BOC-L Digest / Still in the Shadows

[deadearnest]

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.
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> 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.)