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Australia is Region 4, but all Australian players are unlocked, so are
region free.
— In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, "Bill"
<william.whittaker1@…> wrote:>
> There is little point in buying VHS tapes unless you don't have a
DVD player.
>
> Series 3 is available on DVDs which are far more robust and do not
wear out through repeated use.
>
> BUT…. USA is region 1, UK and Europe (Australia as well I think)
and some other parts of the world are region 2. As sold a player will
probably only play the region you are in (USA in your case). As far as
the region compatibility is concerned many players can be made to play
back discs from any region. This is called region hacking and is not
as fearsome as it sounds. Check the list of players and the
instructions here to make your player region free enter the model an
hit the search button:> http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks If you have a player listed there
you are ok. If not I'd suggest buying a cheap player, I don't know
about the USA but in the UK DVD players are for sale at less than £20
which I'd guess is about $30 and can be made region free.>
> The USA uses a TV system called NTSC, in the UK Europe and much of
the rest of the world the PAL system is used. The good news is that as
far as I am aware all DVD players will correctly play either system so
there should be no problem with that.>
> Bill.
>
> —– Original Message —–
> From: linda huthmaker
> To: shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 4:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [shiponedingroup] Digest Number 253
>
>
> Hi,
> I am trying to obtain Series 3 of ONEDIN LINE< all I think I can
get is a VHS from the UK. I don't think that would work, would it?
But, I guess a DVD would be OK, in the US, or elsewhere. Please give
me the possible address of any concern who can sell a Series 3 DVD.> Many thanks,
> Linda Huthmaker
>Hi,You can also buy it from freerecordshop.com. Their price for it is a bit more that at bol.com, but they have a lot more reasonable postage costs for outside the EU.
Cheers,
Megan.
— In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, "Pete" <dirtydogpedro@…> wrote:
>
> — In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, "EIRA BLOWERS"
> eira.blowers@ wrote:
> >
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I followed Carin Koenheim's suggestion and ordered online from
> http://www.nl.bol.com They have an English outlet but the DVD seems
> to be available only from the Netherlands. The cost is ?22.99 plus ?
> 14.35 postage (?37.34 total). N.B When using the drop down menu to
> put "UK" in the country section of the address info., you
> need "Verenigd Konkrijk" Hope this is helpful, and thanks to
> Marianne and Carin for the information. All the best for now.
> >
> > Eira (new member).
> >
>
> Hi Eira,
>
> I'd like to buy from the site mentioned in Holland but am having
> difficulty getting around their website – do they have a telephone
> number or something ? thanks for info,
>
> Pete
>Hi Diane, Marianne, Bill,Look on ebay.nl or another european ebay, and you should find it. For
some reason when you look on ebay.com it excludes non-english language
sellers even when you search for it. I bought my copy this way. I
found that http://www.nl.bol.com charged extra-high postage costs to
Australia, so I found the seller on ebay.nl much more reasonable.
Here's one I found that shipped worldwide:http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&category=41588&item=6418484246&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVWCheers,
Megan.
— In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, "Bill"
<william.whittaker1@n…> wrote:> Diana, Marianne,
>
> Not found it on ebay, will have another look tonight when I have a
bit of free time, found it on http://www.nl.bol.com ok but I can't figure
out how to order it – my liguistic skill in Dutch being zero. â¬
24,99 for the whole series 3 seems a reasonable price though.>
> Again when I have a little time to while away, I'll check the
running time from my old tapes against the UK Drama broadcasts (ads
removed) on a couple of episodes to see how much is cut.>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill.Hi Reini,Havent' ordered them yet, but I will soon, but when I do I think the
postage shouldn't take too long. It usually takes about 5 days to a
week from the UK, so I expect from the Netherlands it shouldn't take
more than two weeks.Cheers,
Megan.
— In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, "Reini" <allofme@u…> wrote:
> Hi Megan,
>
> Thank _you_, too, for the tip. This shop looks really interesting
and
> has, as you say, quite considerable shipping rates!
>
> Have fun with the DVDs. Allthough maybe it will take a while from
the
> Netherlands to Australia, wont it?
>
> Regards
> Reini
>
> Megan wrote:
> > Hi Reinhard,
> >
> > Thanks for that reference. I'd only found an eBay seller with a
price
> > of about 20 pounds, so that price is a lot better. However,
since I
> > last posted I found freerecordshop.com (or freerecordshop.nl)
that has
> > it for about 20 euro, plus their postage costs only 3.50, versus
the
> > 18 euro that bol.com was going to charge me!
> >
> > Cheers,Hi Reinhard,Thanks for that reference. I'd only found an eBay seller with a price
of about 20 pounds, so that price is a lot better. However, since I
last posted I found freerecordshop.com (or freerecordshop.nl) that has
it for about 20 euro, plus their postage costs only 3.50, versus the
18 euro that bol.com was going to charge me!Cheers,
Megan.
