Posted by The Man With No Name on 02/06/07 14:16

"Jonathan Brisby" <underthe@rosebush.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:08:58 -0800, "Richard C."
> <post-age@spamcop.net> wrote:
>
>>"Jonathan Brisby" <underthe@rosebush.com> wrote in message
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>>> Does anyone know why the R1 DVD of 1984 (John Hurt version) is such a
>>> pain in the ass to get a hold of ? All I see are the R2 copies
>>> everywhere, was there a recall in the USA that I don't know about?
>>
>>======================
>>My solution to this kind of problem was to get a second (actually 8th)
>>player that
>>plays all regions:
>>
>>http://www.regioncodefreedvd.com/pioneer578.html
>>
>>Plays everything.
>
> Well I've been playing non R1 DVDs for years, I just play it back from
> one of my computers onto the TV plus I gotta shitty cheap player that
> I made region free. I'm just interested in getting it without the 4%
> speed up. After watching a lot of them you start to notice the audio
> difference.

In the case of 1984, the newer Region 2/4 is vastly superior to the old
Region 1.
Region 2/4 is dual-layer (the R1 is only single-layer) and, more
importantly, the R2/4 has the original muted color-scheme (unlike the R1)

I've never noticed PAL speed-up myself, but I would think that in this case
the R2/4 is worth getting just for all the other reasons. Besides, I think
most computer DVD-players have an option to play back PAL DVDs 4% slower.

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