Quote: Vince Ives @ May 2 2012, 8:25 PM BSTI can't believe no UK network will take a chance on Parks & Recreation.
I really want to see this. And there's not even DVD releases of it.
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Quote: Monster Scum Bag @ June 2 2012, 5:04 PM BSTI really want to see this. And there's not even DVD releases of it.
There is on the American Amazon, where I bought mine! TV for UK DVDs, my laptop for American ones.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ June 2 2012, 5:57 PM BSTThere is on the American Amazon, where I bought mine! TV for UK DVDs, my laptop for American ones.
Do laptops do American ones?! Shit that opens it up a lot more for me. I get so frustrated by US DVDs that are not in region 2. Mr. Show springs to mind,(HBO you bastards!)
There are of course region free DVD players but they're expensive and complicated and then you need TVs that can play NTSC and they're even more expensive and complicated.
Playing on laptops would be really useful but I would've still rather watched it on a nice big TV than on my medium sized screen. Ah, well...
Quote: Monster Scum Bag @ June 2 2012, 6:16 PM BSTThere is of course region free DVD players but they're expensive and complicated and then you need TVs that can play NTSC and they're even more expensive and complicated.
Many cheap DVD players can be made region-free with a few key presses on the remote. They also convert NTSC-PAL.
Quote: Monster Scum Bag @ June 2 2012, 6:16 PM BSTDo laptops do American ones?!
Well, mine does, I don't know about all; it gives me the chance to flip back and forth between regions a few times before locking, so I've always used it for American ones.
Your current DVD player may already be capable of playing discs from all regions. Search here for a possible solution: http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks
If your player isn't listed, you can use the site to find a good, cheap region-free capable player.
On these boards I've had people disagree with me, but in all my experience if you pop another region's DVD into your computer auto-play will open a warning box... close that box and open the DVD with VLC player and you are good to go. I've read that older DVD drives did do the region checking, but ones from the late 90s on primarily rely on software checking... so your mileage may vary.
I also have a Philips DVD player that's region unlockable and handles NTSC/PAL and cost about $35 at Costco.
Quote: sidecar jon @ February 12 2011, 5:39 PM GMTI don't think our region (London at that time) had Mr Ed at all
It was shown on Sky in the 1990s.
Quote: Jowan Mounsey @ May 2 2012, 5:46 PM BSTWe don't get loads The Critic, Gary Shandling Show, any American classics like Dick Van Dyke. And if you don't have Sky you don't get Friends and MASH or any of the ones like King of the Hill or Cheers that they show on FX.
Except unless you saw MASH or Cheers when originally broadcast by BBC 2 and Channel 4 (IIRC?), or Friends on Channel 4 and E4 ad infinitum. We shouldn't really be complaining that the mainstream channels don't show old foreign sitcoms - there's few enough original British programming on some of them.
Quote: MTpromises @ May 2 2012, 8:38 PM BSTIn the USA, currently, you'd need to subscribe to cable to see most of those shows atm.
What's weird to me is the way Comedy Central UK is a warehouse of American sitcoms.
It's not really Comedy Central in the way that Comedy Central is Comedy Central in the US. It just uses the Comedy Central branding in a very similar manner to their renaming of Opal Fruits to the incorrect 'Starburst'. Comedy Central in the UK is the same as was as Paramount, and indeed little different from BBC America. They repeat any old shit they think will attract an audience, BBC or not.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ June 2 2012, 7:06 PM BSTWell, mine does, I don't know about all; it gives me the chance to flip back and forth between regions a few times before locking (to one region)
This.
IIRC it's in the spec that manufacturers have to sign up to, to licence DVD and Blu-ray technology. There's probably hacked firmware available to get past it, but you risk completly f**king your drive for good, and for most people switching it for a new one (especially on a laptop) is not a realistic option.
Multiregion DVD players connected to the TV, however, are widely available. Not so sure about Blu-ray, but at least then you don't need to worry about NTSC/PAL.
Well I am complaining because I prefer old foreign sitcoms.
Was "It's your move" shown in the UK? It was a mid '80s sitcom starring Jason Bateman as the scheming kid and his neighbour, Norman(David Garrison), as his devious nemesis. It only lasted one season, but was pretty good.
Yes it was
Nanny and The Professor and Julia starring Diahan Carroll were never shown in our area. Saw Nanny and The Professor on TV Am in the eighties, don't think I missed much. Also remember a show called Wendy and Me starring George Burns and Connie Stevens, I think our region did show I have a hunch that it was not networked as it is not featured in the Radio Times Comedy guide.
My Three Sons had a limited run in my area. Seem to recall seeing it last in about 1966. A lot of other regions kept showing it until the end of its run in 1972 especially Granada. I will never forget looking at the TV listings in Look In the Junior Tv Times and seeing listings for My Three Sons, Beverly Hilbillies and other shows that Itv Wales and West had dropped years before.
Quote: MTpromises @ 10th February 2011, 6:39 PMSmall Wonder was a syndicated sitcom aimed at kids and no more ill shall be spoke of it.
Singapore-based Hits TV channel has begun airing ads for Small Wonder, which looks likely to replace Mind Your Language. Vicky the robot has a large fan base (now mostly adults) in India and Southeast Asia. It's a rum do.
I wish this thread had included Friends.