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29 October 2005

Greetings:

There has been a terrific amount of mail in my 'in' box regarding the
DVD I told you about last week. I did contact Bruce's management,
True North, asking if a US/Canadian format of the DVD would be
forthcoming and found out quite the opposite. The DVD was not
produced with either Bruce's or True North's permission, and it is not
sanctioned by True North or Bruce himself. Bruce was not compensated
for his work by the producers of this illegally produced DVD. That
being said, it is of course, up to you whether you acquire it or not.
I thought it was prudent to let everyone know what I'd found out and
so I have. There will be no US/Canadian version coming out.

That being said, apparently there's a lot to know about the
international DVD market and I've had a 'quick education' in the past
several days. I know that the information regarding this DVD
generated a lot of mail and discussion about the various 'modes' that
DVD's play in. One reader was kind enough to provide everyone with
some information as to which DVD players would work internationally
and how to set the controls on certain 'non-European' models to accept
and play European DVD's so I am going to pass along that information.

This information is 'generic' in nature, it would apply for any
international DVD someone might buy. The Cockburn Project takes no
responsibility for reader's choices regarding international DVD's or
how to play them on their machines. This information is being passed
along as a courtesy. Any adjustments you make to your equipment is
your own responsibility. I have also included links to sites you can
read about these conversions yourselves. So here goes:

The following machines have the capacity to be converted to 'region free':

Philips 642
Philips 727, only available used
Cyberhome 300, only available used, no longer made, poor quality playback
Cyberhome 500, only available used

It takes less then a minute to make them all region + Pal/NTSC
conversion. You can get directions how to reset the units at these sites:

http://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk/info/multiregion/hackable.asp
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks.php

That's it on this topic for The Cockburn Project.

Peace,
Suzanne Myers
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