Stupid restrictions!

[wiseheart]

Am so very, very sad. The most gracious lhun_dweller sent me a set of Andromeda DVDs to my rather forgottable birthday. The thingies arrived today, and I was beside myself with happines, as they contained episodes I didn't even have recorded in German!

Well, I hopped to my brand new DVD-player (which I happen to hate, because the VCR part of his is incredibly complicated to use), put in one of my newest treasures - and the evil machine told me: "This disc may not be played in your region".

I don't know who makes these codes that make us, Europeans, unable to watch American DVDs, but I hate this person and hope his DVD player will spontaneously combust while he is watching his most favourite movie.

Comments

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

I have the same problem. There is an old movie that I dearly want. They sell it all over Europe but not in the states. I ordered a copy from Amazon.UK, but it would not play in my machine! Buggers! That was VHS. And now, the movie has been new released on DVD - in Europe. But, still no copies available here.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Which movie is it?

The funny thing is, my VCR can play NTSC videos (which is the American system, IIRC). It just refuses to play American DVDs.

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

The movie is a 1963 B&W film called 'The L-Shaped Room', directed by Brian Forbes and based on the novel of the same name written by Lynne Reid Banks. The directing and photography make the film, along with a good performance by Leslie Caron (a long time favoured actress).

I just lost a bid on eBay for the american version but the seller has another listed and I have put in a bid for it. Will see what happens in the next five days.