hannover-l - Nachricht 2008-07 00104

[Lars Behme <lbehme(a)gmx.net>]

On a side note-

True,
Australia is Region 6, but we do have the same TV norm that Germany has...
PAL B/G, and :o) if you bought your DVD player a while back or in fact at
Aldi's - true. They're region free down here, kind of a very nice loop hole.
Your problem is your TV norm - which is NTSC, and your DVD region (1).
If you obtain the DVD - Elizabeth is correct, you can play it back on your
PC, but be careful - since the DVD drive in the PC is also region locked.
You can switch 5 times - that's it.
Your stand alone DVD player is region locked, correct. Talk to some
specialist, not necessarily Walmart :o) - MOST DVD players can be
unlocked... sometimes it's a key combination on the remote, some other times
it's more subtle, and would require that a technician unlocks it. I am 100%
sure that there are guys in the US who can and will do that for a couple of
bucks.

You need to "convert" the DVD to a region free DVD, which is against
copyright, but it's possible with nearly no effort at all.
You could also - which is also against copyright, but equally easy - install
a small programme on your PC which will unlock the DVD region lock, so you
can watch the DVD on the PC - and burn it region free for "archving
purposes" which is also illegal, but then again.... easy and possible.


I can read Suetterlin, Elizabeth, and I might be around for some more
years... I'm based in West Pymble.... just in case...

Ta,
\Lars

-----Original Message-----
From: hannover-l-bounces(a)genealogy.net
[mailto:hannover-l-bounces(a)genealogy.net] On Behalf Of Elizabeth
Sent: 08 July 2008 10:54
To: Hannover-L
Subject: Re: [HN] Books on German History

Hello Fred,

Thank you for your advice however we have no 
trouble viewing "Windstärke 8" in Australia, or 
any other DVDs purchased from most countries, if 
viewed through the TV, we have an one older TV 
and another TV about three years old.

I purchased an inexpensive DVD player from ALDI 
several years ago after having purchased several 
CDs and DVDs from Germany and other European and 
American cities and I have never had any trouble, 
neither have my friends who have purchased this DVD or have borrowed it.

However if you wish to play"Windstärke 8" on your 
PC or laptop using some older versions of 
Windows,  it may necessary to download a FREE 
software program that over rides the European 
zone. I did this when showing the film on my old 
laptop at a meeting of our German Interest Group 
when this DVD first came out three years ago.

Australia is a very modern country and has superb 
resources for German research especially the 
library in the Society of Australian Genealogists 
(SAG) and many State and National Archives, 
Libraries, Museums and the Lutheran archives in 
South Australia. The LDS films are available for 
hire through the SAG library and Mormon Family History Centres.

Our problem is finding experienced people who can 
read then transcribe/translate old German script 
once we have obtained records from Germany or printouts from the LDS films.

I think it is a great pity that the makers of 
"Windstärke 8"  did not include English subtitles 
as I feel they would have sold thousands of 
copies throughout America and in Australia.

Elizabeth
Sydney Australia

At 02:11 AM 7/07/2008, you wrote:
>On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 2:37 AM, Elizabeth <aliens(a)bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> > However if you can obtain a copy of  'Windstärke
> > 8'  a four hour documentary on two DVDs you will
> > understand how difficult these voyages from
> > Germany to America and Australia were in the 1850s.
>
>Marlene,
>I'm not sure what the scoop is in Australia but if one wishes to watch
>"Windstärke 8" here in the US you need a code to override the European
>DVD production or a region-free DVD player. There are companies which
>sell decoders and others sell region free DVD players. Neither is
>particularly expensive but many people have been disappointed upon
>buying foreign DVDs which won't play on here in the US.
>See http://www.dvdcodes.net/

Fred Rump, (239-775-7838)
730 5th St. NW Naples, FL 34120
fredrump(a)gmail.com
239-775-7838

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