High-Def Movies

[nfpgasmask]

James, where did you get your Oppo? I have an older region free Oppo and I love it but it is only 720p. We just recently got a nice TV for the bedroom (our Xmas present to eachother) and I want a region free Oppo Blu-Ray player for it. Did you just get yours on Feebay or something?

Bart

[Scott Harness]

I want a region free

Bart

What's the point of this regional thing?...to make money

[nfpgasmask]

What's the point of this regional thing?...to make money

No, so I can watch foreign DVDs!! I watch lots of imports that are not released here in the States. So, if you have a region free DVD player, you can watch movies from all over the world, in NTSC or PAL, DVDs, VCDs, M-PEG CDs, etc. For example, if I put a PAL DVD in my PS3 it will give me an error that says, "incorrect DVD format" or something like that. In my Oppo it plays fine.

Another great example is that in the UK the entire Tick animated series was released on DVD, and in the US, we only released season one and two minus a few episodes. So I bought the UK version and I can watch them on my region free Oppo player! SPOOOOOOOON!

Bart

[Scott Harness]

No, so I can watch foreign DVDs!! Tick animated series SPOOOOOOOON!

Bart

What I meant was,Why does it have to be regional?
I realize there are different formats,but why are "stuck or placed" in different regions?
I've heard if you rent a movie on the East coast, it won't play in a player bought on the West coast.(Myth?)
ps Tick was great!

[nfpgasmask]

What I meant was,Why does it have to be regional?
I realize there are different formats,but why are "stuck or placed" in different regions?
I've heard if you rent a movie on the East coast, it won't play in a player bought on the West coast.(Myth?)
ps Tick was great!

I believe it has to do with international copyright laws. For an in depth explanation, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code

There are region encodings and then there are video formats (NTSC and PAL). Most of Europe is PAL, whereas the US is NTSC. So the region free players will let you play both PAL and NTSC formats. 99% of all "normal" store bought DVD players will not have the hardware do decode and convert a PAL signal to NTSC.

And yes, the Tick animated is one of my all time favorite cartoons. If you liked the Tick, you will likely love the Venture Bros.

Bart

[Scott Harness]

I believe it has to do with international copyright laws. For an in depth explanation, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code

There are region encodings and then there are video formats (NTSC and PAL). Most of Europe is PAL, whereas the US is NTSC. So the region free players will let you play both PAL and NTSC formats. 99% of all "normal" store bought DVD players will not have the hardware do decode and convert a PAL signal to NTSC.

And yes, the Tick animated is one of my all time favorite cartoons. If you liked the Tick, you will likely love the Venture Bros.

Bart

Thanks for the info