[liamegan2000]

—– Original Message —–
From: elsieh
To: shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com

>Thanks Marianne, I am hoping for these to be released here at some point. I
>tried to buy an all region player but found it impossible to find locally.

Hi Elsie in MD

If you ask for an all region player then you will probably not get one.
Retailers may be breaking the law in your country by selling a unit and
describing it as "region free".

As I understand the situation all manufacturers agreed to sell region
specific players for the particular market zone (in your case region 1).
This is of course to protect the interests of the movie industries who don't
want certain DVDs released in some areas at the same time or for the same
cost etc. The player manufacturers agreed, but only seem to pay "lip
service" to the restrictive convention.

But the units are almost all made in the same place (China/South East Asia)
for a world market. Thus economic sense of mass production dictates most of
the machines of any particular make/model are exactly the same
electronically wherever it is sold in the world. A set of procedures adjust
the player to the intended region before it leaves the factory.

In very many cases, perhaps most of them, this procedure can be applied to a
player to reset it to any region, or all of them, by the customer.

A number of manufacturers actually have the instructions on their own
websites!

If you want a player that can play any region, you need to do some research.

1 Check the vendors available to you and make a list of the exact make and
model of players that suit your needs/cost etc.
2 Then go to this webpage and enter the details for each of your choices in
the "Search DVD Player:" box, read the comments and review and most
importantly check the "region hacking" instructions. You should find several
possible machines that will be ok.
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks This is mostly contributed to by USA
members so the info should be even more pertinent to you than me in the UK.

I've helped with different makes for friend/relations, mostly they are the
cheapest available too (one as little as £17 or about $34 I'd guess) so
there is not much money at risk. Don't let the term "hacking" put you off,
almost always it is a very simple procedure that involves pressing a
sequence of buttons on the remote control with the disc tray open.

And on the subject of DVDs. I've found some issues that have actually been
region free (play anywhere) although marked region 2. So maybe someone could
stick them in a PC and use a utility such as DVD Decrypter and read off the
region information.

And that leads me to another possible solution if all else fails. "Backup"
the commercial DVD to DVD-R using your PC. To do this the discs are first
ripped or copied to the PC using an application like DVD Decrypter, this
strips away copy protection and region settings. The resulting files can
then be made into a new DVD using authoring software and burnt to DVD
recordable disc.

This is a very neat solution, as the information on the commercial DVD is
treated as data, the PCs DVD drive is not inhibited by its region setting
(you must not play the disc in Windows media), so all the information is
extracted, turned into a region free disc "backup" and the original is still
there should you have any problems. The region free disc you made will play
on any DVD stand alone player anywhere in the world.

Bill.

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[liamegan2000]

I believe the name "Onedin" was invented by Cyril Abraham, the creator of
the saga.

Supposedly it was made up from combing the names on the destination boards
on Liverpool busses although I have no idea which routes were involved.

Unless someone knows differently………

Bill.

[liamegan2000]

Glad you have the music.

Yes the group goes through quiet periods but that's the nature of it,
quality rather than quantity.

Interesting about the first series I have this and have not really noticed
the cuts (apart from the missing episode Cry of the Blackbird ).I also have
the originals I taped off the BBC, so sometime I'll compare them. There was
a new release of series 1 anyone got it? Some comments would be of interest.

In case you don't know the first 4 series are available on DVD. Further
releases are a possibility.

Bill.

—– Original Message —–
From: Maritha Holmgren
To: shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: [shiponedingroup] Re: Peter's records

Hi Bill
Thank you for welcoming me to the group! I was lucky to get in contact with
Helga in Germany and she has sent me Peter's music on CD and audio cassette.
He really had a most wonderful singing voice back in those days. He made a
tour here in Sweden where he sang some of his songs and it was a great
success. It's nice to be able to listen to it again in a more "modern" way.
It seems there is not much activity in the group at the moment but I suppose
it has to do with if there is a series showing on TV. I have recently bought
the latest DVD edition of the first series and found out that they had left
out small sequences on my old video tapes. Probably doing so for making
space for 4 episodes per video tape.
Has there been a fanmeeting? I think it would be great if someone would
arrange a meeting for us Onedinfans. We would have so much in common to talk
about.
Bye for now
Regards
Maritha in Sweden

Bill Whittaker <william.whittaker1@ntlworld.com> wrote:
Just noticed this message, hello and welcome.

Can't help with Peter's music on CD in fact I don't think it has been
released on that format? Could someone transfer it from the LP for
you?

I can do this but don't have the vinyl.

There's an mp3 of Homeloving Man in the file section of this list

Bill.

