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Thread started 10/09/03 9:34pm

nickandmon

One copy of The Undertaker at Amazon.co.uk

Just thought someone might benefit from knowing this. Pardon the intrusion.
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Reply #1 posted 10/09/03 10:32pm

savoirfaire

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nickandmon said:

Just thought someone might benefit from knowing this. Pardon the intrusion.


Ok, screwed up. There are also Sac of Vic tapes for sale. I didn't think either of these were formally released on VHS. I thought the Undertaker was a laserdisc, and aside from the shoddy VHS NPGMC release of the poor quality dubbed tape for $20 US, SofV was never released.
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Reply #2 posted 10/10/03 1:05am

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savoirfaire said:

nickandmon said:

Just thought someone might benefit from knowing this. Pardon the intrusion.


Ok, screwed up. There are also Sac of Vic tapes for sale. I didn't think either of these were formally released on VHS. I thought the Undertaker was a laserdisc, and aside from the shoddy VHS NPGMC release of the poor quality dubbed tape for $20 US, SofV was never released.


Both were released officially in the UK
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Reply #3 posted 10/10/03 1:36am

MartyMcFly

Are these 2 videos actually collector's items? I read in Hahn's book that they are...
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Reply #4 posted 10/10/03 1:37am

MartyMcFly

freakyfeet said:

savoirfaire said:

nickandmon said:

Just thought someone might benefit from knowing this. Pardon the intrusion.


Ok, screwed up. There are also Sac of Vic tapes for sale. I didn't think either of these were formally released on VHS. I thought the Undertaker was a laserdisc, and aside from the shoddy VHS NPGMC release of the poor quality dubbed tape for $20 US, SofV was never released.


Both were released officially in the UK

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I have both "Undertaker" and "SoV" on VHS. Bought them in the shop in Holland when they came out...
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Reply #5 posted 10/10/03 1:59am

derek

They were also released in Australia - Both on VHS.
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Reply #6 posted 10/10/03 5:10am

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MartyMcFly said:

Are these 2 videos actually collector's items? I read in Hahn's book that they are...


The Undertaker was a limited release and sold out instantly.

Later, it got an offical release in the UK through Warner Home Vision.

So the first batch sent sold by Prince direct to his fans i guess are the collector items
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Reply #7 posted 10/10/03 5:20am

AsylumUtopia

dnaplaya said:

MartyMcFly said:

Are these 2 videos actually collector's items? I read in Hahn's book that they are...


The Undertaker was a limited release and sold out instantly.

Later, it got an offical release in the UK through Warner Home Vision.

So the first batch sent sold by Prince direct to his fans i guess are the collector items


Yep, there are still (VHS) copies of both of them in Tower records (Dublin), so that can't be the collectable version. Must be the first batch alright, which I believe have different covers?
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Reply #8 posted 10/10/03 12:34pm

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Ok, so are VHS tapes like DVDs, in that they will only play in European players?

If so, that sucks, sad
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Reply #9 posted 10/13/03 3:04am

AsylumUtopia

savoirfaire said:

Ok, so are VHS tapes like DVDs, in that they will only play in European players?

If so, that sucks, sad


No, they're (kind of) the opposite. You'll generally be able to play American VHS tapes in a European player. I have some that I bought in the US (and others that I recorded from US TV using an American recorder) which play no problem on my European player. I even have some that I recorded using the long play feature which play fine on a European player, but super long play didn't work.
I think (although cannot confirm this as I haven't tried it) the opposite is not possible i.e. you can't play European recorded VHS on an American player.

As for DVD's you can play any dvd of equal or higher region number, as well as region 0 (zero). http://www.hometheaterinfo.com/dvd3.htm for more info.
Which means the lucky Americans and Canadians can play ANY dvd on their players. Of course, what with all the available hacks and the new region-free (region 0) players, so can the rest of us!
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Reply #10 posted 10/13/03 10:47am

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AsylumUtopia said:

European recorded VHS on an American player.

As for DVD's you can play any dvd of equal or higher region number, as well as region 0 (zero). http://www.hometheaterinfo.com/dvd3.htm for more info.
Which means the lucky Americans and Canadians can play ANY dvd on their players. Of course, what with all the available hacks and the new region-free (region 0) players, so can the rest of us!


