[ale] OT: DVD video format 'Newbie' question

[Lightner, Jeff]

If it is a region issue there are companies that sell DVD players that
have removed region restrictions.   I've gotten a couple in the past for
a friend that has EU DVDs as well as American ones.   (One for when she
was still in France and wanted to see the American ones and another
after she moved back to the US so she could see the EU ones.)

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Chris Fowler
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 10:58 AM
To: John Mills; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: DVD video format 'Newbie' question

On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 10:48 -0500, John Mills wrote:
> I have a friend with a big stack of classic Arabic movies on DVD and
> my 
> very basic, old, "brand-X" DVD player doesn't play them. (It doesn't
> play 
> any of my home-made copies either.) The DVDs play fine on a computer. 

Is it a region issue?


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