According to the R2 Project's sources, the Region 2 (European) set will consist of seven DVDs in unique packaging. There is a possibility that the Region 1 (North American) release will consist of seven separate Amaray cases.
Special episode commentaries by stars Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard) and Jonathan Frakes (William Riker) will be included amongst an hour of extra features, according to the site. Additional featurettes will be entitled 'The Launch,' 'Cast,' 'Production' and 'Highlights.'
The report also indicated the status of possible future TNG DVD releases, suggesting that seasons two, three and four could hit stores in May, July, September and October 2002 respectively.
Please remember that none of this has been officially confirmed by Paramount and should be treated as you would any rumour. The original article can be found here at the Region 2 Project.
I hope they release season boxed sets like stargate. (which you euro bastards seem to have more of)
You could always buy the region 2 ones, y'know. Region hacking really isn't hard. And play247.com have very reasonable prices.
I'm thinking of buying a DVD player some time in the near future and would like something cleared up. What are all the different regions and what do I have to do in order for my player to accept them all (assuming it doesn't already when I buy it)?
Australia is Region 4. US/Canada Region 1. UK Region 2. The others?
Saying that, I'm sure I saw season 1 of Frasier on DVD, so it wouldn't be unlikey.
Region 2 is all of Europe. And a region 2 DVD would actually have a better picture than a region 1 one, as it would be PAL, rather than NTSC.
(As an aside, you'd have to make sure your TV can display the correct picture format).
"What are all the different regions and what do I have to do in order for my player to accept them all (assuming it doesn't already when I buy it)? "
There are two things. There's software region hacks, and hardware ones. Software ones are little tricks built into the DVD player. Some require you to press certain buttons on the remote, for example. You can normally find all te region hacks listed on web-sites.
The other thing you can do it hardware hack it. Any of you ever play copied Playstation games? No? Okay then..
I think it works like this. Someone opens up your case. They cut a couple of wires. They do up the case. They charge you �30. It's not illegal, but it will void the warrenty. Find your local computer shop (not the high-street chain shop, the small one with staff who know what they are talking about), and ask them about DVD hacking. They might point you in the right direction.
Since regular film runs at a speed of 24 frames/sec, while PAL video runs at 25 frames/sec, every PAL movie (including Star Trek) has to be speeded up 4% to get it to 25 frames per sec, which means your movie is 2m 24sec shorter for every hour of the original. Also, if you're running music, the pitch tends to increase.
NTSC video, on the other hand runs at 30 frames per sec. What happens here is that the first frame of film would lasts three NTSC frames, the second two, the third three and so forth. On the average, there is no speed increase (actually 3.6 sec per hour, but I won't go into that) -- however, since some frames are longer timewise than others, there are minor timing irregularities which people say are noticable during pans.
Is there something else I should be aware of?
[ November 10, 2001: Message edited by: Phelps ]
You missed out that PAL is higher resolution than NTSC. And that I rule.
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May, July, September and October 2002
Hmmm. If that's true, with Season I coming out in March, then that means II, III, IV AND V will be out by October. Sweet.