— In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, "Reini" <allofme@u…> wrote:
> Hi Megan,
>
> I think Ebay ist always a good shot regarding DVDs. You can obtain the
> Onedin Line quite cheaply at ebay and some sellers are shipping
> worldwide.
>
> I just did a search and came up with the following example, the second
> series for 20 Euros, plus 6 Euros shipping to any place in the world.
> Sounds not to bad, eh? 🙂
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.at/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41588&item=6380793798&rd=1
>
> Hope that helps
> Reinhard from Austria, that is very often confused with Australia by
> some Americans 🙂
>
> Megan wrote:
> > Hi Reinhard,
> >
> > I'd prefer them presented in full episode order, but I'm just pleased
> > that more DVDs have been released. Only recently saw the first season,
> > so I'm keen to buy others cause I've never seen the show previously.
> > I'm looking to buy the dutch sets, but I have to find a retailer the
> > doesn't charge heaps for postage to Australia.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Megan.
> > — In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, "Reini" <allofme@u…> wrote:
> >> Yep, the dutch region 2 DVD's are exactly like this, 3 or 4 episodes,
> >> one after each other, without a break or the title music. The good
> >> thing is, that you have a whole season with one of these sets.
> >>
> >> Reinhard from AustriaHi Reinhard,I'd prefer them presented in full episode order, but I'm just pleased
that more DVDs have been released. Only recently saw the first season,
so I'm keen to buy others cause I've never seen the show previously.
I'm looking to buy the dutch sets, but I have to find a retailer the
doesn't charge heaps for postage to Australia.Cheers,
Megan.
— In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, "Reini" <allofme@u…> wrote:
> Yep, the dutch region 2 DVD's are exactly like this, 3 or 4 episodes,
> one after each other, without a break or the title music. The good thing
> is, that you have a whole season with one of these sets.
>
> Reinhard from Austria
>
> Megan wrote:
> > Hi Barbara,
> >
> > I've got this DVD set, and it is four disks and coded region 4. Each
> > DVD is presented as one episode, ie. as a compilation of 3 or 4
> > episodes. I believe that region 2 DVD was also presented like this.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Megan.
> > — In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, "bafibo"
> > <Barbara.Fischer-Bossert@w…> wrote:
> >>
> >> Has anyone seen the new Australian DVD edition of season one
> >> (http://www.dvdbits.com/reviews.asp?id=2666)? It is coded region 4,
> >> but with a multi-region player it should not be a problem to see it
> >> elsewhere than Australia.
> >> The given overall running time of 750 minutes would account for 15
> >> episodes of 50 minutes but I cannot find an episode list. The short
> >> contents descriptions of the four DVDs could be written for the BBC
> >> or dutch edition as well.
> >> At another address
> >> (http://www.dvdorchard.com.au/Product.asp?PND=111856) the same
> >> edition is to include five DVDs instead of four but with only 632
> >> minutes contents. That does not make sense at all.
> >> I would much like to know if this edition is cut like the others or
> >> not.
> >>
> >> — In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, "Diana" <moonroll@n…>
> >> wrote:Hi Barbara,I've got this DVD set, and it is four disks and coded region 4. Each
DVD is presented as one episode, ie. as a compilation of 3 or 4
episodes. I believe that region 2 DVD was also presented like this.Cheers,
Megan.
— In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, "bafibo"
<Barbara.Fischer-Bossert@w…> wrote:>
> Has anyone seen the new Australian DVD edition of season one
> (http://www.dvdbits.com/reviews.asp?id=2666)? It is coded region 4,
> but with a multi-region player it should not be a problem to see it
> elsewhere than Australia.
> The given overall running time of 750 minutes would account for 15
> episodes of 50 minutes but I cannot find an episode list. The short
> contents descriptions of the four DVDs could be written for the BBC or
> dutch edition as well.
> At another address
> (http://www.dvdorchard.com.au/Product.asp?PND=111856) the same edition
> is to include five DVDs instead of four but with only 632 minutes
> contents. That does not make sense at all.
> I would much like to know if this edition is cut like the others or not.
>
> — In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, "Diana" <moonroll@n…> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Ron,
> >
> > US & Canadian DVDs are usually Region 1 whereas Europe is Region 2.
> > There are also a few DVDs which are Region 0 and can be played on any
> > equipment. Unfortunately, the Onedin Line DVDs of series one
> > released in the UK by Playback are Region 2. I also believe series
> > one, two and three available from a Dutch company are Region 2 but am
> > not positive (I'm at work at present so can't check mine). These can
> > also be purchased on eBay.
> >
> > However, in Europe you can buy multi-region DVD players which will
> > play DVDs from any region. Don't know if you can get multi-region
> > DVD players in the US but I understand it's quite a simple process to
> > convert the equipment to multi-region (don't ask me how as I'm not
> > that technical!).
> >
> > More more info on DVD regions:
> > http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/502554/026-9816926-
> > 3309263
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > I certainly recommend you purchase the two BFS Onedin Line sets on
> > DVD. Enjoy!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Diana
