Moving to Ireland and want to bring my DVD's or a least copy

[Airtaine]

I will be moving to Ireland soon and have some DVD's (about 20) that I bought here and want to bring to Europe with me when I go.
I beleive that there is something about not being able to play because of the difference in TV's or something. None of thes are recent releases and I do not think that I will be breaking any laws. Any Ideas or suggestions would be welcome.
Thanks in advance

[BJ_M]

most pal systems will be able to play ntsc

get a region free player is all ...

[Airtaine]

do you mean for a computer? or a DVD palyer manfuctured for Europe?

[jimmalenko]

Are you taking your DVD player with you ?

[Airtaine]

I was not planing on it why? I was planning on buying a new 'puter and dvd over there, are you aware that there is a voltage difference?

[BJ_M]

do you mean for a computer? or a DVD palyer manfuctured for Europe?

no -- i mean stand alone

[RabidDog]

There is no voltage diff btween GB and Ireland

[jimmalenko]

Just asking the dumb question first and getting it outta the way. I was not aware of a voltage difference. I would never have known about it had I not asked the question !

I foresee two options:

1. Buy a DVD Player that plays both PAL and NTSC and also plays region free or is able to be hacked to region free.

2. Copy your DVDs with something like DVDShrink which will make them region free. You will still have the PAL/NTSC issue though.

Either way, you're going to have to take them to Ireland with you to test if they work !

[andyp1]

I don't think I have found a player in UK that doesn't handle NTSC and PAL . Tvs are PAL only but the players convert on the fly to pal so no viewing issues.
You just need region free player for original non-region2 DVDs.

Just one thing you say your moving to Ireland but it doesn't say anywhere where you are moving from.