watching uk recorded television dvds in america

[djebel]

fascinating site.

to the point----> i have bid on dvds of the tour de france from an english seller on ebay. they are 32 hours of coverage off of british satellite (itv and eurosport). he claims that he recorded it on a dvd recorder and replicated it on his pc. ive searched your forums and realized that certain discs may not play---i understand that, ****but will the content play on my television?**** im in the united states.
im not holding any responders to anything, im just curious. if i buy these discs and they dont work, it wont hurt my wallet too much. ill find out more info if anyone has any suggestions. thanks ahead.

matt

[canadateck]

Just buy the Real DVD US Ntsc. Then you wont need to worry about this. Good Luck.

[djebel]

i own the dvd of this already, these are not bootlegs. this gentleman recorded these dvds with his own time and i am basically paying him for that service. these are extended coverage off of the british television---not avaliable in america! im so excited about knowing that i can see these possibly.
so i am fully aware that we should legally purchase what is avaliable. i actually work for a small music label and buy ONLY official recordings from local merchants (not corporations) for my own use. the internet is full of recordings i could d/l, but choose not to. i do not want to break any laws and want to see these unrealeased broadcasts because basically, i am a HUGE tour de france fan and want to watch as much of it as i can. thanks for the help!

[canadateck]

i own the dvd of this already, these are not bootlegs!

his own time and i am basically paying him for that service.

Blaaaa Blaaaa Blaaa, Come on man,You cant do that. Buy the real thing.

[canadateck]

If it was legal to do this I would be Rich.

[RowMan]

The DVDs that the guy is making will most likely not be region coded so you won't have to worry about anything there.

The U.S. television system is NTSC. In the U.K., the television system is PAL. You'll have to find out whether your DVD player not only can play PAL, but also convert it to NTSC so that it is viewable on your TV.

Regardless, you'll be able to view the disc on your computer if your standalone DVD player can't handle it.

[Richard_G]

Blaaaa Blaaaa Blaaa, Come on man,You cant do that. Buy the real thing. :wink:

But he's already told you twice, it's TV coverage, he can't buy it.

and while you're at it, you'd better change your member status from Semi Helper, to No Helper....

[dcsos]

The DVDs that the guy is making will most likely not be region coded so you won't have to worry about anything there.

DON'T BE SO SURE!
Many devices in europe will default to region encoding their recordings.
Even some DVD authoring apps will default to the local region, resulting in a region 2 disc that won't play except in REGION FREE devices..
The good news is that there are many region free devices in the uS and you may already own one.....

[canadateck]

Blaaaa Blaaaa Blaaa, Come on man,You cant do that. Buy the real thing.

But he's already told you twice, it's TV coverage, he can't buy it.

and while you're at it, you'd better change your member status from Semi Helper, to No Helper....

Did I step on your Little toes MR G.... BUY the real thing..They sell it.. Have nothing to say then keep it SHUT..

[RowMan]

The DVDs that the guy is making will most likely not be region coded so you won't have to worry about anything there.

DON'T BE SO SURE!
Many devices in europe will default to region encoding their recordings.
Even some DVD authoring apps will default to the local region, resulting in a region 2 disc that won't play except in REGION FREE devices..
The good news is that there are many region free devices in the uS and you may already own one.....

Well, I did say "most likely." That's interesting about some european devices automatically assigning region codes. In my experience in the US with DVD recorders and software, the defaults point to "region-free."

[Richard_G]

Did I step on your Little toes MR G.... BUY the real thing..They sell it.. Have nothing to say then keep it SHUT..

and who might 'they' be, the little green men, the CIA maybe? It was TV coverage, shown on TV and recorded by somebody off air. That's it, it's been gone and finished. You tell me where you can buy a copy of the incar footage from when Michael Schumacher broke his leg at the British Grand Prix in 1999? Can 'they' supply a copy of that too?

If someone wants a copy of something that has been broadcast in the past, they have two choices, get it from someone who recorded it at the time it was broadcast or buy a time machine so you can go back and record it yourself. I happened to record the 1999 British GP so have that incar footage, the same as somebody else has recorded the Tour de France. As far as I am aware, time machines aren't available on general sale yet (even on your side of the Atlantic).

You didn't tread on my toes, I just wondered why you don't take your own advice?

Have nothing to say then keep it SHUT....

*******......

[canadateck]

Richard_G: Wrote

*******......

Its Just better for you not to Say anything..OK? Good..Good Night..

[lordsmurf]

This is the answer to the question asked.

The DVDs that the guy is making will most likely not be region coded so you won't have to worry about anything there.

The U.S. television system is NTSC. In the U.K., the television system is PAL. You'll have to find out whether your DVD player not only can play PAL, but also convert it to NTSC so that it is viewable on your TV.

Regardless, you'll be able to view the disc on your computer if your standalone DVD player can't handle it.