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Scopophobia Regional Coding

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Started by Shuff in General Therapy? Topics

Ok, so I bought the Scopophobia DVD today. That’s great, the only problem is that I live in Canada. Does anyone know if it’s possible for me to play the DVD in Canada?

Any help would be great. I’ve searched the net, but can’t understand all the technical stuff.

Thanks

Posted on Wed, 31 December 2003 at 18:59

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#1

todd wrote:

Title: Region

Its not coded for US/CAN players best to my knowledge. You need a player that ignores region codes. I haven’t gotten it for this reason.

Posted on Wed, 31 December 2003 at 21:23

#2

hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

http://www.regionfreedvd.net has been recommended in another thread for unlocking your DVD player, depends on the make though. :)

Posted on Wed, 31 December 2003 at 21:45

#3

Kids Stuff wrote:

My copy of Scopophobia says it’s Region 0 (i.e. not coded to any particular region). Which should mean it will play on any player (standalone or PC) in any region. However, the video signal is encoded in PAL (the standard used in Europe) and not NTSC (the standard used in North America). PC’s shouldn’t have a problem with this, but if you’re playing it on a standalone DVD player, your TV will need to be able to display PAL signals. The manual for your TV may (or may not) tell you whether it can do this. Although, the best way to determine this, is to stick the DVD in the player, press play and see what happens… :)

Posted on Thu, 1 January 2004 at 22:48

#4

millhouz wrote:

Title: help

Hi,
download DVD shrink. Make a backup of this DVD - region free. Play. Enjoy.

jan

Posted on Sat, 3 January 2004 at 20:20

#5

Shuff wrote:

Title: Scopophobia R1 (merged)

Just writing to let North Americans know that cdzone.co.uk has March 22 as a release date for Scopophobia in Region 1. It’s listed at just under £14.

If this is true, I wish I hadn’t bought my Region 2 version now.

Posted on Mon, 8 March 2004 at 18:46

#6

mfgeorge wrote:

why would a store in the uk have a region 1, when i can’t find any in north america with it… seems fishy to me…

Posted on Tue, 9 March 2004 at 13:35

#7

coxon wrote:

Title: DVD Region Question (merged)

I assume the Therapy DVD is Pal, but what I need to know about is the regional coding. Could some hardcore Therapy fan check their back of their DVD and see if it has a little globe with a 2 in the middle of it? Does anybody know the regional coding on it?
Cheers

(Oh ya the Black Halos are back together..going to see them Monday)
Andy should be happy.

Posted on Thu, 24 June 2004 at 03:20

#8

MarkoJii (Ukko Perkele) wrote:

I remember that it is region 0 but someone has to check it as I’m counting on my memory… :p

Posted on Thu, 24 June 2004 at 05:08

#9

Finnish_Fiend (Claus Rosqvist) wrote:

Yes it is region-free (region: 0), just checked back of the DVD cover.

Posted on Thu, 24 June 2004 at 07:50

#10

mfgeorge wrote:

even thought the region code is 0 (region free), it’s still PAL, so it won’t play on North America players, right?

my dvd player says it will play region 0, but not PAL… i don’t have the dvd as i didn’t want to spend money on something i can’t use…

Posted on Thu, 24 June 2004 at 13:01

#11

ColdEthyl? wrote:

Not sure, since I can’t check it now, but my DVD player can be switched from PAL to NTSC. Did you have a look at the menue? Probably yes, mh?

Posted on Thu, 24 June 2004 at 13:38

#12

MarkoJii (Ukko Perkele) wrote:

mfgeorge wrote:

even thought the region code is 0 (region free), it’s still PAL, so it won’t play on North America players, right?

my dvd player says it will play region 0, but not PAL… i don’t have the dvd as i didn’t want to spend money on something i can’t use…

I have a 3 or 4 year old Sony DVP-S335 DVD Player and it can play both NTSC and PAL DVD’s with colours.
I don’t know do you have the same thing with your players as we have here and you should try to check that the your player really plays PAL colour system before you buy PAL DVD…
I used to have “thin” scart-cable and that showed NTSC disks only in black&white, when I changed that to “full”/”thicker” cable I could see all the colours.

My only problem is that the player plays only region 0 & 2 DVD’s, I would have love to buy “Weird Al” Yankovic’s DVD if the region would have been 0 or 2 instead of 1. Those region-codes are really stupid!

Posted on Thu, 24 June 2004 at 17:36

#13

Shuff wrote:

Region codes fucking suck! But Scopophobia does not work on my NTSC DVD player… It’s easy to go around on a computer DVD-ROM however. Also, many of the cheap DVD players available at Future Shop and Best Buy are region-free. Just look at the Nova and Daytek brands. They aren’t recognized names, but they play everything. Even wma, wmv, mpeg, jpeg, DVD-/+…

Posted on Thu, 24 June 2004 at 22:17

#14

sonofjaguare wrote:

I tried it on my player and it has sound but the picture is messed up.Put it in my MAC and played perfectly.I don’t know any other T? fans here in Atlanta so playing it on my MAC is just fine by my lonesome…

Posted on Sat, 17 July 2004 at 08:42

#15

todd wrote:

Title: DVD

I got the DVD burned on the VHS..at least I an watch it in the USA now.

