This originally appeared as a comment to Pete’s Shaun of the Dead post. I’m bringing it back from the dead. Mauer noted that we should keep an eye out for Black Books, but warned us that it’s not available as a region 1 DVD. I suppose this region coding has something to do with the great PAL/NTSC divide. Why do the Brits have to do everything differently? They resist standardization at every turn. Fuckers. Anyway, here’s my original post (hey, where is everyone?):
Just a note on region-freedom. I went to London last month and bought the box set (boxed set?) of Not the 9 O’Clock News in the hopes that my Dell laptop would play it, which it did (it will play any region). I should have bought more DVDs–all the Ali G specials, the League of Gentlemen seasons 2 & 3, etc. Oh well, I can get this stuff on Amazon.co.uk
Why don’t they sell region-free DVD players in the U.S.? And what’s with the region stuff anyway?
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