Re: No, Actually I'm not Blind

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--- In buffywantswillow@y..., danspector@w... wrote:
> Well, it's good news for my mental health, but bad news for my
"Buffy"
> habit.
> 
> "Buffy" DVDs are not currently available through Amazon.com. 
Indeed,
> the movie DVD (list price $20, Amazon price $15) is not on sale
until
> September 4th, but it is available for pre-order.
> 
> "Buffy" is available at Amazon.co.uk. However, these are listed as
> "Region 2 DVDs (Europe, Middle East and Japan only)" so I don't know
if
> they are specially coded not to play on DVD players sold in North
> America, or if they simply won't be shipped here. I'm afraid it's
the
> former.

no R2 wont play on R1 dvd players, you need to have either a player
that can be region unlocked by the remote control or with third party
mod chip.

as for the shipping, there is no reason that you cannot buy from who
you want, Amazon are quite happy to ship R1 dvds to Australia, its a
free market.

have a look at http://www.ezydvd.com.au

> 
> Season 1 (List: £45 Amazon: £40) is available, but customer
reviews
> indicate that the picture quality is quite poor, especially in dark
> scenes (obviously a problem for "Buffy" as opposed to "Friends"). 
Also,
> the price is relatively high, half the eps of later seasons for more
> than half the cost.
> 
> Season 2 (List: £76, no discount currently available) is listed
as
> unavailable, which I really don't understand. However, the British
> viewer can probably find it in stores and such. The picture
problems
> seem to be solved and the packaging is beautiful.

both Season 1 and 2 were filmed on 16mm film, yes its dark and grainy
in places but way better quality than the video tape version, anyway
the dark grainy look I quite like, adds to the atmosphere of Buffy,
what! you want it to look like Baywatch? ;-)

> 
> Season 3 (List: £80, Amazon: £64) is currently taking
pre-orders in
> anticipation of a 29th October release date.
> 
> I also read a review that indicates that the DVDs are available in
> Region 4 (Australia), but I didn't look up prices and such.  

season 1 AUS$79.95 rrp, season 2 is AUS$149.95 rrp, it can be cheaper
at the department stores like KMart when they have their 15% off
sales, but not sure if they ship to the USA
http://online.kmart.com.au/

season 3 due around November

the other problem you might have is that region 2 and 4 dvds are
encoded in Pal not NTSC, if you have a reasonably new tv then that
should not be problem.

I think I read the reason that Buffy is not dvd in the USA yet is
because it is still being syndicated by your networks


hope that helps

dAz