[garth3639]

Bill,

From your email you seem to have tried out several brands of DVD
blank discs. I have a Sony DVD recorder, a desktop PC fitted with a
Sony DVD writer and a Lite-On writer, and an old IBM notebook with an
IBM-branded DVD writer made by Panasonic. I've had my fingers burned
with a couple of brands of blank discs which haven't worked in some
or all of these. I now use Imation or Verbatim (including double-
layer if needed) and these work OK in everything I've got.

I see you mention Tesco discs, and a friend uses these in his DVD
recorder and for his computer with no problems. Have you found any
problems with these?

Regards,

Garth

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

>
> A few people have asked me about region free DVD players, and I

know the

> subject has come up on here a few times, so for those of us in the

UK and

> Europe (with the possible exception of France and its odd TV

system) :

>
> Toshiba SD-270E,
> I bought mine from Novatech
> http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?tos-sd270e&P=0

and it is

> presently on offer from them at £34.99. A search in Google will no

doubt

> find other sellers in your area (or if you are outside the UK).
>
> You have to re-set or "hack" the region setting. Very easy, the

region hack

> instructions are here:
> http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks/toshiba-sd270e/8208
>
> I've been using it for about 4 months now. It plays all makes of

burned

> discs I have, which includes Sony TDK Ritek Datawrite Verbatim

BulkPak

> Maxell etc as well as Tesco's own brand, and obviously commercial

DVDs,

> including some a friend bought in New York that were region 1, plus

all my

> DivX and XvidD discs as well.
>
> If you are looking for a cheapish player, it is a good machine –
> recommended.
>
> Bill.
>

[garth3639]

> 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.

[garth3639]

Hi,

I've had a look at this. The current highest bid is 69 SEK (Krona)
which is about 5.50 UK pounds. I can't find a way to translate the
site into English and maybe bid for this from the UK, and it doesn't
appear in the eBay UK listings even as an international purchase.

Regards,
Garth,
Worcester UK.

— In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, Maritha Holmgren
<marithasally@…> wrote:

>
> Hi,
> This is just to inform you all that the record "Songs of the Sea"

by Peter is now for sale on the Swedish E bay http://www.tradera.com, the
item no. is: 46044545. As I've already got one myself (bought in
1974) I thought that maybe some other shipmate would like to own one.

> Please note that I am not the seller, I only wanted to share this

information with the group.

> Regards,
> Maritha in Sweden
>
>
> ———————————
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sign up for your freeaccount today.

>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

[garth3639]

I've just had this reply (below) from the BBC in response to an email
I sent them a few days ago. Maybe if other members of this group also
wrote to 2 entertain (as Marianne has already done) they may take a
bit of notice. Worth a try anyway!

Regards,

Garth,
Worcester UK

————————————————————–

Dear Garth

Thank you for your e-mail regarding 'The Onedin Line'.

I was pleased to read of your interest and I would suggest you put it
in writing to BBC Worldwide who are responsible for the commercial
release of all BBC products. Please write to:

Programming & Acquisitions Dept
2 entertain
33 Foley Street
London
W1W 7TL

For future reference, if you want to check the availability of a BBC
product, you may wish to visit the following website:

http://www.bbcshop.co.uk

I hope that this is of help and thank you again for taking the time
to contact us.

Regards

Erika Graham
BBC Information
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Thank You

[garth3639]

Thanks Marianne for the info.

I've emailed the BBC this week and got a very general reply suggesting
I looked on their website to see if "The Onedin Line" will be
transmitted in the following week as they can't advise further ahead
than that!! The UKTV website doesn't give any date for further
transmissions of "The Onedin Line" – they transmitted early episodes
but stopped last year, and in reply to my email to them asking why,
they said that there was insufficient interest to continue.

I emailed Memphis Belle last year after receiving Series 3 and 4 and
they said at that time they were hoping to release more of the series
but that they were negotiating rights with the BBC.

I've now looked on the 2 Entertain website (www.2entertain.co.uk) but
can't find any mention of "The Onedin Line" in their current or future
releases. Hope your information is reliable!

Doesn't anyone in this group have series 5-8 on tape, maybe recorded
off air? I know that it was transmitted originally in the 1970's but
I've some recordings more than 25 years old on VHS, unfortunately "The
Onedin Line" isn't among them!

Regards,

Garth Williams

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