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June 24, 2006
Got WOODS?
Every time I travel, it seems someone asks me about THE WOODS. Generally speaking, I seldom have anything to offer beyond what you read here.
But Jaye got some tentatively pretty good news today: THE WOODS DVD release is set for August 31st...on Region 2 PAL DVD.
In English, please?
Precisely. Region 2 is England. So those of you with multi-region, multi-format players are set, but we don't have confirmation on anything U.S. (Region 1 NTSC) as yet.
This is a bare-bones disc with multiple language tracks but no extras. Still, the fact that it's coming out at all is a great relief to all those who worked on it.
Posted by LYT at June 24, 2006 2:41 PM [Message Board]
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I told you about the Philips DVP642 last time you asked, which plays PAL, divx and has an easy hack to go regionless.
Posted by: ReJeKt at June 24, 2006 4:58 PM
Luke's got no wood...
Posted by: David N. Scott at June 24, 2006 6:19 PM
Max - do you actually have that player? Most of the customer reviews at Amazon sounded slightly negative.
If your experience is otherwise, lemme know.
Posted by: LYT at June 25, 2006 3:03 AM
I was thinking about getting one so I've read a lot of reviews of it. The people on amazon complaining that their units stopped working seem to be in the vast minority.
The original firmware lets you set this thing to regionless with the press of a few buttons on the remote. They did come out with a new firmware to override that but as far as i can tell it's strictly user upgradeable.
If you want to play region 2 pal without going to some chinese bootleg hardware outlet, this is a pretty safe bet.
Posted by: ReJeKt at June 25, 2006 8:59 AM
There's even a rebate sale at circuit city here that'll bring the cost down to $40. I'd jump on it if I were you.
Posted by: ReJeKt at June 25, 2006 1:26 PM
Who knew I would get gadget shopping pointers I've been wondering about for ages, at LYTRules.com? Thanks for the info, Max. This will help me, and probably others eventually, too.
Posted by: Jaye Luckett at June 25, 2006 4:58 PM
My player plays PAL region 0, but I dunno about region 2 DVD's.
Can't wait to see this one.
Posted by: Bonds at June 27, 2006 2:06 AM