Nov 19th 2005, 10:09 pm
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My sister has a multi region player, I don't think they're that expensive, depends how many non UK DVDs they're going to play, her ex brings the kids DVDs from Thailand (no......
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Nov 19th 2005, 10:09 pm
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Re: DVD's UK USA?
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=338395
or you could take her a DVD player from here as a gift; multiregion one as discussed in the above thread... only 30$!! she would just need to address the plug/current issue
or you could take her a DVD player from here as a gift; multiregion one as discussed in the above thread... only 30$!! she would just need to address the plug/current issue
Nov 19th 2005, 10:24 pm
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Or you could lend her camcorder when you visit the UK, bring it back to the States, play the DVD on your television while taping it with your friends camcorder, mail the camcorder and tape back to your friend............ or wait until next time you go to the UK and return it in person, which will save on postage 
Nov 19th 2005, 10:26 pm
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Originally Posted by lionheart
Or you could lend her camcorder when you visit the UK, bring it back to the States, play the DVD on your television while taping it with your friends camcorder, mail the camcorder and tape back to your friend............ or wait until next time you go to the UK and return it in person, which will save on postage
Nov 19th 2005, 10:39 pm
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Originally Posted by LeedsGirl
Bwwaa, I read your posts and crack up everytime at your avatar, classic
Nov 20th 2005, 12:05 am
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get your mate to look over - http://www.videohelp.com/
or http://www.dvdcodes.net/ and if there player is in one of the sites and they can crack their player, sorted..if not, they'll have to get another dvd player, but there cheap enough, hmv had one for £20 a few weeks back that was regionless..
or http://www.dvdcodes.net/ and if there player is in one of the sites and they can crack their player, sorted..if not, they'll have to get another dvd player, but there cheap enough, hmv had one for £20 a few weeks back that was regionless..
Nov 20th 2005, 10:17 am
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Most dvd players in the uk are multiregion. buy it anyway and if she cant get it to work... give it to me! ha
or she can download shrinkdvd and rip a multiregion copy of the disc for free!
or she can download shrinkdvd and rip a multiregion copy of the disc for free!