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| Stargate - the movie The Stargate film is how it all began and for many their first glimpse into the Stargate Universe. Discuss the film in this forum as well as the possibility of any future Stargate or Stargate SG-1 motion picture. |
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7th September 2000, 06:09 PM
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| sime So I thought I'd run a competition @ the SGC UK offering DVD's and VHS tapes as the prizes. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that Stargate the movie is out of print i.e. NOT available in the UK. Blackstar confirmed this saying it is NOT available on DVD or VHS! You can however obtain a DVD copy of the Extended version (Directors cut) from play 247 (http://www.play247.com) as long as your DVD player can show reigon 1 DVD format. Later ---------- ------- Sime@00 ------ http://www.sgc-uk.com |
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7th September 2000, 06:10 PM
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| padders Arrr, i wondered where i should go to get the movie. I may go and try them now, always wondered how god they were and how easy it will be to get region 1 disks to work in my computer based dvd player. ---------- Chris Padfield, administrator for TalkStargate.com http://www.talkstargate.com/ - Talk Stargate till your heart's content! |
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7th September 2000, 06:10 PM
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| padders I just ordered it from http://www.video-now.com which seems to be a pretty cheap place to get Region 1 dvds for uk people. No p&p if you order 2 dvds and prices lower than in the UK. Just hope i don't get clobbered with import taxes but i hear if you only order 2 dvds per package you normally do ok. I also got The Beach Notting Hill Erin Brokinvich American Beauty ekk can't remember the other one!!! Some films are avaliable to buy on dvd that have not even come out on the cinema yet here!!! so unfair. ---------- Chris Padfield, administrator for TalkStargate.com http://www.talkstargate.com/ - Talk Stargate till your heart's content! |
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7th September 2000, 06:10 PM
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| sime Padders, There is plenty of software out there that will allow you to play reigon 1 DVD's on your PC DVD player. If any of you are going to buy a DVD player to go with your TV then make ABSOLLUTLEY SURE IT IS CONFIGURED TO ALLOW MULTI-REIGON. Go here for good prices http://www.scan.co.uk keep an eye on their today only section often good MR DVD players can be found in there, be patient and you will get a bargain. Gladiator is out on reigon 1 DVD soon, SG-1 the movie is only available on reigon 1 Multi-reigon has massive advantages me thinks Later, ---------- ------- Sime@00 ------ http://www.sgc-uk.com |
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7th September 2000, 06:10 PM
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| sime Padders, Play247 - have had no problems at all! Both John and I buy from them resonably frequently.... And I'm back just bought SuperNova and pre ordered Gladiator. No Postage if you live in Europe all DVD's sent recorded delivery. Later, ---------- ------- Sime@00 ------ http://www.sgc-uk.com |
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7th September 2000, 06:10 PM
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| MythingLink DVD's are encoded so that only certain DVD players will be able to translate the signal. Region 1 is basically the US and Canada, Region 2 is pretty much every where else. Although there are more regions, those two are the biggies. The reason studios give for doing this is so that they can put out their movies according to what each individual country allows in the way of rating the episode. Some countries are more lenient towards sex, violence, language, etc. than others. Cheers, ---------- MythingLink The Woolfden: http://www.woolfden.net |
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7th September 2000, 06:11 PM
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| padders Play247 look good just more expensive. My dvd orders have not showed up on the video site yet which is a bit weird, looking into it now. ---------- Chris Padfield, administrator for TalkStargate.com http://www.talkstargate.com/ - Talk Stargate till your heart's content! |
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7th September 2000, 06:11 PM
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| padders Ok.. this is how it works I think, mything may correct me (and sime :-) ) 1) DVD in computer. Not sure about hardware decoding ie if you have a special dvd decoder. You may need to do some "soldering" but not sure: Software decoding, the norm. All you need to do is get multi region software decoding. Get at most dvd sites and you can then run any region dvd. 2) DVD players for TV. IN ENGLAND: You buy a dvd player. Some dvd players can then be modded to run region 1 dvds by just entering an unlock code using a controller. Some dvd players come multi region when you buy them and some you need to install a chip which lots of companies will do for about £40. In US. Mything suggests this may not work in the US because of the difference between the two types of tv signal - PAL and NYSTC (hope that is right name). I have never heard of it being a problem here and I think it will not be because i do not think DVD uses these signals and it is only video players that do although i am NOT sure. It does work in the UK though so either out tv's are different and play american formats (although they don't when we try and run videos) or our dvd players run both. That may be it.. dvd players may be designed to work on both PAL and NYSTC system. Hope that helps. ---------- Chris Padfield, administrator for TalkStargate.com http://www.talkstargate.com/ - Talk Stargate till your heart's content! |
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7th September 2000, 06:11 PM
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| MythingLink I maybe wrong, but I was under the impression that DVDs are also encoded using either PAL or NTSC. There are some other encoding formats out there, but I can't remember right now what they are. I believe that this has to do with signal frequency but I'm, again, not sure. Cheers, ---------- MythingLink The Woolfden: http://www.woolfden.net |
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7th September 2000, 06:11 PM
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| padders I agree it makes sense however why then do some dvd players in the uk in which you just add a simple code to them then play region 1 dvds. Arrggggggghhhhhhhhh.. i know... It is not the DVD that is PAL or NYSTC it is the DVD PLAYER. Thus a region 1 dvd or a region 2 dvd will work on a british dvd player connected to a british tv. A US dvd plater with a region 1 or region 2 dvd will work on a US tv. It is not the region of the dvd disc that matters as to what type of TV you can play it but the dvd player. Thus a dvd player works just like a video and needs to be connected to the write tv but the region of the disk has nothing to do with if the playback will be pal or nystc. make sense? i think so. ---------- Chris Padfield, administrator for TalkStargate.com http://www.talkstargate.com/ - Talk Stargate till your heart's content! |
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7th September 2000, 06:11 PM
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| MythingLink You're forgetting that I could have a multi-region DVD player here in the US, but if my TV wasn't also multi-region I still wouldn't get a viewable signal from anything that wasn't Region 1. <G> I've sent NTSC tapes to people overseas who have VCRs that play both PAL and NTSC, however they couldn't view them because their TV was also not compatible. Cheers, ---------- MythingLink The Woolfden: http://www.woolfden.net |
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7th September 2000, 06:12 PM
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| padders Yeah i get that.. but video's are recorded in either PAL or NYSTC i don't think DVDs are done this way. I think the DVD player takes the digital information and then turns it into PAL or NYSTC. Thus A region 1 and a region 2 dvd disk are identical except they have a tiny little bit of info that says "only play if dvd player is region x) ---------- Chris Padfield, administrator for TalkStargate.com http://www.talkstargate.com/ - Talk Stargate till your heart's content! |
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7th September 2000, 06:12 PM
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| MythingLink Time for me to go find my reference materials again. <G> Cheers, ---------- MythingLink The Woolfden: http://www.woolfden.net |
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