Posted by music_mania on 12/11/06 19:32

Actually i dont mind what region the DVD's are just the cheapest. Quite
happy with copies, backups, rips whatever they're called
"Jerry Brown" <jerry@jwbrown.co.uk.RemoveThisBitToReply> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 16:13:19 -0500, Stan Brown
> <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>>U.S. commercial, last I heard -- just as ".mil" means U.S. military
>>and ".gov" means U.S. government. Though there are non-US companies
>>that have registered .com domains, the default is .co.uk, and .gov.uk
>>for government(*). Examples: http://www.royal.gov.uk/ and
>>http://amazon.co.uk . The latter lists the DVDs in question at
>>
>>> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yes-Minister-Complete-Collection-REGION/dp/B0000DI88E/sr=8-8/qid=1165179994/ref=sr_1_8/026-2565330-3230849?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
>>
>>though in NTSC region 1 format.
>>
>>> It means he didn't see the poster had posted the question to
>>> uk.media.dvd, which perfectly explained why the poster was asking for a
>>> title that'd been out for four years.
>>
>>Actually, I did. But since the spelling and capitalization were,
>>well, eccentric, and the poster used a .com address (even though it
>>might have been faked), I just assumed it was part of massive
>>crossposting.
>>
>>If the poster wanted Region 2, why did he not say so? A Google for
>> "yes, prime minister" "region 2"
>>turned up 577 links.
>>
>>As I say, my crystal ball was in the shop. So I beg pardon for
>>answering the question using the most likely interpretations.
>>
>>
>>(*) though a quick Google found no .mil.uk sites.
>
> The UK uses .mod.uk (ministry of defence) instead of .mil, and .ac.uk
> (academic) instead of .edu, while. .gov.uk is used erratically (e.g.
> www.statistics.gov.uk follows the convention, but UK Parliament is
> just www.parliament.uk).
>
> Jerry Brown
> --
> A cat may look at a king
> (but probably won't bother)
>
> <http://www.jwbrown.co.uk>

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