Posted on Tue, 20 July 2004 at 14:57

#16

FNYANKEZ wrote:

Just pop it in your computer it works fine.
Also I was able to find a cheap ($50) DVD player which has a PAL to NTSC converter built in, which works good to.

Posted on Sat, 7 August 2004 at 06:05

#17

razor6 wrote:

Title: Scopophobia question (merged)

Does any one know if the Scopophobia DVD was released in the USA and if not will the imports work on US dvd players (not sure what region code we are)?

~Heretic: anyone who does not conform with an estabolished attitude, doctrine, or principle.~

Posted on Wed, 20 October 2004 at 01:06

#18

Divers (Simon) wrote:

As far as I’m aware usa is region one and as the Therapy? DVD is a music DVD and not film then it doesn’t need a region coz it’s only the film industry which is all pissie about regions but it will be PAL instead of NTSC so as long as your TV’s OK with PAL (most tv are these days) then it should be fine. Don’t hold me to this but i’m quite sure that it’s the way it works.

Oh yeah your region 1 by the way!

Posted on Wed, 20 October 2004 at 03:42

#19

Shuff wrote:

Title: Disregard previous reply

Scopophobia will not work on regular North American DVD players. Therapy?’s DVD is a PAL DVD, and so will not work on regular North American NTSC systems. It is regionally encoded. However, some DVD players in North America don’t have regional encoding, and the DVD will work on those players. If you have a region 0 player, then you’re in luck. It’s mostly the cheap DVD players that don’t have regional encoding.

Posted on Wed, 20 October 2004 at 04:37

#20

Divers (Simon) wrote:

Fair enough I never said i was right. and now Razor6 has an answer. Cheers Shuff I didn’t want to lead anyone astray.

Posted on Wed, 20 October 2004 at 04:45

#21

Auto_Surgery (Mad Axe Man) wrote:

You should be able to flash the software on your home DVD player (called firmware) to make it region free.

Try searching the web for ‘upgrading firmware’ then the manufacturer of your DVD player.

Posted on Wed, 20 October 2004 at 08:23

#22

razor6 wrote:

Thank you for the replies!

Posted on Wed, 20 October 2004 at 13:42

#23

Dennis wrote:

Shuff wrote:

Scopophobia will not work on regular North American DVD players. Therapy?’s DVD is a PAL DVD, and so will not work on regular North American NTSC systems. It is regionally encoded. However, some DVD players in North America don’t have regional encoding, and the DVD will work on those players. If you have a region 0 player, then you’re in luck. It’s mostly the cheap DVD players that don’t have regional encoding.

Careful! Regional coding is not the same as the difference between NTSC and PAL e.g. Sex In The City Series 1 is freely available in the UK as a Region 2 DVD,HOWEVER it is NTSC not PAL and will only play in black and white on some TVs. Regional coding is not about catering for different (existing) TV standards, it is purely and simply about controlling where in the world certain titles can be viewed at any given time.

Posted on Wed, 20 October 2004 at 14:50

#24

Preacher wrote:

I live in the states and I just ordered it from Amazon UK. You might be able to find region 0 DVD players at some stores, I know that there are some available at stores like Circuit City (at least when I asked them, they said yes). The way that I got around that stuff was just playing it on my laptop. I understand that might not be a perfect solution for you, but it works.

Good luck!

Posted on Wed, 20 October 2004 at 15:42

#25

FNYANKEZ wrote:

I bought a DVD player with a PAL to NTSC converter built in for $40 at Best Buy. It was listed right on the box.

The only issue is the picture for some of the PAL discs can tend to skip a little if there is real quick movement on screen. But what do you expect for $40? With Scopophobia it isn’t bad.

Posted on Wed, 20 October 2004 at 19:05

#26

LordBeavis wrote:

I couldn’t get it to play in my DVD player because it’s PAL. But I was able to play it on my laptop, the individual video files are playable by Windows Media player and the like.

Posted on Wed, 20 October 2004 at 21:37

#27

White Psycho wrote:

Shuff wrote:

It is regionally encoded. However, some DVD players in North America don’t have regional encoding, and the DVD will work on those players.

The DVD isn’t region encoded, it region 0 (i.e. worldwide) but it is PAL. I know this has been said already but this post I’m quoting seemed to come afterwards (unless hooch is messing with my head on these merged threads :))

Posted on Wed, 20 October 2004 at 22:20

#28

hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

Sorry, thought it’d make things easier, lol

Posted on Thu, 21 October 2004 at 19:23

#29

summer_of_hate wrote:

Title: UK USA PAL NTSC

In sympathy for our US brothers and sisters, I wish UK bands with a global fanbase would start to release their DVDs as region 0, NTSC encoded discs.

This is because while 90% of modern TVs in the UK (and I think Europe) can easily display NTSC images, in the US hardly any TVs seem to be able to display PAL - probably because there’s generally little need for it.

In order to get around this, you have to buy a special DVD player with a converter, as we’ve seen from this thread. It’s cool you can get them so cheaply now though.

Alternatively, the SubPop Video Network DVD I bought recently is a double sided region 0 disc - one side is PAL, the other NTSC. The drawback here is that it’s probably expensive to produce these discs, and you can’t have any artwork on them…

Posted on Tue, 26 October 2004 at 10:48

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