The TV Set DVD - SPOILER WARNING

I couldn't find the DVD at Wal Mart or Target so I ended up renting it from Hollywood Video. Cute movie - Ioan was in it more than I thought he would be. Did a GREAT job of playing the "middle man". Trying to please both sides. David Duchovny and Sigourney were great too. Thought it was funny that his wife's name in the movie was Chloe - which is the same name Alice had in 102 Dalamations. I guess things do come full circle.

Don't know if you have Best Buy in your area Gerdie, but there is where I got mine today. Yeah!

Are we Europeans allowed to seethe with jealousy here? No fair, GG - you've seen the movie and have the DVD! Ought to be a law against it......... :wink:

Same with down here. It's times like these it sucks to live in Australia :wink:

Are we Europeans allowed to seethe with jealousy here? No fair, GG - you've seen the movie and have the DVD! Ought to be a law against it......... :wink: A question for non-US distributors: how do you know that the non-American public won't like The TV Set if you don't release it out of North America?

:oops: Should have been Stevie's quote about my having The TV Set not being fair. I'm sorry. :tongue: Does this make up for not getting to see Happy Now or Another Life, two of Ioan's best performances? :roll: No, not really. I do hope they get smart and distribute it in other countries. It probably depends on how it does in the U.S. So, everybody get out there and buy one. Maybe you all can get one over the internet. They were priced at $20 American which is fairly reasonable for a new release. I'll let you know if there is anything good on the special features.

I'm sorry. :tongue: Does this make up for not getting to see Happy Now or Another Life, two of Ioan's best performances? :roll: No, not really. You made a good point here, GG. I guess we did not choose the right actor to admire as far as the ease of collecting all his movies is concerned. :wink:

I'm sorry. :tongue: Does this make up for not getting to see Happy Now or Another Life, two of Ioan's best performances? :roll: No, not really. Yeah, they'd be nice to see too...:wink: Along with Solomon and Gaenor and Warriors...

Thanks for the tip Gaffer's Girl - I stopped at the Best Buy and had to ask someone where the new releases were - Finally, a girl came out with a copy and told me that they ONLY had three in stock. How weird is that? Maybe because it was in limited release in the theaters, I am guessing. But I now have my own copy

I'm glad you found it Gerdie. Our store only had 4 copies and now three. Kaitlyn and Frances, I was only teasing a litte, I really do hope you get to see it someday. I can't believe they can send people into space, yet can't manage to make one unified format when it comes to DVD's or TV's.

Kaitlyn and Frances, I was only teasing a litte, I really do hope you get to see it someday. I can't believe they can send people into space, yet can't manage to make one unified format when it comes to DVD's or TV's. I thought you were teasing a bit,but there's truth in what you said, GG. In fact, there are several Ioan movies that are only available for one region. As for making a unified format when it comes to DVD's or TV's, I think they are perfectly able to do it, so I don't understand why they don't do so. (BTW, wouldn't it cost them less to make DVD's and TV's all in the same format?)

I'm sorry. :tongue: Does this make up for not getting to see Happy Now or Another Life, two of Ioan's best performances? :roll: No, not really. Touche, GG :hug I have to admit to having an extensive Ioan DVD Collection, the TV Set, Great Expections and Poldark being the only glaring omissions. Of course, this region thing must be about money, but I'm not sure why? Are PCs regionless?

Of course, this region thing must be about money, but I'm not sure why? The official reason is that such coding is a tool to protect copyright and film distribution rights. Movies are often released in theaters in different parts of the world at different times throughout the year. That Summer blockbuster in the U.S. may end up being the Christmas blockbuster overseas. If that occurs, the DVD version of the movie may be out in the U.S. while it is still showing in theaters overseas. However, I've just discovered that region code enforcement has been discussed as a possible violation of World Trade Organization free trade agreements or competition law. Are PCs regionless? No, they aren't, but you can find hacks to make them regionless.

Of course you were joking around GG, I was joking back but maybe it didn't seem that way. Sorry!

Of course you were joking around GG, I was joking back but maybe it didn't seem that way. Sorry! Your response was just fine. Just wanted to make sure you knew I was kidding around as sometimes it is hard to tell even with emoticons since we can't hear the tone in each other's voice. Frances - your description of why there are regions is very accurate. Another issue has been the scan and frame rates on televisions and subsequently ancillary equipment - interlaced vs. progressive - in Europe vs U.S. I've totally blocked the frame rate info out of my mind, but they are different. Also, HD television was available in Japan and Europe long before the U.S. Our FTC has mandated digital only signal for 2009, yet back in the early 90's I can remember going to trade shows where they were promoting HD for the U.S. and nobody wanted to spend the money to transition. For the reasons you stated it is likely a Universal format won't happen unless there is a way to protect product and make more money than Producers and Distributors do currently. Of course they've been talking about using Satalite transmissions to movie theaters for a long time, but that requires a lot re-fitting of equipment at the theaters. Most companies don't want to spend that kind of money unless it will make them a lot in return. As you said, it all comes down to protection of product and MONEY!

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