Series 5 Available by End of 2007 ?

This is indeed great news for us all on here.

I was working on series 5 cleaning up the old vhs tapes I have and converting them to DVD. I have several bad tapes which were holding up the process, and created an awful lot of work in various software apps to get even a few seconds at a time of acceptable video. So now I'll move on to converting series 7, and 8 to complete my collection. (I've already done series 6) Then I'll have the luxury of replacing my home made discs with the releases as they are (hopefully) issued to complete the full story.

I for one kept on asking them, and I think the fact that we have contacted the companies to release the series has made them realise just how popular the Onedin Line is. I'm sure there must be a big potential for sales as people discover (and re-discover) this wonderful story.

Bill.

—– Original Message —–
From: everardnz
To: shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 3:53 AM
Subject: [shiponedingroup] Series 5 Available by End of 2007 ?

Ahoy there fellow Onedin Line fans –

Good news re: 5th Series availability below.

– Jason

"Marvin Heineman" <marvin@memphisbelle.nl>
02/08/2007 08:49 PM
Subject RE: The Onedin Line

Der Sir,

Our apologies for the late reaction.
We will publish the fifth series at the end of this year. We don't
have a releasedate yet.
We don't know when we can publish the other series.

With kind regards,

Marvin Heineman
Memphis Belle International BV.

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As long as the DVD player is region free there shouldn't be much
trouble playing European DVDs. That's my experience anyway.

Rina

— In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, elsieh <elsie_h_99@…> wrote:
>
> Can anyone tell me if the dvd's from Memphis Belle will play on US
players.
>
> Elsie in MD
>
>
> elsie_h_99@…
>
>
>

On 06/08/2007, at 1:18 PM, elsieh wrote:

> The problem is the dvd player is not region free. I have tried to
> find one or find a hack for my player but have not had any luck.

Yes, you get that! It's not solveable unless you can find a hack for
your specific player. The alternative is to buy a region-free player
– currently these are around $60 Australian (less in US$) so it's not
a huge outlay. I have a Telefunken one which is region-free and there
are other brands as well. The salespeople do not always tell the
truth (I've been caught) so check the actual machine before you hand
over your cash. There should be a little stylized world on the back
with either a O (zero) or perhaps a 9 or no picture of the world at
all. Or take a disk of another region with you to check it in the shop.

Also, I see questions about format too. NTSC or PAL. Both TV sets,
video tape players and DVD players will play either format without
any modification. This ability has been built into these machines for
at least 10 years since it's a matter of installing a chip which
covers both rather than fiddling in the factory putting chip A into
one order and chip B into another order. So buy either format with
confidence if your TV and player/s are less than 10 years old.

I amazes me that TV programmes, which were never in cinemas at all
and mostly now are not even on cable TV should be "regionalised". I
have TV programmes which are region-free and ones with varying
regions on them. My understanding was that the regions provided a
measure of protection for makers of films and cinema owners so that
people didn't have access to DVDs before the film had made its money
in a particular country. I don't see how that situation applies to TV
programmes! Perhaps someone on this list might have some definite
information on regions for ex-TV programmes.

And while I'm on regions and so on: I've finally found a Linux distro
which already contains the codecs to play commercial encrypted disks
on a computer; it's Mint main and available on an instal disk from On-
disk in the States. For those of us playing with Linux, getting those
codecs has proved a major headache.

It's great that Memphis Belle finally responded to someone. I, too
wrote and received not one word. I wrote again saying I'd heard they
were releasing season 5 and saying I was waiting to buy it.

Meanwhile … best regards to you all from Elaine in Brisbane, Australia

> elsieh <elsie_h_99@…> wrote:
> Rina said: < As long as the DVD player is region free

there shouldn't be much trouble playing European DVDs. That's my
experience anyway. >

>
> The problem is the dvd player is not region free. I have tried to

find one or find a hack for my player but have not had any luck.

