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Why only a PAL release of Nazimova's THE RED LANTERN

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 5:20 pm
by sepiatone
why not a region free dvd release of this title?

Re: Why only a PAL release of Nazimova's THE RED LANTERN

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 6:23 pm
by azjazzman
sepiatone wrote:why not a region free dvd release of this title?
It *is* region free.

Re: Why only a PAL release of Nazimova's THE RED LANTERN

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 9:23 am
by sepiatone
azjazzman wrote:
sepiatone wrote:why not a region free dvd release of this title?
It *is* region free.
I'll re-phrase it, why not an NTSC version in addition to PAL version?

Re: Why only a PAL release of Nazimova's THE RED LANTERN

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 11:35 am
by drednm
Same with Ann Harding's The Fountain. There's a PAL R2 release in Europe and that's it. Although it does have an English track (the one I bought is in Spanish), it's still PAL R2. Luckily I liked it when I watched it after some "conversions."

Re: Why only a PAL release of Nazimova's THE RED LANTERN

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:08 pm
by didi-5
It makes a change from all the hundreds of NTSC only titles out there!

Re: Why only a PAL release of Nazimova's THE RED LANTERN

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:53 am
by Ann Harding
sepiatone wrote:
azjazzman wrote:
sepiatone wrote:why not a region free dvd release of this title?
It *is* region free.
I'll re-phrase it, why not an NTSC version in addition to PAL version?
You can overcome the problem by downloading VLC Media Player on your computer. It can play any kind of DVD.

Re: Why only a PAL release of Nazimova's THE RED LANTERN

Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 12:49 pm
by Phototone
I realize you are talking about a "DVD", which are either PAL or NTSC, but doesn't this problem go away with BluRay. It was my understanding that the High Definition standard was universal, the only difference was different regions, in region coded discs?

Re: Why only a PAL release of Nazimova's THE RED LANTERN

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:43 pm
by kaleidoscopeworld
Ann Harding wrote:You can overcome the problem by downloading VLC Media Player on your computer. It can play any kind of DVD.
I thought everyone used VLC nowadays, but for those who don't, you're missing out! It's a pretty robust piece of software and so very handy. I have DVDs from every zone and can play almost everything through VLC.

Re: Why only a PAL release of Nazimova's THE RED LANTERN

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 8:04 am
by sepiatone
forgive me everyone, I meant to thank all of you for your answers in particular Ann and kaleidoscope. Much appreciated.

Re: Why only a PAL release of Nazimova's THE RED LANTERN

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:31 am
by David Alp
I can't believe you Yanks still don't buy multi-regional blu-ray players?????? It was the first issue atop my list when I went on line to buy a blu-ray player; that it HAD to be multi-regional. I can play any region at all; so I have no worries about where in the world my blu-rays or DVD's come from.