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I don't know about the iOffer site, I have not had dealings there.

What I can say that obviously they are copies, therefore not official releases and could be technically termed as 'illegal'.

If the technicalities do not worry you, and you have a braodband connection then a better possible approach may be to join one of the private sites which share old TV programmes.

One such fairly recent new site is http://rareshare.me , I believe that sign-up is at the moment open, so there should be no trouble in joining.

There are already several onedin line series available there, and it is expected that all will be before very long.

It is not necessary to part with any money at all if you follow the rules of the site.

The quality of the video is, really little different form the DVD they were sourced from.

There is a sample here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4965107/Onedin%20sample.avi

Alternatively if you want to you can buy all the episodes on official DVD releases, from places like eBay and Amazon.

Hope this helps.

— In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, "galacticprobe" <LambuLambu@…> wrote:
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> Greetings, All,
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> I was wondering if anyone has experience with purchasing items from the iOffer site. The reason I'm asking is that I found these while searching for TOL DVDs:
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> http://www.ioffer.com/i/the-onedin-line-all-8-seasons-204580528 (seller is "natilus")
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> There is another seller there but that one is asking a lot more for the series. Here's the page if anyone cares to take a look:
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> http://www.ioffer.com/search/items/The%20Onedin%20Line
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> The first seller on the list is priced way out of my wallet's range at the moment. The second one listed (natilus) is the one in question. I've read the description for the "DivX" discs and that one put me right off. A little lower on the list is a seller "urbanlaw" who has individual seasons, but when you add up the total price for all eight it comes to more than the expensive seller at the top.
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> So does anyone have any experience dealing with any of these sellers on iOffer? Or iOffer itself? It isn't so much the region I'm concerned with, it's the PAL vs. NTSC format. My TV doesn't have the auto detect capability to play both; it's strictly NTSC, and "natilus" supposedly has discs that will play in all formats.
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> It's been over 30 years since I've seen an episode, and when the channel in my area stopped airing them the last one they showed (in the spring of 1980) was "Ice and Fire", so I was way behind in the storyline. I would love to get the entire series, but I don't want to just jump into anything because of my eagerness.
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> Any and all advice is appreciated.
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> Dino.
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