I've got the Treble season in review video on videotape. However, I'd really like to get it in DVD format, so as to just jump around and watch certain games without having to fast forward/rewind all the time (I watch it alot on when I'm running on the treadmill -- the highlights from the Arsenal FA Cup game and the knockout rounds of CL just fly by, as do the Barcelona and BM games from round 1). Unfortunately, I've only seen it offered in Region 2 encoding for DVD. Does anyone know where a copy can be had in Region 1 (north america) format or are we on this side of the pond just SOL?
dunno about buying a new dvd but you can alwys get your tape converted to dvd, but make sure you get your orig tape back. try a search using google. there are a few places in Canada that also do pal/ntsc/secam conversions.
I know companies that will convert tapes to DVD for home videos and such, but will they do that for a commercially released tape? I'm thinking about the copyright issues involved... I'd be very interested in getting a treble DVD if it's made available in Region 1!
most people in europe have multi region dvd players. run a search for some special remote code to convert your play to region free and get the region 2 dvd.
I agree with Ragnarok. Get the remote code or just purchase a "region free" dvd player. There are plenty of European titles that justify its purchase. Here's a few titles worth mentioning: History of Football 6 DVD set Zinedine Zidane 2 DVD set Besides, I have spoken with Reedswain and SLS (the 2 major vendors of soccer videos/DVDs in the US) about making PAL DVDs available in NTSC. No real concrete answers in regards to my inquiries so I bought a "region free" player and couldn't be more happier. I will tell you that SLS did tell me that "The Treble" DVD would be available by summer 2003. So if you want to wait....
Thanks. I am willing to wait until Summer -- not that far off -- and be content with the videotape for now.
I got mine at www.hkflix.com/hardware I must stress that you should research dvd forums that mention these models as they have their pros and cons. There are other cheaper models mentioned in these forums but again research them first.
In another forum I head about DVD City. I haven't tried them yet, so don't take this as a "recommendation", just another option. http://www.dvdcity.com/ However, for us folks in the US, a region free player alone won't cut it. Since Europe is PAL format and US televisions are NTSC, you'd also need a PAL to NTSC converter. OR, and this is probably easier, DVD city sells a NNTSC/PAL/Codefree DVD. Not only is it region free, it also converts the PAL format to NTSC. That's my understanding, anyway.
Your reply is conflicted. A region free dvd player will cut it alone. A code free player has a integrated circuit chip that converts PAL to NTSC in the digital domain (inside the player) therefore meaning that its output (NTSC after the conversion) can be displayed on US tv's. You don't need to buy any other converters. The only thing is that these players can't be bought at retail stores like Best Buy, Circuit City, Wiz, etc... because these players have to be modified with the aforementioned IC chip.
Disc 1 1. Like a Dream - a film that spans Zidane's life from childhood to Real Madrid. Very good. 2. Zidane's best moves Disc 2 1. Football lessons - Zidane shows you how to do some of his favorite moves, PK's, free kicks, etc.. 2. Zidane's favorite goals 3. Zidane comments on la Liga, World Cup 2002, and the "goal" from the Champion's League Final 4. Zidane talks shop with Ronaldo 5. Laurent Blanc, Paolo Maldini, Enzo Francescolli, Christian Vieri, and couple of french dudes talk about Zidane and their favorite moments of him 6. Interview with Zidane's wife 7. Commercials featuring Zidane BTW- I don't know if the amazon version has english as an alternate language. They only list french on the website. I bought my copy on the Real website. It has english, spanish, and italian languages available. Definitely get it. You won't be disappointed.
Hey there-- I know that Gooners aren't well-loved in this forum (I was lurking, I enjoy reading comments from the opposition's fans), but I can give you some advice re: an all-region player. I have two players that I use regularly. Both are capable of PAL-to-NTSC conversion, and both are available in the US at stores like Circuit City and Target for less than a hundred smackers. The best part? You don't need to do any hardware modification-- you can give the players "firmware" upgrades by burning a software update to CD and then inserting it into the player. My primary player is the Apex AD-1500. It's a surprisingly robust little player. Unfortunately, it's out of production, so it's gotten a bit hard to find (you might come across one at K-Mart). The model's successor is the AD-1200, and it's easy to get-- plenty at any Circuit City-- but the drawback is, not all of them can have their region codes switched. For info on each player: http://www.nerd-out.com/darrenk/1500/1500_firmware.htm http://www.nerd-out.com/darrenk/AD1200/AD1200.htm Apex models in general are often hackable. Try browsing these forums for more advice and information: http://www.nerd-out.com/forum/ The other model I use is the Koss 216, a semi-portable unit available exclusively at Target stores and the website: http://www.target.com/gp/detail.htm...ef=sr_2_1/602-6164282-8031843?asin=B0000632FZ There's a Yahoo group available, and the necessary firmware upgrade (which must be burned to CD) is available in the "files" section: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/koss216/ I hope this information is of use to you! Any fan of quality football is worth helping. Now, catch us if you can!
Thanks so much! Thanks to your post I was able to upgrade my APEX-1500. Now I just have to buy a DVD from Europe and see if it works!
heck yeah i do. i'd like to order the treble thing too as pvan4 has it on VHS and i've seen it. i ordered the DVD of the 100 best FA Cup goals from amazon.co.uk to see if my "conversion" worked and it did. I can't wait to get some more stuff now that the evil region encoding has been avoided. all i have to say is a region free player is the way to go and i believe it is worth the extra money (eventhough mine is a converted cheap $80 APEX.) you can get stuff from all over the world and it's just better that way.