VHS? VHS never had any region coding scheme like DVD does which is what this off-topic thread has been discussing. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brendan MacRae Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 4:29 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RE: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip thatcanplayPALsystemDVD's --- "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > think about it for a second, if > region free players or cross regioned > players were available legally > anywhere, the entire region coding > system would make no sense to > designa and implement! > At a place in SF where I used to work, we sold a VHS deck that would playback ANY format of tape. I believe it was made by SONY. It was really geared toward transfer/copy houses but it wasn't an "industry" level machine, it was a high-consumer level unit. Here's a Hitachi unit on ebay right now: http://cgi.ebay.com/Hi-Fi-Stereo-Vhs-Multi-Standard-Recorder-Player-Hita chi_W0QQitemZ220103968117QQihZ012QQcategoryZ3318QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1Q QcmdZViewItem Here's a multi-standard DVD player for sale: http://www.110220volts.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Co de=DVD-537 Doesn't look illegal to me. They're in Illinois. -Brendan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
