Anyway, I'm an American horror aficionado and I've just ordered the Ghostwatch DVD from Amazon UK, with the intention of using my street-smarts and cat-like reflexes to find a way to make it play once it arrives.
You will have the additional problem that American TVs, not to mention DVD players, use the NTSC video format, and the British DVD will be in the PAL video format. Merely having a code-free DVD player will not allow you to play a PAL DVD on an NTSC TV.
You can either find some way to play the DVD on your computer, or you will need a Multi-system Code-free DVD player.
The other option, somewhat less seemly, is that you could download the movie with a file sharing program like BitTorrent. However, since you have already purchased the DVD, it seems like you have a right to view the movie. There is no practical difference between downloading it from the internet and taking it to someone to have it converted to NTSC.
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JoshAcid
21 years ago
I've just watched it on my computer...Fotunately I almost never use my laptop to watch DVDs, so I can leave it set to region 2 and not bother worrying about using up region changes.
And yeah, you'd think with the ease of legally purchasing from overseas (particularly something like this, which will likely never have a region 1 release), there should be a more practical piracy prevention system in place that won't make it so difficult to see something that can't otherwise be seen in any way. Maybe companies should produce more region-free discs for cultural-specific titles like Ghostwatch...
...Which totally freaked me out, by the way. Possessed Parkinson is less silly than it sounds reading about it, although I've never seen him before...I wonder if it would be scary for Americans to see Bob Costas reciting nursery rhymes in a supernaturally deep voice. Either way, it's built up to pretty effectively. The wind in the studio is a bit much, though.
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CamelCamelCamel
20 years ago
Merely having a code-free DVD player will not allow you to play a PAL DVD on an NTSC TV.
Actually, depending on what hackable DVD player you have, you may be able to. NTSC to PAL conversion is an option on my Daewoo 5800, and I've made use of it often. The exchange rate when converting dollars to GBP at the checkout for PAL DVDs, however, is a different horror entirely.
Now if you should want to call me, use this number. This other one is the old number.
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