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[Hans Koenig]

Trusting the proven superior intelligence and cosmopolitan mindset of the KLR listers, I am asking for technical advice: Is the U.S. DVD technology the same as the one used in Europe, specifically in Germany? That is to say, would it make sense to send a DVD from here to Germany and, more importantly, would the recipient be able to play it on his DVD player (and, actually, hear and see something - provided he's NOT blind and deaf)? TIA! Hans in Minneapolis

[Chris]

They are region encoded here for sure, meaning that 'gray' market Japanese DVD's won't play on our players. I'm not sure if the EU standard is the same, but I would guess it is. They do this so they can price them up to whatever the designated market can afford to pay. http://www.dvdoverseas.com/ sells 'region free' as well as macrovision free players that will play anything and also allow you to dupe them to a VCR as well....just a piece of trivia.

On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 02:31:52PM -0600, Hans Koenig wrote: > Trusting the proven superior intelligence and cosmopolitan mindset of the > KLR listers, I am asking for technical advice: > Is the U.S. DVD technology the same as the one used in Europe, > specifically in Germany? That is to say, would it make sense to send a DVD > from here to Germany and, more importantly, would the recipient be able to > play it on his DVD player (and, actually, hear and see something - > provided he's NOT blind and deaf)? > TIA! > Hans in Minneapolis > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > -- ___ ______ _____ __ ________ ___ / _ |< < / == / ___/__ / /_ /_ __/ / __ ____ _ ___ /__ \ / __ |/ // / ****/ (_ / _ \/ __/ / / / _ \/ // / ' \/ _ \ /__/ /_/ |_/_//_/ == \___/\___/\__/ /_/ /_//_/\_,_/_/_/_/ .__/ (_) 8600 miles*Russel Lines*Supertrapp Race* /_/ http://www.panix.com/~cesser/mybike/

[dooden]

Yes if they can swith there DVD player to region 1 (us/can) Most computer DVD players allow switching regions easy, even thou some restrict how many times you can. Dooden A15 Green Ape

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Hans Koenig" wrote: > Trusting the proven superior intelligence and cosmopolitan mindset of the > KLR listers, I am asking for technical advice: > Is the U.S. DVD technology the same as the one used in Europe, > specifically in Germany? That is to say, would it make sense to send a DVD > from here to Germany and, more importantly, would the recipient be able to > play it on his DVD player (and, actually, hear and see something - > provided he's NOT blind and deaf)? > TIA! > Hans in Minneapolis

[KLR Rider - Scott Adams]

1 - it depends on whether you are talking about a DVD that you recorded yourself - it has no region encoding on it, and 2 - Actually Chris, the "official reasoning" is so that they can RELEASE the DVD in one market earlier than another - they "say" it has nothing to do with pricing. Ya RIGHT! -Scott

----- Original Message ----- From: Chris They are region encoded here for sure, meaning that 'gray' market Japanese DVD's won't play on our players. I'm not sure if the EU [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Mark St.Hilaire, Sr]

> Is the U.S. DVD technology the same as the one used in Europe, > specifically in Germany? That is to say, would it make sense to send a DVD > from here to Germany and, more importantly, would the recipient be able to > play it on his DVD player (and, actually, hear and see something - > provided he's NOT blind and deaf)?

Hans, there is a "country code" issue that could give you problems. (If you're talking about a DVD that you've burned yourself, then that this shouldn't apply.) If the recipient has a computer with a DVD player, it's possible. All they would need is something like Slysoft's AnyDVD: http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvd.html Also, with this software running, DVD copies can be made that normally can't be successfully created. I hope that helps, Mark My KLR650 Motorcycle Website: http://klr6500.tripod.com/ Our HomePage: http://home.adelphia.net/~msaint/index.html

[Hawk Windryder]

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