What's your next DVD?

[Joshua B]

Yes me too but which one?

There's the Major League Baseball 2004 World Series DVD and then there's the NESN-produced Faith Rewarded: The Historic Season of the 2004 Boston Red Sox. I was really hoping for a deluxe (at least) 2 disc edition covering the entire season including post-season.

 

[skiergirl]

Harry Potter

 

[TeleGrrrl]

I just bought Get Shorty. I couldn't stand seeing a good mafia flick in the discount bargain bin at Best Buy.

 

[Joshua B]

So I bought the Red Sox Cardinals World Series DVD. It's good but I need more Red Sox DVDs. Supposedly the Sox are compiling one themselves which should be more deluxe.

I want to buy the region 1 version of Hero this week but I can't afford it. Other than that, I can't wait for Return of the King extended edition next month.

Then there's always Seinfeld...

 

[skijay]

One of DVD player's is "region free". It was purchased at a military base PX store. So that means if you buy a region 2 DVD it will not work in a DVD player that is meant to play region 1 only?

 

[Joshua B]

Yes, that's what region coding is all about.

 

[skijay]

So if I bought a Simpsons DVD coded region 4, the DVD looks the same as a region 1, but a standard US sold DVD player would not be able to play it.

Why do they code the DVDs?

CDs are not region coded but DVDs are...interesting.

 

[Stephen]

So if I bought a Simpsons DVD coded region 4, the DVD looks the same as a region 1, but a standard US sold DVD player would not be able to play it.

Why do they code the DVDs?

CDs are not region coded but DVDs are...interesting.

This was to prevent the mass export/import of illegal copies into different regions.

However there are plenty of players out there now that play multi-region, so this is not as practical as it used to be.

This bit us on the ass once when we were presenting streaming video over multicast IP through DSL at CeBIT. We forgot the DVD at home,, so ran out to a local store and bought one. However it wouldn't play on our player.

(Then we discovered that the router cisco had sent wasn't setup for multicast IP, which screwed us even further...)

-Stephen

 

[Joshua B]

Faith Rewarded: The Historic Season of the 2004 Boston Red Sox

Buy it
$13 at Walmart
Far better than the World Series DVD released by MLB

Red Sox fans who feel like the 2004 season was a better gift than winning the lottery, have I convinced you? Let me know if you need more convincing.

 

[Joshua B]

Where will you buy The Return of the King Extended Edition? I have Sears, Best Buy, Target, Walmart, and Borders nearby. Who has the best price?

 

[Joshua B]

I bought it at Sears. $24.99 minus a $5 off coupon I had made it $19.99.

 

[Joshua B]

Let's revitalize this topic. After a couple weeks of non-interesting DVD releases IMO, this is a good week due to the Incredibles two-disc set. I picked it up at Best Buy last night along with a free Incredibles lithograph (a nice photo) for Rewards Zone members.

Any new releases you've found interesting lately?

And an update on my region status. I'm now "all regions" or "region free"--whatever you like--with the purchase of a cheap Philips player at Walmart and an easy as 1 2 3 remote control sequence. I can even play PAL DVDs.

 

[Paul]

Skijay,

I checked out that DVD on Amazon. It looks great. Now did that team also create another show I used to watch on Saturday morning? It was a futuristic, Land of the Lost type show where the main characters would travel in a large land rover that would roam the area. I remember a scene with a large, outdoor, glass panel floor where lasers were shooting at one of the characters who had to navigate his way across without getting fried. Sound familiar?

Oh, and brilliant memory Jaytrek57!

Well, Joshua, it took a year, but here's your answer...

Ark II
Not a Sid and Marty Krofft show, but was on late Sat. mornings in the mid - late 70's.

One of my favorites as a kid. Around that time there were also the prime time TV versions of "Planet of the Apes" and "Logan's Run" The latter starring Donald Moffett.
They kinda had the whole "Post-apocalyptic future" thing going on.

 

[BeanoNYC]

Just bought Napoleon Dynamite yesterday. Anyone ever see it? It's one of those "either you love it or hate it" movie. Obviously, I love it.

 

[Joshua B]

I love it too. No great storyline, but really fun characters. Wed Anderson type deadpan acting and dry humor.

 

[dmc]

Just bought Napoleon Dynamite yesterday. Anyone ever see it? It's one of those "either you love it or hate it" movie. Obviously, I love it.

Great movie!!

Pedro for president!!

 

[awf170]

Just bought Napoleon Dynamite yesterday. Anyone ever see it? It's one of those "either you love it or hate it" movie. Obviously, I love it.

Great movie!!

Pedro for president!!

I loved it, i even bought it

 

[dmc]

Just bought Napoleon Dynamite yesterday. Anyone ever see it? It's one of those "either you love it or hate it" movie. Obviously, I love it.

Great movie!!

Pedro for president!!

I loved it, i even bought it

I bought that and Anchorman...

Watching Dodgeball tonight...

 

[bvibert]

Watching Dodgeball tonight...

"If you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball" :lol:

 

[smitty77]

Just bought Napoleon Dynamite yesterday. Anyone ever see it? It's one of those "either you love it or hate it" movie. Obviously, I love it.

I can't wait to see this one! I'm a sucker for the off the wall comedy flicks. The wife quickly finds other thing to do when I pull out Office Space, Dumb & Dumber, etc. My brother and were even going to wear the orange and blue tuxes at my wedding complete with walking sticks and top hats (we were not above the mock jousting either), but the request was promptly denied. I think my wife had a fear of me blurting out a comment containing the words "fava beans" and "chiante". :lol: :dunce:

A guy I work with acts and looks just like Napolean only about 20 years older. We suspect he had the same big hair, no friends, and "woe-is-me" attitude in high school. We joke that he should sue the writers for using his likeness and high school experiences without compensating him.

Good times...