BOC-L Digest / Still in the Shadows

[MiChAeL "aLiEn DrEaM" bLaCkMaN]

because the yanks think their format is da shit and so do we and no one will
change lol

and I'd say if anyones gonna make a change it will have to be "us"  pal
format to ntsc cause I doubt very much that "they" will budge - make that
100% sure "they" won't......



----- Original Message -----
From: "deadearnest" <deadearnest at BTOPENWORLD.COM>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 6:21 AM
Subject: Re: BOC-L Digest / Still in the Shadows


> Just a quick one on this - I spoke to the label before the DVD came out
and
> they said that because it's region free or region 0 that it will play on
> anything - "great" I thought - "we can send out all the American ones".
Then
> I had a conversation with Lars from the label about the possibility of
> putting it out as an NTSC version but apparently the economics of the
> situation didn't add up. But then I thought "if it's supposed to play on
> anything, why's he worrying about an NTSC edition?" I then spoke with Dave
> who owns CDS and is a good deal more technically convesant on these things
> than I am, and he said that, region 0 or not, if it's region0 PAL, it
won't
> play on DVD's set up for region 0 NTSC!!! It's at this pointmy head
> exploded.
> All I can say is that, for the supposed global economy we are supposed to
> inhabit, for the supposed technological age in which we live, why the
> sodding hell we STILL have this stupid intercontinental format thing going
> on, is beyond me. The manufacturers of the whole shooting match
> want.......errrrrrr........shooting!!
> Andy G.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <muspel at WEBTV.NET>
> To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 11:25 AM
> Subject: Re: BOC-L Digest / Still in the Shadows
>
>
> > I thank the two people who replied saying that the PAL "Out of the
> > Shadows" should play on my NTSC player. Unfortunately it doesn't; nor
> > does it on my sister-in-law's or her son's - on mine it says (when the
> > disc is placed in): "This type of disc cannot be played. Please insert a
> > different one." , on my wife's sister's it reads: "Disc error" and on
> > her son's it reads the same as mine. These displays are exactly the same
> > on all three for another concert DVD I have when the PAL side is entered
> > (the other side is NTSC and plays just fine - this would have been a
> > nice idea for the Hawkwind disc).
> >
> > I hope he does not mind me mentioning this but when I bought the disc
> > from Phil at CDS it was he who said that many North Americans were
> > getting a friendly computer savvy friend to make an NTSC disc for them.
> > My disability severely limits my ability to socialize, so I thought I'd
> > take Phil's suggestion and see if I could find a "friend" on this list
> > would be kind enough to help me with this.
> >
> > Thank you for your patience and it would be most appreciated if *anyone*
> > could help.
> > Thanks again,
> > Jonathan
> > (Vancouver, B.C.)
>