[lace-chat] Video and DVD recorder question
Apart from the fact that DH got a DVD player (not recorder) before he decided to get a new video recorder, we keep things separate. In a combined unit, if one breaks down totally, you have to either replace the lot, or end up using the working part of one and having a second box anyway. Only problem we found was that, with DVD player, video recorder and Freeview (digital TV) box, getting them connected up corrected so that they all worked independently was the tricky bit. As each was made by a different manufacturer, they each wanted their box to be connected first to SCART socket 1. Took a couple of days of trial and error using the two SCART sockets on the back of the TV, but we got there in the end. Then we've got 4 remote controls (heaven for DH once he got used to using the correct one for what he wanted to do), but this has been reduced to 3 as the TV and video recorder use the same one. We never record digital as you can only record the programme you're watching, and there isn't much point in that. So we obviously watch digital while recording analogue programmes. Electronics are getting cheaper all the time anyway, so even if something breaks down, it doesn't break the bank. I just replaced my microwave oven. The first one I bought many years ago cost 240 pounds; the current one with a combined grill cost just 55. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Video and DVD recorder question
Apart from the fact that DH got a DVD player (not recorder) before he decided to get a new video recorder, we keep things separate. In a combined unit, if one breaks down totally, you have to either replace the lot, or end up using the working part of one and having a second box anyway. Only problem we found was that, with DVD player, video recorder and Freeview (digital TV) box, getting them connected up corrected so that they all worked independently was the tricky bit. As each was made by a different manufacturer, they each wanted their box to be connected first to SCART socket 1. Took a couple of days of trial and error using the two SCART sockets on the back of the TV, but we got there in the end. Then we've got 4 remote controls (heaven for DH once he got used to using the correct one for what he wanted to do), but this has been reduced to 3 as the TV and video recorder use the same one. We never record digital as you can only record the programme you're watching, and there isn't much point in that. So we obviously watch digital while recording analogue programmes. Electronics are getting cheaper all the time anyway, so even if something breaks down, it doesn't break the bank. I just replaced my microwave oven. The first one I bought many years ago cost 240 pounds; the current one with a combined grill cost just 55. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Video recorder and DVD question
Yes, you can get british programs on US format but a US produced DVD will NOT play on a UK machine and vice versa. This is something you need to remember when buying discs. You can get DVD players with an extra chip in them that play both US and European. As a matter of interest, Oz DVDs play on UK machines - not something I had thought of as essential knowledge a year ago but with the Aussie in the house this has proved useful. If you have a pc you can change the country setting on that to play another region but most pcs only allow you to do this 3 or 4 times then it becomes permanent - so not worth doing. Hope this answers the question Liz In a message dated 4/4/2004 5:01:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Another question. Are the DVD systems in Britain and the US compatable? i'd like to be ablt to send British DVDs to America as presents. Patricia A lot of British DVDs are available in America from www.BBCAmericaShop.com and other places. It might be more sensible to order them from a place like that, which would presumably send the disks with the proper encoding for America DVD players. Regards Liz Beecher I'm A HREF=http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee;blogging/A now - see what it's all about To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Video recorder and DVD question
We just replaced our VCR with a combined DVD/VCR, it was mainly for space reasons (far too many boxes and remote controls)but it was a good make - Panasonic - and not at all expensive so if one bit breaks down I'm not going to be too upset - anyway by that time recordable DVD's will be so cheap I'll be happy to upgrade to whatever the new technology is then. jenny barron Scotland To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] RE: DVD/video players
Gidday Patricia and all, Can anyone advise if a combined videao recorder and DVD player is a good idea? I ask because a combined washer/drier doesn't last as long as separate Another question. Are the DVD systems in Britain and the US compatable? i'd like to be ablt to send British DVDs to America as presents. I have a Samsung combined DVD/video player, purchased in Australia and we have had it for 2 and a half years so far with no problems - they are relatively new to the market so I would think no one has had one for long enough yet to answer you regarding their longevity. The advantage to having a combined one is that you can do an easy direct copy of a DVD onto a blank video (if the DVD is not write-protected which some of them are for copyright reasons) with the press of a button, rather than having to plug in lots of different in/out things (which I am hopeless at working out!). As far as regions go, Steph is correct and the other region is the one which covers South Africa, which we have found much to our chagrin when we moved here with our Aussie player. We cannot hire DVDs here from the local video library, only videos, because Australia is region 4 and RSA is region 2 - very frustrating now when libraries are offering more and more DVDs and the stock of videos on the shelves for hire is reducing. We also cannot purchase DVDs here for the same reason. We recently sent an email to Samsung asking whether they could provide us with some kind of decoder to enable us to play DVDs of other regions (because we had heard that with some brands you can do this), and they replied that it is not possible with their machines. I would not recommend that you send British-purchased DVDs to USA as it is unlikely that they will be able to play them (although there are a few older release DVDs that are multi-region, the newer ones are not) - better to order them online from a US company and get them delivered directly within the USA. Michelle an Aussie living in Richards Bay, South Africa with my mum still visiting from Oz and where it is 30C and humid Ian Chelle Long +27 35 788 0777 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] RE DVD question