I don't think that's true.

Single region (ie standard) DVD players can play only 1 region.
Therefore American's can ONLY play region 1 discs. They can't play region 2s.
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Reply #11 posted 10/13/03 12:50pm

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1p1p1i3 said:

AsylumUtopia said:

European recorded VHS on an American player.

As for DVD's you can play any dvd of equal or higher region number, as well as region 0 (zero). http://www.hometheaterinfo.com/dvd3.htm for more info.
Which means the lucky Americans and Canadians can play ANY dvd on their players. Of course, what with all the available hacks and the new region-free (region 0) players, so can the rest of us!


I don't think that's true.

Single region (ie standard) DVD players can play only 1 region.
Therefore American's can ONLY play region 1 discs. They can't play region 2s.


It's not true and even the supplied link doesn't suggest it to be. If a DVD is region 2, then it won't play on an un-modded region 1 player.
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Reply #12 posted 10/13/03 12:53pm

JDINTERACTIVE

They're selling copies of 'The Undertaker' in HMV, Oxford St still.
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Reply #13 posted 10/13/03 2:35pm

Jestyr

1p1p1i3 said:

AsylumUtopia said:

European recorded VHS on an American player.

As for DVD's you can play any dvd of equal or higher region number, as well as region 0 (zero). http://www.hometheaterinfo.com/dvd3.htm for more info.
Which means the lucky Americans and Canadians can play ANY dvd on their players. Of course, what with all the available hacks and the new region-free (region 0) players, so can the rest of us!


I don't think that's true.

Single region (ie standard) DVD players can play only 1 region.
Therefore American's can ONLY play region 1 discs. They can't play region 2s.


I just want to add that my USA-bought, unmodified, Philips DVD player will play region 2 discs (I'm in the USA), however my television won't process the signal from the player properly. PAL format is mostly an issue with NTSC monitors.
[This message was edited Mon Oct 13 14:37:45 PDT 2003 by Jestyr]
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Reply #14 posted 10/13/03 2:48pm

PhilG

Jestyr said:

1p1p1i3 said:

AsylumUtopia said:

European recorded VHS on an American player.

As for DVD's you can play any dvd of equal or higher region number, as well as region 0 (zero). http://www.hometheaterinfo.com/dvd3.htm for more info.
Which means the lucky Americans and Canadians can play ANY dvd on their players. Of course, what with all the available hacks and the new region-free (region 0) players, so can the rest of us!


I don't think that's true.

Single region (ie standard) DVD players can play only 1 region.
Therefore American's can ONLY play region 1 discs. They can't play region 2s.


I just want to add that my USA-bought, unmodified, Philips DVD player will play region 2 discs (I'm in the USA), however my television won't process the signal from the player properly. PAL format is mostly an issue with NTSC monitors.
[This message was edited Mon Oct 13 14:37:45 PDT 2003 by Jestyr]


Jestyr, in order to rectify this problem, you need to buy a device called a Standards Converter . You can buy a good one from this site:

http://www.avtoolbox.com/
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Reply #15 posted 10/13/03 3:00pm

Jestyr

PhilG said:

Jestyr said:

1p1p1i3 said:

AsylumUtopia said:

European recorded VHS on an American player.

As for DVD's you can play any dvd of equal or higher region number, as well as region 0 (zero). http://www.hometheaterinfo.com/dvd3.htm for more info.
Which means the lucky Americans and Canadians can play ANY dvd on their players. Of course, what with all the available hacks and the new region-free (region 0) players, so can the rest of us!


I don't think that's true.

Single region (ie standard) DVD players can play only 1 region.
Therefore American's can ONLY play region 1 discs. They can't play region 2s.


I just want to add that my USA-bought, unmodified, Philips DVD player will play region 2 discs (I'm in the USA), however my television won't process the signal from the player properly. PAL format is mostly an issue with NTSC monitors.
[This message was edited Mon Oct 13 14:37:45 PDT 2003 by Jestyr]


Jestyr, in order to rectify this problem, you need to buy a device called a Standards Converter . You can buy a good one from this site:

http://www.avtoolbox.com/



Phil! That's great. A little pricey though. It might be better to just buy a PAL monitor...

Thank you!
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