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| S Thorens Member Washington, DC 16 Posts 1/00 |  Posted - Feb 24 2000 : 8:33PMI just got the 2-DVD set of the "Queer as Folk" Brit TV series. Unfortunately, it is Region 2 coded and I cannot play it on my Sony DVP-S500D player. I've heard of "modifications" that can be made to make DVD players non-regional. Does anyone know of such things and/or where I might find more information on the subject? Thanks for whatever you can suggest. [Link] |
| alanbenson Member Lompoc, CA USA 156 Posts 11/99 |  Posted - Feb 25 2000 : 5:07PM[Link] |
| netguy Member 687 Posts 12/99 | Posted - Feb 26 2000 : 6:18AM Did you know that beforehand? I've been watching for it to come out on region 1....... I've heard theres another British sitcom thats gay oriented and real funny....I cant seem to find out the name.....any clues? [Link] |
| S Thorens Member Washington, DC 16 Posts 1/00 |  Posted - Feb 26 2000 : 10:10AM[Link] |
| Darkness Member UK 77 Posts 2/00 | Posted - Feb 26 2000 : 12:29PM [Link] |
| Darkness Member UK 77 Posts 2/00 | Posted - Feb 26 2000 : 12:33PM The UK equivalent of ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY magazine is called "Heat" and they had an interview with the writers. In it, they said that Joel Shumaker (spelling probably wrong here) who did the last Batman movie was going to make a Us version of it for cable TV, but would have to drop a lot of the sex scenes and make the young lad in it older. [This message has been edited by Darkness (edited February 26, 2000).] [Link] |
| someone New Member 1 Posts 2/00 |  Posted - Feb 26 2000 : 12:42PMQueer As Folk Queer As Folk 2 Mar,13 Beautiful Thing Here: [url=466833]www.dvdstreet.infront.co.uk/</A [url=466834]www.dvdworld.co.uk</A [url=466835]www.blackstar.co.uk</A [url=466836]www.dvdplus.co.uk</A There are PAL and region 2 coded. Yes, It would play just fine on a computer-based DVD (and some TV). Have a Nice Day  [This message has been edited by someone (edited February 26, 2000).] [Link] |
| netguy Member 687 Posts 12/99 | Posted - Feb 27 2000 : 6:36AM Can you get Queer as Folk in a format that can be played here???? NTSC / Region 1??? I have a friend that could get if for me but I dont want to shell out more $ to upgrade anything just yet....thanks again! [Link] |
| Darkness Member UK 77 Posts 2/00 | Posted - Mar 4 2000 : 3:52AM I am also sorry to say that the DVD is encoded in PAL region 2, so unless you have a code free DVD player the only way to get it would be on tape. You could buy the UK PAL tapes and get them converted to NTSC. I might have been able to help you myself. I bought a $600 TV standards converter "black box" but it was not as good as I wanted, so it went back and I got a refund. Sorry [Link] |
| Skorpio New Member West Hollywood, CA 2 Posts 12/99 |  Posted - Mar 24 2000 : 6:41PMAs for the show itself: It's absolutely the most intriguing, involving, and intelligent look at gay life in the 90's. Aside from the accents and some of the slang & British references, it might just as well be set in America. As Vince (one of the main characters) would say, "It's brilliant!" I've seen the complete (1st) series about 6 times all the way through, and the first episode several times more. I've been showing it to my friends -- as well as potential boyfriends. (It's become something of a litmus test: When one guy I was dating didn't care for it after seeing the first episode, I knew he wasn't the man for me. )[Link] |
| netguy Member 687 Posts 12/99 | Posted - Mar 25 2000 : 5:49PM Or even if you hear of anything or find someplace to order it!!!! Where could we write to request it??? Whos the production company?? I am dying to see it!!! ------------------ [Link] |
| andelfr77 New Member nyc, NY, usa 2 Posts 3/00 |  Posted - Mar 27 2000 : 10:25PMnote ; u need a region free DVD rom, most DVD rom under 5x will do, and u need a software like power DVD version 2.5 and below, ( dont waste money to buy them, get a trial version for 30 days, or real hollywood plus, i just spend less than 50 bucks to have them work perfectly and connect to my TV (NTSC ot VCR)..no distration at all, forget abt macrovision, or have someone to modify your DVD player, 1st, u will lose ur Warranty, 2nd, it might cuz deffect in long term, anyone wanna know the *tips* write me, i can help [Link] |
| sethblaylock New Member Portland, Oregon, USA 2 Posts 4/00 | Posted - Apr 12 2000 : 2:10AM I purchased the Apex DVD player at Circuit Shitty...I mean City for 179.00 (US Currency) and because is was manufacutered prior to 2/2000 it has a secret menu that allows to bypass all regional coding and macrovision. In addition, it coverts PAL to NTSC if you tell it (in the set up menu) that your television is NTSC. So I ordered Queer As Folk from amazon.co.uk and watched the DVDs!!! The only glich is that in the PAL to NTSC conversion, it squeezes the picture just a tad. Not too distracting. Also, this means I could order other gay-themed DVDs, in Region 2 PAL format: Jeffrey Wilde My Beautiful Laundrette I Think I Do (which is scheduled for a region 1 NTSC release this summer.) Is it worth getting the APEX as a second DVD player? YEP!!! Seth [Link] |
| sethblaylock New Member Portland, Oregon, USA 2 Posts 4/00 | Posted - Apr 12 2000 : 2:12AM Joel Schumacher is doing the American version for Showtime and has no intentions of reducing the explicitness of the show. He may have to age the youngest character though. Joel just made Flawless which is due on DVD soon! Seth [Link] |
| andelfr77 New Member nyc, NY, usa 2 Posts 3/00 | Posted - Apr 14 2000 : 3:47AM where did u get the info that QAF american version is being produced now???? i wonder who are the casts..?? any URL links? [Link] |
| netguy Member 687 Posts 12/99 |  Posted - Apr 14 2000 : 9:18PMEdited by - netguy on Dec 14 2000 [Link] |
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