...taking the region code off a disc from the UK, the movie in question is the New Zealand end of the world flick "The Quiet Earth" from the 80's. Here's the weird part, the disc is showing up a Region 0 and technically should play in my Sony, I don't think there would be any potential PAL-NTSC conflicts to worry about.
Well, the disc doesn't play, I get the region error, and when I encoded it using DVD Shrink, I specificially selected the Region 1 tab, but in the end the copy got the same error in my player as the original. As expected, the disc plays fine and encodes fine on the computer. Anyone else ever encounter a problem with switching the region code?
Well, the disc doesn't play, I get the region error, and when I encoded it using DVD Shrink, I specificially selected the Region 1 tab, but in the end the copy got the same error in my player as the original. As expected, the disc plays fine and encodes fine on the computer. Anyone else ever encounter a problem with switching the region code?
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Re: Having some trouble...
Wed, March 9, 2005 - 8:46 AMSo neither the original nor the copy will play on your Sony, but both will play on your PC?
Are you sure it's not a PAL issue? Can your Sony play PAL discs? -
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Re: Having some trouble...
Wed, March 9, 2005 - 9:02 AMYou know, I was slap ass positive that this Sony would play PAL discs, but heck, maybe I need to double check. -
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Re: Having some trouble...
Wed, March 9, 2005 - 10:21 AM"You know, I was slap ass positive that this Sony would play PAL discs, but heck, maybe I need to double check."
It's funny to me that my $70 Apex could handle PAL right out of the box, but my $150 Toshiba cannot.
Most of the big name-brand DVD players sold in the US(Region 1)- Sony, Toshiba, Pioneer, Philips, etc.- cannot play PAL discs. Even though it's technically a video format issue, allowing a video format from another region to work on players here is sort of backdooring the use of non-region discs.
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