>
> Elsie in MD
>

Elsie,

My Sony DVD recorder is currently Region 2 but can be made region-
free if needed for about £25 (about $50) if I need this in the
future. As has been said, there may be a hack out there for you. The
other option is to buy a new region-free DVD player as prices are
tumbling. A Google search for "region-free DVD player" has brought up
over 1 million hits, and the first website I looked at had some very
cheap multi-region players, also several sites with hacks for
existing players.

Hope you have some luck,

Garth,
Worcester UK.

Scout around all the local retail outlets and make a list of what's on offer, then when you get home check them against the on the DVD help site for region hacks. (Many of the cheaper DVD players I've seen on offer in supermarkets are listed). I pay around 20 to 30 UK Pounds for the ones around my home, all of them will play NTSC as well as PAL discs. All have been made region free.

HTH Bill.

—– Original Message —–
From: Rina Florijn
To: shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 8:56 AM
Subject: Re: [shiponedingroup] Re: Series 5 Available by End of 2007 ?

Elsie,

Have you tried this website: http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers/philips-dvd-625/2551 ?

This is where I found out that my dvd player had a region free hack (which you can see because the URL leads to the dvd player I have). But if you search for your type of dvd player, maybe it has a solution.

Good luck!

Rina

elsieh <elsie_h_99@yahoo.com> wrote:
Rina said: < As long as the DVD player is region free there shouldn't be much trouble playing European DVDs. That's my experience anyway. >

The problem is the dvd player is not region free. I have tried to find one or find a hack for my player but have not had any luck.

Elsie in MD

elsie_h_99@yahoo.com

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— In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, "Bill" <william.whittaker1@…>
wrote:

>
> Hello everybody, hope we are all well and getting in the mood for the
> forthcoming Christmas/New Year celebrations.
>
> Our household is once again starting with series 1 episode 1 of the

Onedin

> Line story, really it never loses anything no matter how many time I

see it.

> It has taken something like 2 years of occasional viewing, mixed in

with all

> the other programmes we watch, to get to episode 91 "A Long Way Home"

and

> now we are back at the beginning again.
>
> Looked around on the web, still have not seen any mention of series 5

being

> released yet. Anyone heard anything?
>
> Also I'll take this opportunity to welcome new members who have joined

us in

> the last few months, please say hello and introduce yourselves.
>
> In fact lets hear from anyone with any comments about the Onedin Line!
>
> Bill.
>

Hi Bill — You're right about the Onedin Line story never losing
anything in the retelling — we keep watching it here in USA/PA and it
always retains our interest. I enjoy reading the postings. Had a
question for you, though. How did you get all 91 episodes? I only have
52. Also have a note for Bill Scanlan Murphy — I have always loved
the music from Spartacus. I do hope someday I'll be able to get the
rest of it including the 2 series that you worked on. Melva Lee

>
> Rina said < Elsie,
>
> Have you tried this website:
> http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers/philips-dvd-625/2551
> ?
>
> This is where I found out that my dvd player had a region free

hack (which you can see because the URL leads to the dvd player I
have). But if you search for your type of dvd player, maybe it has
a solution.

>
> Good luck!
>
> Rina , I searched both of my dvd players and neither has a hack

at the moment.

>
>
>
> Elsie in MD
>
>
> elsie_h_99@…
>

I'm new to the group, hence the extremely tardy reply to this
thread. Your other alternative to purchasing a region free player is
to buy a piece of software which will copy a DVD regardless of region
encoding into other formats such as DivX or the iPod's mp4 format
without the region encoding. There are several available for all
platforms (Windows, Mac & Linux). The one I use is called "Fair
Use" (the name refers to the slightly tested legal principle that
one is permitted to make a copy of a legitimately purchased music or
video product if the copy will only be used for one's personal use).
The web site for this is
http://fairusewizard.com/lang_en/fairuse_wizard_dvd_divx_xvid_backup_t
ool_buynow.html

I've converted all of my region 2 disks using this utility.

— janet