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| Jason Stout |
 Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 4:19 pm |
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I'm trying to find a DVD Italian version of Lord of the Rings:The Two
Towers (Il Singore degli Anelli: Le Due Torri) in a format that can be
played on the US DVD players (NTSC format rather than the European PAL
format). Does anyone know if such a thing exists and how to obtain
it? I can find PAL versions farily easily but I don't really want to
buy an new DVD player for it.
I'm actually looking for a way to find Italian NTSC version of several
US films so if anyone knows of a resource for finding foriegn language
movie translatsions I'd appreciate it.
Thanks,
-Jason
An email response would be helpful.
jason.stout -aT* aero.org (note: change the -aT* and the spaces to
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| septimus |
| Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 3:07 am |
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Jason Stout wrote:
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I'm trying to find a DVD Italian version of Lord of the Rings:The Two
Towers (Il Singore degli Anelli: Le Due Torri) in a format that can be
played on the US DVD players (NTSC format rather than the European PAL
format). Does anyone know if such a thing exists and how to obtain
it? I can find PAL versions farily easily but I don't really want to
buy an new DVD player for it.
I'm actually looking for a way to find Italian NTSC version of several
US films so if anyone knows of a resource for finding foriegn language
movie translatsions I'd appreciate it.
I'd be the last person to know these things. Last year
we had a discussion and circuit city apparently used to carry
"apex" dvd players that can play Euro formatted DVD's. CC
has since stopped carrying those players, I believe, but
you should be able to buy some over the net. |
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| Don Carter |
| Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 4:08 pm |
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Probably the easiest way would be to persuade the US authorities to give up
NTSC and use the far superior PAL standard, then you wouldn't have a
problem.
"Jason Stout" <jason.stout@aero.org> wrote in message
news:e2ae9fbd.0309151119.77732156@posting.google.com...
Quote: I'm trying to find a DVD Italian version of Lord of the Rings:The Two
Towers (Il Singore degli Anelli: Le Due Torri) in a format that can be
played on the US DVD players (NTSC format rather than the European PAL
format). Does anyone know if such a thing exists and how to obtain
it? I can find PAL versions farily easily but I don't really want to
buy an new DVD player for it.
I'm actually looking for a way to find Italian NTSC version of several
US films so if anyone knows of a resource for finding foriegn language
movie translatsions I'd appreciate it.
Thanks,
-Jason
An email response would be helpful.
jason.stout -aT* aero.org (note: change the -aT* and the spaces to
'@') |
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| CP__J |
| Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2003 12:01 am |
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Jason Stout wrote:
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I'm trying to find a DVD Italian version of Lord of the Rings:The Two
Towers (Il Singore degli Anelli: Le Due Torri) in a format that can be
played on the US DVD players (NTSC format rather than the European PAL
format). Does anyone know if such a thing exists and how to obtain
it? I can find PAL versions farily easily but I don't really want to
buy an new DVD player for it.
I'm actually looking for a way to find Italian NTSC version of several
US films so if anyone knows of a resource for finding foriegn language
movie translatsions I'd appreciate it.
You won't find many NTSC DVDs with Italian audio or subtitles.
I'd say the only solution is a multistandard TV (try bhphoto in NYC, or
else a pro monitor), or a player which converts PAL to NTSC (Malata is
reported to be the best [and reasonably priced], though I have no direct
experience with these).
For hi-scan/HDTV American displays, the solution is a DVD player like
the Philips 963SA which converts PAL discs to 480p/960i at 60Hz
(apparently using a pulldown repeating every fifth frame). Got mine
from http://www.hivizone.com last December.
The 963SA has the Sage/Faroudja FLI2310 chip for the requisite
deinterlacing and rescaling. It completely avoids the horrible
field/frame reconstructions which are still the usual method for
standards conversions within the interlace SDTV realm [to see this at
its absolute worst try the R1/NTSC DVDs of "Brideshead Revisited" ---
people might need Gravol to get through even half an hour].
C. |
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| Jay G |
| Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 4:43 pm |
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"Don Carter" <dgcarter@hotmail.com> wrote ...
