[HPFGU-OTChatter] British DVDs in the US?

[John Walton]

Kathryn wrote:

> The short answer is no it won't work. If she has an incredibly expensive
> multi-region player it would. Also you can buy kits for most players which
> will convert them, try looking on the internet if you're interested. But the
> studios have gone to a lot of effort to make sure that US and British
> products are not compatible. Mainly because you guys often get the dvds
> released while the film is still playing in the cinema over here and they
> don't want us to all buy the DVD *instead* of going to the cinema.

Which is, of course, amusing, because multi-region DVD players are available
for about GBP170 from Amazon.co.uk. (My friend has one, I think it's called
Yelo or something.)

A solution might be if your computer has a DVD player, set it to Region 2,
and keep your normal TV DVD player on Region 1.

--John

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