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The first TNG DVD box set is being rumoured to make its debut on March 4 next year with a host of special features.
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.
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As a quick note, I wouldn't be too surprised at a region 2 release happening before region 1. For some reason (and despite the fact that we used to get worse DVDs than the US), we seem to get all the TV shows on DVD before you. All of Friends is available on DVD. Buffy up to season 3 is available. It might be due to us having a bigger video market for that sort of thing (Buffy box sets, Trek videos etc sell far better over here than in the US).
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Er, yeah. All of Friends on DVD. The season 6 episodes are also 2 whole minutes longer than the broadcast versions. Woo.
You could always buy the region 2 ones, y'know. Region hacking really isn't hard. And play247.com have very reasonable prices.
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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)?
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I would like to know too. I want my DVD player to be multiregional. Since I am in Australia - and we get the slowest and suckiest releases of DVDs around.
Australia is Region 4. US/Canada Region 1. UK Region 2. The others?
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my dvd-rom is region free, but i want to wait for the US release ( i hear the Stargate DVDs released there have horrible grain)
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this is a bit off topic, but does anyone (psyliam) know if cheers will be coming on dvd soon or at all? thanks!
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I haven't heard anything about it. Season boxes as mainstream video releases only really started happening a couple of years ago, and DVD season boxes are even newer.
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.
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I'm (originally) from a PAL region myself, but as far as I know, both have their up and downsides.
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.
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Actually, I think I've noticed that. But it only very rarely occurs. And it's mainly on mid-90s stuff. I think they've improved the conversion tecnology, possibly.
You missed out that PAL is higher resolution than NTSC. And that I rule.
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Those look cool. I'm not sure I understand what those small ones are suppoesd to be. But they look cool. Won't fit quite as nicely on my shelf as some discs, though.
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