Duane Thomas Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 I'm looking through Amazon.com, considering buying the X-Files first season DVD. I check out some of the Used DVDs listed, and find this description: "Comments: **ASIAN edition** Brand new with security seal. Content is same as US DVD, language, menus, etc, in English. Ships in 24 hrs. w. EMAIL DELIVERY CONFIRMATION + TRACKING. Bid with confidence!" Any reason I shouldn't go for this? Any real difference between the "Asian edition" and what we'd buy down at the corner Borders in the US? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessej Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 The Asian Edition usually means camcorder special for brand new movies. However, being that the X-files first season is so old, it'll probably be good copies. I'd only take a risk if the price is well below average and there is a return address. A fair price for a black market dvd is about 1 dollar per dvd or 5 dollars if you add the tax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wide45 Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 DVD players sold in the US have a little security feature that only allows them to play "area 1" disks. Asian, or European disks are not supposed to play. Disks can be manufactured to play in all areas, but you can't assume anything. I could be wrong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
achard Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 If your DVD player is multi-region then there should be no problem. Majority DVD players here in asia are multi-region. Also be carefull when choosing asian region Disc. I know there's a lot of region numbers for Asian Country Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Boudrie Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 DVD players sold in the US have a little security feature that only allows them to play "area 1" disks.Asian, or European disks are not supposed to play. Disks can be manufactured to play in all areas, but you can't assume anything. I could be wrong... Most PC DVD'd players are manufactured "regionless", and set the region when you insert a disk. Also, there is a limit (generally 5) of the number of times these players can have the region changed. If you're in the US, chances are your DVD player (PC or regular) is region coded unless you have specifically sought one out that is not, or found a version with an undocumented hack to turn the region restriction off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcoliver Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Are US laws strict about re-programming players to play all regions? Most modern players only need to be re-programed via it's remote control, if you know the key sequence. For PC DVD-ROM players, you can download freeware Region Killers so your CD-ROM drive doesn't lock into a specific region after a while. Lastly, I've noticed most "Asian" DVD's doesn't carry the same bonus contents as Region 1 DVD's. US DVD's normally have lots more features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rishii Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 a buddy pick up a chinese edition of band of brothers, the only differances are having english and chinsese writing on the box and each disk asking what language you want the subtitles in (which you can turn off) . and if we ever run into a problem with a dvd, we just break out the cheap apex dvd player, because those will play everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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