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Post by hobbycentric on Jan 10, 2015 5:38:53 GMT -5
I've bought a few anime DVDs throughout the years. Don't have a ton of them compared to my traditional movies and TV shows but I do have some. That said, I've been looking at some of them online that I was interested in buying and discovered the whole issue of viewing regions ( such as Region 1; US. Region 2; Japan, Australia, etc. Region 3..so on so forth. From what I gather, it seems this tends to apply mainly to video games or at least it comes across that way. It doesn't affect Blu-ray either....I was looking at some box sets of Japanese Anime on Amazon on DVD and it had the warning that it may not play on American systems unless they were designed/rated for Region 2.
So, what gives here?
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Post by tasuke on Jan 10, 2015 11:10:20 GMT -5
that's simply the way that the DVD video standards were struck. you can blame HOLLYWOOD, primarily.
just about any DVD player can be region hacked. you should look into an older high end, multi-thousand-dollar (in their day)DVD player,
-they can be had quite cheaply these days- and have a professional mod it for you.
that, or you could seek out a Japanese market DVDP on a proxy service like Rinkya...
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Post by finalgear on Jan 10, 2015 11:56:08 GMT -5
- and this is why..anime are soooo pirated hobbycentric, try KMPlayer www.kmplayer.com/i been using this movie play forever... it's good and way BETTER then Microsoft Window media player |
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Post by hobbycentric on Jan 10, 2015 17:41:11 GMT -5
Soooo, in the "short" of it, what your all basically saying is that if I go ahead and buy these box sets is that I'll have some very nice high quality, good looking, shelf sitters that my Playstation 3 won't be able to play as an animated TV show?
Nice......
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Post by tasuke on Jan 11, 2015 11:10:16 GMT -5
unless you put some legwork into obtaining either a Japanese market or all-region modded DVDP, i suppose so.
if you love these sets as much as you sound like you do, then i'd say that going through such trouble would ultimately be quite worthwhile. all the same, to each their own...
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Post by finalgear on Jan 11, 2015 14:04:01 GMT -5
screw it... don't waste money on those odd-ball different region DVDS.. sadly, there are some ANIME that will never be release in N.America
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Post by hobbycentric on Jan 12, 2015 5:55:40 GMT -5
I want to give my personal thanks to your help, points of view and assistance.
Nothing is more annoying than wasting time, effort and more importantly...money on something that one would like to have but then once one get's can't use at all. That's why I like the fact that I discovered this site.
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Post by tasuke on Jan 12, 2015 10:56:24 GMT -5
collecting Japanese market Anime on Laserdisc is a whole lot easier, since ANY Japanese LD WILL play on ANY U.S. market LD player, since both the U.S. and Japan always conformed to the NTSC standard...
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Post by Nutz on Jan 13, 2015 11:23:07 GMT -5
A few notes on this topic of regions. As luck would have it, for blu ray format USA and Japan are both set to region A, meaning that releases from these countries can be cross played. Here's a good explanation on blu ray regions: www.the-home-cinema-guide.com/blu-ray-regions.html#axzz3OicSylcfOkay, that's the easy part. Dvd is indeed problematic, as American dvds are region 1 while Japanese releases are region 2. I used to buy dvds from J-List, and how I got around this restriction was to buy a region free portable dvd player. There are plenty available on ebay. Unfortunately, mine broke a few years again, and I never got a replacement (too busy doing other things anyway). |
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Post by hobbycentric on Jan 13, 2015 18:26:20 GMT -5
Well, I have to say the whole issue of regions and lockouts is, to put it nicely, just silly. If a chance for profit stands to be made I can't believe that these companies have put up roadblocks to prevent themselves making an additional source for that profit.
Tasuke, you mentioned laser disk. That format hasn't been used in the United States for decades...literally. The only time I have ever seen it was when I was a kid. It was Star Trek the Motion Picture. We watched it in elementary school way back in the early 80's as part of an English class day thing. Took about 3 days being as long as that movie is. I'd love to have that thing today as a Star Trek fan in my collection. I seem to recall it being about the size of a traditional vinyl record and gold in color......Finding a laser disk player would be like a treasure hunt. Trying to get it to match up with anything electronically today might still be an even bigger challenge. I still have my very first T.V. that was given to me in 1977 as a child. It's a black and white Zenith 9 inch portable. Still works too but you have to do a little riggin' to get it hooked up to modern cable. It has a special place up on the plant shelf when you come in my front door as an antique now.
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Post by Nutz on Jan 15, 2015 21:59:24 GMT -5
Matt, it's not just a matter of profits. There's egos involved, along w/ fiefdoms to protect for these studios. Sometimes, the profit aspect is dropped to the bottom of the priorities of these companies. Another good example is the possibility of a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight. Everybody who's a boxing fan wants this fight. It's a $200 million fight, so that's plenty of $$$$ for all parties involved. But alas, silly issues keep cropping up that prevent this fight from happening. :/
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Post by finalgear on Jan 29, 2015 18:44:42 GMT -5
Matt, it's not just a matter of profits. There's egos involved, along w/ fiefdoms to protect for these studios. Sometimes, the profit aspect is dropped to the bottom of the priorities of these companies. Another good example is the possibility of a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight. Everybody who's a boxing fan wants this fight. It's a $200 million fight, so that's plenty of $$$$ for all parties involved. But alas, silly issues keep cropping up that prevent this fight from happening. :/   |
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