So I decided to finish up my Bond collection (finally) today. That basically means patrolling ebay to try and find a reasonably priced copy of "Thunderball" and "Live and Let Die" that aren't bootleg. I'm a little wary ever since I noticed my copy of "License To Kill" is spelled "Lisence To Kill." Not a huge deal, the DVD works and its no tangible loss on my part. Anyway, in my haste I neglected to enable the locale filter and as a result I'm now the proud owner of a copy of "Thunderball" in Australia. The ironic part is that since I was trying so hard to make sure I didn't get a bootleg copy, this one is definitely
region coded. I remember this same sinking feeling when I was in New Zealand and was gravitationally drawn into a DVD store on the street. Idly browsing, the revelation struck me like a brick on the back of the head. I asked the shopkeep "What region are you guys?" "Four." He replies and I back out of the store as if I had just wandered into a local 'Sunshine Carpet Cleaner'. But there is no undo button. I don't blame them, there are tons of "You're sure you want this?" buttons. I just think "What am I a moron? Of course I want to do this. Stop asking me." So anyway, I'll just have to rip the DVD, strip out the region coding and keep two discs in that case. One for just in case I don't have a region free player.
So I decided to finish up my Bond collection (finally) today. That basically means patrolling ebay to try and find a reasonably priced copy of "Thunderball" and "Live and Let Die" that aren't bootleg. I'm a little wary ever since I noticed my copy of "License To Kill" is spelled "Lisence To Kill." Not a huge deal, the DVD works and its no tangible loss on my part. Anyway, in my haste I neglected to enable the locale filter and as a result I'm now the proud owner of a copy of "Thunderball" in Australia. The ironic part is that since I was trying so hard to make sure I didn't get a bootleg copy, this one is definitely region coded. I remember this same sinking feeling when I was in New Zealand and was gravitationally drawn into a DVD store on the street. Idly browsing, the revelation struck me like a brick on the back of the head. I asked the shopkeep "What region are you guys?" "Four." He replies and I back out of the store as if I had just wandered into a local 'Sunshine Carpet Cleaner'. But there is no undo button. I don't blame them, there are tons of "You're sure you want this?" buttons. I just think "What am I a moron? Of course I want to do this. Stop asking me." So anyway, I'll just have to rip the DVD, strip out the region coding and keep two discs in that case. One for just in case I don't have a region free player.
2 Comments:
1. when is the bond marathon with olevia?
2. where can i find this region free player you speak of?
1. Well, do I have to have all of them in my possession? Cause I don't have "Live and Let Die" yet, (the auction ends in 2 days.
1.5. You do realize that there are 21 Bond movies and it would take a non-trivial portion of your week to view them all.
2. From the "region free" wikipedia link:
Nowadays, many "multi-region" DVD players defeat regional lockout and RCE by automatically identifying and matching a disc's region code and/or allowing the user to manually select a particular region. Others simply bypass the region code check entirely. Some manufacturers of DVD players now freely supply information on how to disable regional lockout, and on some recent models, it appears to be disabled by default. Dozens of Web sites provide information on how to disable region checking in many players.
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