My DW and I have recently purchased a DVD player (in Oz). Some manufacturers advertise that their's are multi-zone - the cheaper brands made in China for example. We purchased an LG when we queried at the store we were told that the majority of DVD's (or at least those sold in Australia) were multizone but the major manufacturer's had signed agreements with the film studios - so they don't advertise they're multizoneThe DVD player we have will play USA DVD's but it takes a little fiddling. There could be a second problem - I'm not sure whether the DVD is encoded in NTSC format for America and PAL for Britain - the TV we have automatically switches so we wouldn't have a problem. I suggest if you're purchasing ask at the store if the DVD player is multizone and query the the pal/NTSC coding question - hopefully they should know. Peter To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Video recorder and DVD question
UK DVDs are region 2 (same as Europe and Israel) while US DVDs are region 1. Unless you are sure that the recipient owns a multiregion system, it's safest to get the DVD in the appropriate region. You can order US DVDs from Amazon.com if you're in the UK. I either order my region 2 DVDs from Amazon.co.uk or I do a search on eBay for DVDs that are located in the UK. Best wishes, Avital - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Another question. Are the DVD systems in Britain and the US compatable? i'd like to be ablt to send British DVDs to America as presents. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Video recorder and DVD question
Thank you for all the helpful and informative advice. This group makes me really lazy as it is so much easier to pose the question here and wait for the replies to flood in than it is to do some research. I've decided to buy an inexpensive video recorder (under 40GBP in Tesco) and continur to think about a DVD player :-) I'm in no rush, really, to start using yet another format; I only invested in a CD player when it became next to impossible to buy LPs. It is very disappointing to learn that DVDs are not interchangeable the world over. I had expected more co-operation than there was over videos. The info. about amazon uk being able to supply US format DVDs is helpful. As a point of interest/curiosity. When I downloaded my email this morning Jean Nathan's reply came *before* my own request. patricia in Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] DVD/Video recorder
Patricia wrote: As a point of interest/curiosity. When I downloaded my email this morning Jean Nathan's reply came *before* my own request. I must be psychic. :-D Not only that, but I sent it once, and received it twice within a couple of seconds of each other. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Two thing I want to say about Daylight Saving - one comment, and one question. First, I hate the idea of changing the clocks forward and back. Theoretically, when the sun is at its highest in the sky that's called midday - 12 noon. Why can't we accept that? It feels wrong to call it 1 pm in the summer and 12 noon in the winter. I went to shool in Edinburgh (south east of Scotland) and the short daylight hours were just a fact of life - Summer Time didn't make any difference to how few hours of daylight we got. And I know some time zones are wide enough to make 12 noon happen when the sun is a bit off-centre, but that's a social arrangement and I can see the sense there. My cheap rate electricity (Economy 7, or some such name) comes from 12 midnight to 7 am in the winter, and isn't adjusted at all, so in the summer the clocks say it comes from 1 am to 8 am. Maybe we could adjust working hours, like that, instead of making our clocks lie. Just joking - it'd never work. 8-( Second - please would someone remind me (I think I once knew) what rules govern the dates for starting and ending Summer Time? I know they are different in different countries, or regions of countries, but my PC knows when to change so there must be rules ... but what? BFN, Margery. [EMAIL PROTECTED] in North Herts, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Video Recorder and DVD question
Jean, Thanks for the offer but the fact that I know there is a difference and a rough idea as to why is enough for me at the moment Regarding your youngest daughter and bringing her TV/Video/DVD players etc to Australia, check with your DH, Australia house, or I can make enquiries for you. The reason being whilst we use PAL over here I believe the scan frequency is different. I believe this is so as one of my school chums, who migrated to Australia before me, brought a TV back to the UK for his parents - they then had to spend money to get it converted so they could receive UK channels - I suppose he could have bought it at duty free at some stop over but I'm not sure. I'd hate your daughter to spend money sending it over here and then have to spend money getting it converted when it would be cheaper to buy new over here. Patricia The major film studios insisted on the coding system as a means to discourage piracy otherwise they would not have released films on DVD - the logic being is that as DVD's are digital any copies made should be as good as the original. Peter To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
