The Hunt for Blake

[x_los]

It's a sad world when I have to work a lot harder to watch the 70's cult classic British sci fi show Blake's Seven than I would to obtain crack cocaine. In the search for this series I've learned more than I ever wanted to about the intricacies of different TV platforms, and none of it ultimately helpful. Since BBC has started selling the series on a DVD box set, American convention-based bootlegging of the series has stopped out or respect for BBC's prerogative to market it (and threat of legal action if they continued to do so, I presume). My VCR and DVD player don't support the BBC's current productions of the apes because the regions are different. I can't get multi-regional equipment outside export centers like Singapore and Hong Kong unless I want to try my hand at the Grey Market, but Mom says I can't as the Grey Market is no place for a young lady. Converters for non-multi-regional equipment are intended for industrial use in TV stations, running about $2,300.

Basically, screw it, I'm going to bed.

Comments

[blinkidybah.livejournal.com]

specifically, the brits use PAL and america(and japan) use NTSC. I beleive that, if you ordered the british version, there is higher end software (premeire, maybe?) that could convert it for you. not sure.


you could check kazaa

[clio-the-muse.livejournal.com]

Have you thought about going to amazon.co.uk and just buying a really cheap British DVD player?

[heather-macleod.livejournal.com]

there are ways to switch regions on DVD players. I've talked to some people about it. Some stuff you can get regionless, other you can get where you can set the region. I've heard the PS2 has this capability.
B7 is crack.
(my precious)

[(Anonymous)]

erin, you do realize that i could convert region encoded dvds for you...
or at very least, "hack" your dvd player into being region free, also, your laptop dvd-rom's firmware can be upgraded to region free as well