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Hd DVD problem!

  • 26-06-2008 10:01am
    #1
    Fol20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,627 ✭✭✭


    Ok i bought the 360 add on a few weeks back for a 10er...since then i bought a few hd dvds including planet earth.I bought transformers which was an american import and that works fine.Here is the item i bought http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120257789950..My My problem is that i bought the departed again as an american import but for some reason it wont work..I always thought that hd dvd was region free and secondly is it not working because its an american import or is it just a defect item.Here is the item i bought http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000M5AJQ8
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  • #2
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    Points and laughs :p


  • #3
    Bard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,309 ✭✭✭✭Bard


    You do know HD DVD lost the format war don't you? You do know there'll be little or no more new movies coming out on that format?

    No?


  • #4
    Fol20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,627 ✭✭✭Fol20


    yea i do know that..that why everything is going on the cheap..getting the departed for 7 euro and planet earth for 30 is a bargain like.Planet earth would at least be 80 and the departed 30 on blu ray.Can anyone explain why the departed wont work and why transformers will.


  • #5
    mathias
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,174 ✭✭✭mathias


    I always thought that hd dvd was region free

    So Did I , but in fairness , the add on Amazon that you linked clearly states that the disc is region 1 so you have no comeback ... Cest la vie !


  • #6
    Fol20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,627 ✭✭✭Fol20


    but as i have said the link to transformers clearly states that it is region 1 as well and that works fine


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  • #7
    mathias
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,174 ✭✭✭mathias


    Your link to the transformers item specifically states region free ( actually it says all are region free ) however your link to the amazon item clearly states that the disc is not region free and wont play in a non region 1 player , so for some reason that particular disc is region coded , strange , cos Ive never seen one before , but there it is.
    They may both have a region code on the box indicating where they came from , but it could easily be the case that only the departed is actually region coded. Amazon have that warning on the departed but not on other items I see , so they are covering themselves there.

    Oh an just an aside , but the planet earth blu ray is 34 euro in Zavvi in Newbridge , it has been in or around that price since christmas ! I'll grant you it was about 80 when it was released , and up to about christmas , but afterwards its always been 40 or less , and even better prices online.

    The departed blu ray in the same shop was 18 euro , cheap for a bricks and mortar shop here , but still way too much , its only 12 online.


  • #8
    shayser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,650 ✭✭✭shayser


    Googling the ASIN throws up several sites that describe this release as a combo disc. Would this have something to do with it?


  • #9
    jimbob_jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 731 ✭✭✭jimbob_jones


    Hey Fol,

    I have the departed from the same american HD-DVD import.

    Its a combo-disc, so hddvd on one side and region one sd dvd on the other.

    Make sure you have the disc in the tray with the HD-DVD (its printed on the spindle in the middle) label facing upwards and you should be all set.


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