— In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, "marithasally"
<marithasally@…> wrote:
>
> Hi, I am a new member from Sweden. I wonder if anyone has got
Peter's
> records on CD's? I've only got the LP "Homeloving man" but can't
play
> it because I've got rid of the oldfashioned recordplayer! So, please
if
> there is anyone who would like to help me…..
> Naturally ,I'll pay for the expenditure.
> Regards,
> Maritha
>

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[liamegan2000]

Just noticed this message, hello and welcome.

Can't help with Peter's music on CD in fact I don't think it has been
released on that format? Could someone transfer it from the LP for
you?

I can do this but don't have the vinyl.

There's an mp3 of Homeloving Man in the file section of this list

Bill.

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

>
> Hi, I am a new member from Sweden. I wonder if anyone has got

Peter's

> records on CD's? I've only got the LP "Homeloving man" but can't

play

> it because I've got rid of the oldfashioned recordplayer! So, please

if

> there is anyone who would like to help me…..
> Naturally ,I'll pay for the expenditure.
> Regards,
> Maritha
>

[liamegan2000]

Welcome to our list.

Yes the whole of the Onedin Line does exist, and it looks hopeful that there will be releases of more of the series in future.

Bill.

—– Original Message —–
From: Christian Toime
To: shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 1:19 PM
Subject: [shiponedingroup] Beyond Series 4

Hello

Does anyone know whether or not the actual footage for Series 5 to 8 exists ?

Are there any plans to make them available on DVD ?

I have tried to contact the BBC but did not get a sensible reply.

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[liamegan2000]

—– Original Message —–
From: Elaine de Saxe
To: Onedin Post
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 1:09 PM
Subject: [shiponedingroup] DVDs from Holland

On 10/04/2007, at 9:32 PM, shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>There may be some way to turn off the sub-titles but for a reason I
>cannot work out, not all of the text onscreen is visible making it
>impossible to select something I cannot see. Perhaps a lista might
>know what I can do to overcome this (something to do with aspect,
>maybe?).

Subtitles can be turned off, select "ondertitels uit" when you see this
screen http://www.sound-research.co.uk/splash1.htm

If you can't see the text for this try using the zoom control on the player.

Bill.

[liamegan2000]

Well it is not too far off now!

I wondered if any copies had "leaked" earlier than the release date as often
happens from less scrupulous areas of the world…

Anyway what I'll be really interested in is the picture quality of these
episodes, namely are they better than the version already available? Since I
already have the episodes on DVD this is the only reason I might buy the new
release.

Waiting patiently for any comments 🙂

Bill.

—– Original Message —–
From: Diana

And not too long to wait – release date is 16 April.

[liamegan2000]

Try using Google to search for Name Model region hack (Eg Toshiba 4990
region hack). You might be lucky. Some are even on the manufacturer's own
websites!

Another thing to consider is buying a cheap player which is listed on the
site and can be made region free, (some start at about £20 – £30 sold in the
UK I assume you will see bargain models in the US too).

Bill.

—– Original Message —–
From: elsie_h_99
To: shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 4:31 PM
Subject: [shiponedingroup] Re: Series 1 – Great News!!

> The region thing is not to do with the content of the disc, that will
play
> anywhere in the world on any player, but there is a level of
protection
> built into the player meant to enforce copyright and distribution
policies
> in different markets around the world. In practice very many, if not
all,
> players can be made region free by following the instructions for a
> particular model on this website:
> http://tinyurl.com/2w8qb The instructions are called "hacks" but
don't let
> that put you off.

Thanks for posting this website Bill, unfortunately my model is not
listed so I will be hoping to get the discs some other way.

Elsie

[liamegan2000]

PS just noticed this on the BBC Shop website

"Due to restrictions imposed by particular publishing rights, the BBC Shop
can only distribute its products to countries within the European Union."

[liamegan2000]

Don't know if the discs will be officially released for the USA, you could
try searching using Google, or perhaps outlets like Amazon etc.

If you wanted the discs from the UK or Europe Depends on 2 things,

1. If the BBC shop or other retailers will ship to the USA (if this was a
problem, I'm sure I or someone else on the list could forward them on from
the UK if you were prepared to pay the postage).

2. They are region 2 DVDs which means they should not play on players sold
in North America, which is region 1. BUT……….

The region thing is not to do with the content of the disc, that will play
anywhere in the world on any player, but there is a level of protection
built into the player meant to enforce copyright and distribution policies
in different markets around the world. In practice very many, if not all,
players can be made region free by following the instructions for a
particular model on this website:
http://tinyurl.com/2w8qb The instructions are called "hacks" but don't let
that put you off.

