[Introspective] Playing the Performance DVD in North America

Brett Hooker brett.hooker at oracle.com
Sun Oct 3 14:19:11 PDT 2004


Before buying another DVD player, check the following site to see if you 
can enable all regions on your existing player:

http://www.regionfreedvd.net

http://www.regionfreedvd.net/players.html


psbfan wrote:

>Thanks, Adam, for the advice. I don't have Xbox because I have a strong
>personal aversion to video games.
>
>I don't see "Region 0" logo on the Performance DVD box (maybe I'm just
>missing it), but it does say "PAL: All region."
>
>I'm not a member of Sam's Club, so I don't think I can pick up an
>all-region player there. (Don't you have to be a member to shop there?)
>I've looked for all-region players at various stores (Circuit City, Best
>Buy, etc.), but haven't found any yet. I know I could buy one online, but
>I'm hesitant to buy a high-ticket item (as opposed to something relatively
>small like a CD, DVD, or book) sight-unseen. Besides, I've already got so
>much stereo/audio/video equipment that I wouldn't know where to put an
>additional player. ;-)  (My current DVD player may not be an all-region
>player, but it's got so many other cool features that I wouldn't consider
>replacing it with an all-region player that didn't have the same additional
>features.)
>
>I think I'll settle for computer viewing until an NTSC version comes out.
>On the other hand, if an NTSC version doesn't appear sometime within the
>next few months, I'll seriously reconsider buying an all-region DVD player.
>
>And as for "Where the Streets Have No Name...," there are several audio
>mixes to choose from on the DVD. The "Original Stereo Mix" doesn't include
>"I Can't Take My Eyes Off You," but the new "2004 Stereo Mix" *does*
>include it. Very nice. I haven't listened to the DTS or Dolby 5.1
>surround-sound mixes yet since I can't play it on my DVD player.
>
>Thanks again!
>
>Wayne
>http://www.geowayne.com/psbhtml.htm
>
>
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>>[Original Message]
>>From: Adam Cooper <acooper101 at comcast.net>
>>To: <psbfan at earthlink.net>
>>Date: 10/3/2004 10:20:46 AM
>>Subject: RE: [Introspective] Playing the Performance DVD in North America
>>
>>Wayne,
>>
>>An American Xbox should play it fine on your TV (it does PAL to NTSC
>>conversion).  Does the DVD back have the Region 0 logo at the bottom of
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>it?
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>>Also, you can go by Sams Club and pick up a very cheap DVD player that can
>>play all regions.  Daewoo is the one I got.  www.dvdrhelp.com is a great
>>resource for this type of thing.
>>
>>I'm curious.. Is Where The Streets still edited down to exclude Can't Take
>>My Eyes Off Of You?
>>
>>Thanks for posting!
>>
>>Adam
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