DVD Regions?!

tommie_tantrum · Outlaw Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 102 City: South Africa

i live in the UK at the moment and you cant get any decent wake videos or DVDs here... if i got a DVD from the USA would it play on my DVD player or computer? i got a video once from abroad and it didnt work, are DVDs the same? thx

Gbgonzal138 · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 887

Im not sure if the computers are the same there then it shouldn't be a problem I would think.

bluefish86 · Posted: Jan 26, 2003 8:25 am Post subject:

DVDs have regions written on them, so even though the actual movie data is the same, because they were made in the US, they won't play on a UK DVD player. Most computer players, though, will either work regardless of region, or let you select your region.

Stuart · Newbie Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 40 City: Wellington, NZ

Hey Tommy

I'm in the UK too and getting DVDs is a pain - usually have to get them in from the US.

I can play all my wakeboard DVDs on my computer no problem at all. The ones I've got are all Region 0 - meaning there's no need for them to have a region code as they're not screened at the cinema and the film companies wouldn't miss out on the revenue. For example, a US DVD came out and we hadn't had the film screened over here in the UK the film companies wouldn't get all our hard earned in cinema takings.

The one thing you do need to check is that your DVD-ROM drive can read NTSC format DVDs.

Hope this helps.

tommie_tantrum · Outlaw Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 102 City: South Africa

cheers stuart thanks for the help...

draino · Criminal Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 97 City: IDAHO

Region codes are a way that DVD authors can try and stop DVD's from being released in other countries before it's time. It's pretty lame and, like anything else there is always a way around it. Most Wakeboard producers now turn all all region codes on when they are authoring a DVD. So try it out and see how it works.

I am Sam · Posted: Jan 26, 2003 6:52 pm Post subject:

There is a program i used once called DVD Genie, and you can change the region of the dvd player for your computer so you can play any dvds.

Budman · Outlaw Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 137 City: Tifton

Maybe I missing something, but why not just order a dvd player from the US to watch videos from the US?

bluefish86 · Posted: Jan 27, 2003 12:30 pm Post subject:

Because a US dvd player runs in NTSC, but a UK player in PAL, so you'd have to buy a new TV too. It would be easier to just download a program and play it on your computer.

Jess · Posted: Jan 27, 2003 1:44 pm Post subject:

If you have a DVD player and a TV capable of playing NTSC, then you should go to http://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk/ then there should be a DVD "region hack" section look up your player on the list follow instructions for the "region hack" then your DVD player is now multiregion !