OFF: Magma?

[Denis Regenbrecht]

Hi Keith,

[lots of snippage]

>Well, I gotta get this!  Remind me - what's the Trianon concert?  I've been
>confused lately with all the recent live releases of Magma.  There are two
>3-disc packages that came out this past year, one new (that I have) and one
>old (that I don't have).  Plus, a few other live CDs from the old days, one
>of which has the live De Futura that one of these days I'll need to get.  Is
>one of these 'Trianon'?

The Trianon concert was recorded last year in Paris IIRC. It features the
whole Theusz Hamtaahk trilogy and is available on CD in a 3 CD box set. So
this would be the new one you mentioned.

>Also, can somebody let me in on the DVD regional/encoding system?  First
>off, what's it for (bootlegging prevention or something?)

To secure the sales of European/International branches of US film majors.
In Europe most US movies start about half a year later than in the US (LotR
will start at the same date everywhere <g>) and thus DVD sales also will
start later. In the meantime many movie-fans will import their films from
the US. This of course will harm the sales of the European distributors.
Of course this kind of reasoning is utter crap, but that's what the studios
say.

>And secondly, what is the situation in Europe relative to the US?  Like,
>if I order this
>from France or something, will I be able to play it on my simple US (Region
>1?) player?

Nope, definitely not. If your player isn't chipped (or you use a software
on on your comp) you cannot play films from other regions on it.

>I think I've seen some DVD's that say they will play in all
>regions, but I gather that some/many? are made specifically for one region
>at the expense of others?

Yep, some are Region 0 which will play in all players. I don't know if the
Magma will be R0, but I'll inform you as soon as I have it.

>  I'd just like to know what happens if I move
>to Europe and can't find a player to play my (American) DVD's on...will I
>need to bring my player too?

If you don't get a chipped one, you'll have to. Of course than the problem
will come up, if your player is able to use the 230V power we use here.

(c)IAO

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