Quote: Probably the easiest way would be to persuade the US authorities to give
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NTSC and use the far superior PAL standard, then you wouldn't have a
problem.
What's your definition for the word "easiest"? Cause it seems to be
the direct opposite of what the real definition is.
US is switching to digital broadcast, and to the far superior HDTV
standard. Which means we will have higher resolution without any
PAL speedup problems.
-Jay |
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| Jay G |
| Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 4:46 pm |
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"Jason Stout" <jason.stout@aero.org> wrote ...
Quote: I'm trying to find a DVD Italian version of Lord of the Rings:The Two
Towers (Il Singore degli Anelli: Le Due Torri) in a format that can be
played on the US DVD players (NTSC format rather than the European PAL
format). Does anyone know if such a thing exists and how to obtain
it? I can find PAL versions farily easily but I don't really want to
buy an new DVD player for it.
You will not find an NTSC DVD from Italy for the same reason
you won't find a PAL DVD from the US. It's because they release
their DVDs in the video format that their country uses.
Why do you want the Italian DVD? Do you want it for an Italian
dub, for subtitles, or what?
-Jay |
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| Peter Fraser |
| Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 8:27 am |
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jason.stout@aero.org (Jason Stout) wrote in message news:<e2ae9fbd.0309151119.77732156@posting.google.com>...
Quote: I'm trying to find a DVD Italian version of Lord of the Rings:The Two
Towers (Il Singore degli Anelli: Le Due Torri) in a format that can be
played on the US DVD players (NTSC format rather than the European PAL
format). Does anyone know if such a thing exists and how to obtain
it? I can find PAL versions farily easily but I don't really want to
buy an new DVD player for it.
As Italy and much of the world uses the PAL system (far superior to
the dreadful NTSC system) it would probably be impossible to find
NTSC versions in Italian. Now if you lived in a country such as
Australia (where everything is multi system) you would have no trouble
playing pal discs.THe only remedy is to buy a multi system dvd player
and TV and your problems are solved. |
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| Kram Sacul |
| Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 7:37 pm |
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cinerama10@hotmail.com (Peter Fraser) wrote in message news:<844bf196.0309210327.57eda242@posting.google.com>...
Quote: As Italy and much of the world uses the PAL system (far superior to
the dreadful NTSC system) it would probably be impossible to find
NTSC versions in Italian.
Far superior in what way? The extra resolution is thrown out the
window because of the 24 sped up to 25fps abomination. |
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| Jay G |
| Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2003 11:38 am |
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"Kram Sacul" <KramSacul@yahoo.com> wrote ...
Quote: cinerama10@hotmail.com (Peter Fraser) wrote ...
As Italy and much of the world uses the PAL system (far superior to
the dreadful NTSC system) it would probably be impossible to find
NTSC versions in Italian.
Far superior in what way? The extra resolution is thrown out the
window because of the 24 sped up to 25fps abomination.
Not to mention that PAL has the slower refresh rate of 50hz
vs. NTSC's 60hz.
-Jay |
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| Giovanni Abrate |
| Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2003 12:38 pm |
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And PAL is incapable of reproducing certain deep red and deep green hues
that are possible with NTSC.
Giovanni
"Jay G" <Jay@tmbg.org> wrote in message
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"Kram Sacul" <KramSacul@yahoo.com> wrote ...
cinerama10@hotmail.com (Peter Fraser) wrote ...
As Italy and much of the world uses the PAL system (far superior to
the dreadful NTSC system) it would probably be impossible to find
NTSC versions in Italian.
Not to mention that PAL has the slower refresh rate of 50hz
vs. NTSC's 60hz.
-Jay
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| Scott Norwood |
| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 9:34 am |
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In article <Z9idb.2702$qK1.2867627@news2.news.adelphia.net>,
Giovanni Abrate <tryphon@adelphia.net> wrote:
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And PAL is incapable of reproducing certain deep red and deep green hues
that are possible with NTSC.
Can it do yellow properly? (I don't know, having not seen a PAL set for
about six years.)
