Buying DVD's in the US

[yellowbellies2004]

Now I've just had a thought (dangerous I know). I know that we work on PAL and the US work on NTSC so we can't exchange videos but does anyone know if DVD's are the same?

Thanks

Kate

[chrisj]

DVD's are region 1 for america, they only work here if you have a multi region DVD player
or a chipped one.

Actually a lot of video players now play PAL and NTSC as standard

[yellowbellies2004]

Thanks for that, I will check our dvd player to find out!

Kate

[blott]

You're highly unlikely to be able to play a UK DVD on a US machine, unless you have an upgraded one in Florida BTW.

[Nostromo]

Almost all DVD players in the UK now play R1 DVDs without the slightest problem. What's more, you can quite legally buy R1 DVDs from a well known Jersey site for prices not much more than their USD equivalents and get them delivered for free within 4 working days. The films become available within a week or two of their release in the USA. I have done this for almost 4 years.

[alan360]

Nostromo,

quite correct, Rosie my better half, is a film nut/buff, she gets most of our DVD's from the co you alluded to, also the bargain bucket in the local stores as well. I think we have almost replaced all our old VCR films with DVD's now.

I think most of the stand alone DVD players available today are either set for multi-region or programable for multi-region, so playing films purchased in another country is not too much of a problem. I think I am correct in saying that TV's with built-in DVD are region fixed and cannot be changed, at least the TV/DVD that I have cannot be modded.

Now some smart A*se is going to reply that they can... I just know it.

[chrisj]

Yep im that person, We just got emily's to play usa dvd's with a cheat code off the net sorry

[rosie]

LOL chrisj, hubby just said "I knew it"

Thanks a lot, he will now spend half the weekend looking for a cheat code instead of decorating

[Mick-H]

The site in Jersey is called ?

[Nostromo]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Mick-H
The site in Jersey is called ?
[/quote]

I'll DM it to you.