For information the DVD regions are:

1 USA, Canada & US Territories
2 Europe, Japan, South Africa, Middle East (including Egypt)
3 South East Asia, East Asia (including Hong Kong but not China)
4 Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Central & South America, Caribbean and
Pacific Islands.
5 Former Soviet Union, Indian Subcontinent, Africa, North Korea, and
Mongolia
6 China (excluding Hong Kong)

HTH Bill.

—– Original Message —–
From: elsie_h_99
To: shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 7:51 PM
Subject: [shiponedingroup] Re: Series 1 – Great News!!

Will this also be available for those of us in the the US?

[liamegan2000]

I know the release date is still some way off in April, but has any more
recent info turned up about this release?
Bill.

—– Original Message —–
From: Diana
To: shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 1:27 PM
Subject: [shiponedingroup] Series 1 – Great News!!

[liamegan2000]

Don't know of any plans for the BBC to show the Onedin Line. Possibly on one
of the UK cable/satelite channels (Drama, Gold,etc) but I've not seen
anything listed.

Bill.

—– Original Message —–
From: Venatrix
To: shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: [shiponedingroup] New Members – New Year

Hi Bill when on BBC 1 does it start im in the uk yours venatrix
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[liamegan2000]

István,

Hello and welcome.

I hope you will enjoy the discussions on this list, and of course continue
to enjoy watching the Onedin Line!

Bill.

—– Original Message —–
From: István Váradi
To: shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 6:20 AM
Subject: Re: [shiponedingroup] New Members – New Year

Hi,

although I joined last year, I have not introduced myself yet.

I am from Hungary, and The Onedin Line was on TV in our country in the
80s (and perhaps late 70s). Born in 1975 I watched the series as a I
child, and I liked it mostly because of the ships and the adventures.
I also always liked stories taking place in the late 19th century,
perhaps because the world seemed much freer then (which was very much
in contrast to the oppressive communism I lived in, and probably I
felt the huge difference even as a child). Of course, there are many
stories about the late 19th century with ships and adventures, but The
Onedin Line was special because of its general quality.

I was not alone liking this series, because when the show was
broadcast on Tuesday evenings (that was the "slot" for The Series – we
had only one main TV channel and at any one time it ran only one
series from a western country), the streets in the Hungarian cities
got practically empty. Even when the show was re-run in the 90s, I
found it to be still one of the best series (despite having seen a lot
of more recent, mainly American series by then), though perhaps it was
not liked so much by the general public then.

István

[liamegan2000]

Good news indeed, especially if "Cry of the Blackbird" is also there to
make up the full 15 episodes.

Could be the video quality will also be better than the Memphis Belle
releases.

Now it would be even better if series 2 (including "Bloody Week") were also
released, not to mention series 5 onwards to complete the collection! – I
suppose that is asking too much.

Bill.

—– Original Message —–
From: Diana
To: shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 1:27 PM
Subject: [shiponedingroup] Series 1 – Great News!!

Greetings shipmates,

An update to the message I left yesterday:

According to several sites on the internet, 2 Entertain is releasing
series one of The Onedin Line in the UK on DVD in full and as
originally broadcast.

This means episode titles at the beginning and end of each episode
(rather than only at start and end of each disc) and no cuts.
Presumably the episode Cry of the Blackbird will also be included.
Series one has never before been commercially available in its
entirety anywhere so it's excellent news.

And not too long to wait – release date is 16 April.

It will be on five discs and the retail price £39.99.

Sendit.com and hmv.co.uk both have it available to pre-order at
around £30.00.

One disappointing note, according to 2 Entertain there will not be
any extras.

Just hope the release goes ahead as planned and there's no last
minute cancellation or change.

If sales are good, maybe series two will also be released in full.

If I learn any more, I'll post it on shiponedin.

A great start to 2007!!

Diana

PS:
Apologies for not posting much the last few months but I've been
manic at work (12+ hours most days plus weekends)

[liamegan2000]

Further to my last message I received a reply which is reproduced at the
bottom of this message.

Since they don't seem to have ruled out more releases, can I suggest as many
of you as possible spend a few minutes to mail Memphis Belle and ask about
future releases? If it appears that there is some interest in this it may
just be enough to get another series released.

Hope you are all looking forward to a good Xmas and New Year,

Bill.

Message from Memphis Belle:
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Dear Bill,

Thank you for your e-mail.
There are indeed more series of 'The Onedin Line'
At this moment we don't know if or when we can release the other series.
We hope that we may release them as soon as possible.

With kind regards,

Memphis Belle International BV
info@memphisbelle.nl

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