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| Adam M |
| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 12:15 am |
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On 15 Sep 2003 12:19:57 -0700, jason.stout@aero.org (Jason Stout)
wrote:
Quote: I'm trying to find a DVD Italian version of Lord of the Rings:The Two
Towers (Il Singore degli Anelli: Le Due Torri) in a format that can be
played on the US DVD players (NTSC format rather than the European PAL
format). Does anyone know if such a thing exists and how to obtain
it? I can find PAL versions farily easily but I don't really want to
buy an new DVD player for it.
I'm actually looking for a way to find Italian NTSC version of several
US films so if anyone knows of a resource for finding foriegn language
movie translatsions I'd appreciate it.
Thanks,
-Jason
An email response would be helpful.
jason.stout -aT* aero.org (note: change the -aT* and the spaces to
'@')
I doubt it, Region 1 is NTSC, english and french language.
I know you said you didn't want a new dvd player however;
There is a new Toshiba DVD player that allows you to play other region
dvd's with a trick (it looks pretty simple). Something about a
warning popping up on the screen saying the disk is from a different
region, you press CLEAR on the remote and the warning goes away.
Here are all the details:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=292219&highlight=3900
Read the 4th post for the details. Target currently has this model
for $79.00 in my area.
Hope that Helps
Adam M |
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| John Harkness |
| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 12:42 am |
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On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 22:15:36 -0500, Adam M
<am_dragonNOSPAM<AT>NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote:
Quote: On 15 Sep 2003 12:19:57 -0700, jason.stout@aero.org (Jason Stout)
wrote:
I'm trying to find a DVD Italian version of Lord of the Rings:The Two
Towers (Il Singore degli Anelli: Le Due Torri) in a format that can be
played on the US DVD players (NTSC format rather than the European PAL
format). Does anyone know if such a thing exists and how to obtain
it? I can find PAL versions farily easily but I don't really want to
buy an new DVD player for it.
I'm actually looking for a way to find Italian NTSC version of several
US films so if anyone knows of a resource for finding foriegn language
movie translatsions I'd appreciate it.
Thanks,
-Jason
An email response would be helpful.
jason.stout -aT* aero.org (note: change the -aT* and the spaces to
'@')
I doubt it, Region 1 is NTSC, english and french language.
Don't tell the folks in Mexico.
John Harkness |
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| Adam M |
| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 8:45 am |
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On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 23:42:05 -0400, John Harkness
<jXXharkness@sympatico.ca> wrote:
Quote: On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 22:15:36 -0500, Adam M
am_dragonNOSPAM<AT>NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote:
On 15 Sep 2003 12:19:57 -0700, jason.stout@aero.org (Jason Stout)
wrote:
I'm trying to find a DVD Italian version of Lord of the Rings:The Two
Towers (Il Singore degli Anelli: Le Due Torri) in a format that can be
played on the US DVD players (NTSC format rather than the European PAL
format). Does anyone know if such a thing exists and how to obtain
it? I can find PAL versions farily easily but I don't really want to
buy an new DVD player for it.
I'm actually looking for a way to find Italian NTSC version of several
US films so if anyone knows of a resource for finding foriegn language
movie translatsions I'd appreciate it.
Thanks,
-Jason
An email response would be helpful.
jason.stout -aT* aero.org (note: change the -aT* and the spaces to
'@')
I doubt it, Region 1 is NTSC, english and french language.
Don't tell the folks in Mexico.
John Harkness
OOPS, I thought I was forgetting something, Spanish. Point is is
still not Italian.
Adam M |
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| Bill |
| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 4:02 pm |
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In article <eh5nnvka0ik212llas730jl8eiia48pqai@4ax.com>,
Adam M <am_dragonNOSPAM<AT>NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote:
Quote: I know you said you didn't want a new dvd player however;
There is a new Toshiba DVD player that allows you to play other region
dvd's with a trick (it looks pretty simple). Something about a
warning popping up on the screen saying the disk is from a different
region, you press CLEAR on the remote and the warning goes away.
Region is one thing, format is another.
There are, however, DVD players that purport to play PAL format disks
into NTSC TV sets. I'm not sure if that's true or just badly written ad
copy. I have one, a Daewoo, but haven't found a PAL disk to test it on. |
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