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Troll_Bait
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)
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 Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:48 pm Post subject: Do VCDs play in all DVD players? |
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You may have seen VCDs (Video CDs). They're like DVDs, but with the following differences:
- sound and picture quality isn't as sharp, but it's good
- much cheaper (usually about 3,900 won)
- most movies are on two, rather than one, disc
- limited options in the set-up (some Korean ones have English sub-titles, but many do not)
When you buy a DVD, it has the region marked on the box.
Region 3 means only playable in Korea, Region 1 means only playable in North America, and All means region-free and playable anywhere.
My question is: Are VCDs region-free?
(It's an important question to me because if they are, they'd make great Christmas gifts to give to my folks back home.) |
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Maserial
Joined: 31 Jul 2005
Location: The Web
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| Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:17 am Post subject: Re: Do VCDs play in all DVD players? |
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To my knowledge, VCD and SVCD merchandise is region-free, which is to say that I have never encountered a problem. People back home, however, may wish to check upon issues of DVD player compatibility.
| Troll_Bait wrote: |
| You may have seen VCDs (Video CDs). They're like DVDs, but with the following differences... |
Originally, I was going to write something like 'Dude, welcome to 1995' but yeah, I know what you meant. |
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Troll_Bait
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)
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| Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 5:10 am Post subject: Re: Do VCDs play in all DVD players? |
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| Maserial wrote: |
To my knowledge, VCD and SVCD merchandise is region-free, which is to say that I have never encountered a problem. People back home, however, may wish to check upon issues of DVD player compatibility.
| Troll_Bait wrote: |
| You may have seen VCDs (Video CDs). They're like DVDs, but with the following differences... |
Originally, I was going to write something like 'Dude, welcome to 1995' but yeah, I know what you meant. |
Well, they're new to me. I'm pretty technologically-illiterate. Don't let my avatar skills fool you. BoA gives me the superhuman focus of a Zen master. She enables me to transcend my natural boundaries. |
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own_king
Joined: 17 Apr 2004
Location: here
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 12:16 am Post subject: |
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| Most newer DVD players play all manner of disc - DVDs, DVD-RWs, VCDs, SVCDs, MP3s, and just regular CDs. You might run into a problem, if your DVD player is more than a few years old. |
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