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Thanks comments. I had been thinking that MAYBE there would be a DVD drive set-up that would do a PAL/NTSC conversion if one would want to go out to an NTSC TV - but have understood now that more black boxes needed for that - and mucho simoleons. And that DVD drives only put out VGA to a...

One just has to skim thru the Dec 2002 Editorial in Stereophile Guide to HT to realize that the coming battle re HDDVD and Blu-Laser or whatever is going to be the final nail in the SACD/DVDA future. These two camps have danced around so long GOING NOWHERE that they have made it inevitable...

Also always TRY to buy locally where you'll be using a unit. You'll get a better choice and 'thinking it over' possibilties when still in the buying process - AND you will get a possibility for after-sales service - this is ESPECIALLY true for DVD's - which as a 'type of electronic...

Thanks JJ! Does that mean the signal going from DVD drive has been converted from PAL to NTSC? The TV to be used is only NTSC - and the disks are only in PAL.

DON'T bother buying anything in US to take to Australia! When you get to Australia you will find that the place is CHOCK-FULL with just about everything that can be easily hacked to cover all regions!! You will save a bundle and be free to buy almost anything. SONY will be the most...

Will a run-of-the-mill US-bought DVD player be able to get some kind of reasonable picture from a PAL DVD that is region coded 1-6? There are some DVD's available in Europe that have NOT been exclusively coded ONLY for Europe - but have been basically made region-free - but I am wondering if...

Could someone please give the ACTUAL full URL for the site with the TV series on DVD info? I've tried various combos with no results. ++++++ It's a big mystery why the studios are not putting out more old series? Maybe because they think they'll cannibalize the 'Nick At Nite' type re-runs...

Well - I am right now holding in my hand: Criterion/Rock -- the '5.1' is LESS than 1 mm. Universal/U-571 -- about 1 mm Columbia/Terminator 2 -- about 1 mm. Your average 'garden variety' ant is about 2 mm. !! ++++ And even IF Warner was the only one - WHY would they do that? And...

Has anyone got a guess why the studios are almost going out of their way to obfuscate information as to what audio format has been used? I realize my eyes ain't what they used to be but DEFINITELY need VERY often bright light and/or a magnifying glass to spot the 5.1 tag or lack of it...

I really don't understand why this has been moved to Software - since it is clearly how Hardware is responding - but us writers of these comments and questions are only mortals.

Sorry - it was on BOTH unrelated DVD's. So it has something to do with hardware.

I was visiting a friend the other evening and saw 'You've Got Mail' on DVD. The eyes of Ryan and Hanks (and others) all seemed to have been inherited from some space creature - as they were 'luminescent' - after the movie I checked it out with another DVD that happened to be there - 'The...

Please note that the DVD Forum does everything they can to dissuade companies from selling DVD's which are NOT of the same region they are located in. They actually can resort to law suits, etc. as DVD contracts include text that allows the DVD manufacturers to specify what region DVDs may be...

OK - agreed - I have been answering in the vein that this was some kind of pre-payment/pre-manufacturing deal. Sorry for any misunderstanding! But please do accept my comments as having some validity where 'pre-manufacture' deposits and payments are asked for - and required. This practice is...

It's starting to become rather safe to assume that NEITHER DVD-Audio NOR SACD is really going anywheres.

No - I am talking about 'manufactured/factory' actual cost. And NO reputable manufacturer NEEDS to have a few accomodation units pre-paid. If their financing is so flimsy where this would make ANY KIND of difference in their cash flow then they are in pretty bad shape. The ONLY 'real'...

And no 'going' company needs to factor any 'financing' parameters into 'accomodation sales' - the sales price at an accomodation level are WELL OVER any 'cost' price in any case - so this aspect is all just hot air. And any company keeping pre-payments for non-deliveries is acting in a...

Believe me, no 'reputable' company needs to collect $4400 as a pre-payment. Anyone arguing that such pre-paying is necessary or even ethical is far too rich to even say boo about being cheated out of it. There are custom-made products in this world 'requiring' pre-payments and commitments but...

In that case - EVEN STUPIDER!!!

Who prepays $4400? Sounds like someone doing so is 'flying for a crying.' The same principle should be used as in gambling: don't pre-pay more than you can lose without doing more than shrugging your shoulders with an 'oh shucks.'

For proper LFE effects, be sure to use 'crunchy'

The region hack itself will not affect PAL possibiltiies - that must be an option in the Apex.

Certainly agree that it shouldn't be 2650!! But shouldn't the 'corrected' MSRP include the PST - which you say is 15% - that would make it 2150. What's GST? When and where is such applicable and how much is it?

Aren't there also so-called PST and GST taxes to take into account? Straight currency conversion gives $1870 CDN - what are the PST and GST rates?

"New" models often just incorporate cost-saving modifications - and/or some button or light that may be of marginal use. Of course with HT there may be a new format that has 'some' function like PLII but may not be 'necessary.' I would venture to say that actual sonic quality can go down if a...

Lease a cheeseburger?

If one has full-range mains and no sub - is it possible to get LFE from DVD (with decoding) and go via Y-connector into receiver with 'direct-ins?' Full well realize that 'full range' will still not go as low as dedicated sub - but at least 'someything might be better than nothing' until...

There are a number of DVD-Audio disks out there - such as: SilverLine - Big Phat Band Warner Bros. Bela Fleck/Blue Grass Sections Warner Bros. Joni Mitchell/Both Sides Now All disks claim EXPLICITLY that they are designed to play on ANY DVD player - but will give the advanced resolution...

Partial answer: Believe it or not, there are a sizeable number of people that crave high prices and are quite happy when they are the only one in their city or county and are just happy with the 'exclusiveness' and 'qulaity can just be 'good' with the 'excellence'usually coming via 'cognitive...