Shine on you Dead Star Posted November 28, 2008 Posted November 28, 2008 I ordered the Hullabaloo DVD from FYE here in california and im having a problem. They didnt have it in the store so i had to special order it. I finally go get it today and i try to play it on my dvd player and all it says is "playback feature may not be available on this disc, please eject". WTF?! Any help?
goyaaargh Posted November 29, 2008 Posted November 29, 2008 Err... different regional code? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code
Shine on you Dead Star Posted November 29, 2008 Author Posted November 29, 2008 I looked on the back and it says "all regions".
Black Absolution Posted November 29, 2008 Posted November 29, 2008 can't be all regions, mine is the same way as well -- it can only be played in my macbook or another laptop, or my portable DVD player.
Discoprincess32 Posted November 29, 2008 Posted November 29, 2008 can't be all regions, mine is the same way as well -- it can only be played in my macbook or another laptop, or my portable DVD player. Yep, that disc is not all regions! I can only enjoy mine on my laptop as well!
Shine on you Dead Star Posted November 29, 2008 Author Posted November 29, 2008 That sucks. Im gonna have to buy a portable dvd player or a laptop to watch it. : (
WutDaFucksy Posted November 29, 2008 Posted November 29, 2008 That sucks. Im gonna have to buy a portable dvd player or a laptop to watch it. : ( no need to waste your money on a dvd player or a laptop to watch one dvd... so much cheaper than that if you used your brain. use the internet? order it?
darkshineskitty Posted November 30, 2008 Posted November 30, 2008 can't be all regions, mine is the same way as well -- it can only be played in my macbook or another laptop, or my portable DVD player. Yep, that disc is not all regions! I can only enjoy mine on my laptop as well! That sucks. Im gonna have to buy a portable dvd player or a laptop to watch it. : ( As I've mentioned to people quite a few times, there ARE all-region coded Hullabaloo DVDs. I myself own one [spoiler=pics or it didnt happen] The region coding is on the back in the small print telling you the DVD features. However, you might want to check if the DVD has a sticker on it or something that says it's region specific. If you've made sure its all-region coded then either there's a problem with your DVD player (its region specific or the lens is dusty) or you have a faulty DVD. If you can watch the DVD on your laptop without having to change any laptop settings (in other words: you put it in and can watch it fine) then your dvd IS all-region encoded. Quite a few people are having problems with Hullabaloo DVDs bought off the net so buy from a store if you can.
Discoprincess32 Posted November 30, 2008 Posted November 30, 2008 As I've mentioned to people quite a few times, there ARE all-region coded Hullabaloo DVDs. I myself own one [spoiler=pics or it didnt happen] The region coding is on the back in the small print telling you the DVD features. However, you might want to check if the DVD has a sticker on it or something that says it's region specific. If you've made sure its all-region coded then either there's a problem with your DVD player (its region specific or the lens is dusty) or you have a faulty DVD. If you can watch the DVD on your laptop without having to change any laptop settings (in other words: you put it in and can watch it fine) then your dvd IS all-region encoded. Quite a few people are having problems with Hullabaloo DVDs bought off the net so buy from a store if you can. The problem with this is Hullabaloo was never released in America, so you have to order it offline, or go into a store and they special order it for you and it will not play on a standard US DVD player. It's not as easy as just walking into your local store and buying it. I cannot even find a local bookstore that has their book either. It was never released in the US and has no date to be released. It sucks in the US sometimes!
Aquamarin Posted November 30, 2008 Posted November 30, 2008 I have had problems with an imported DVD some time ago but I solved that problem for good I searched for my DVD player model on the internet to find the combination you have to press on your remote control to remove the region codes from your player. I tried my luck with the combination I found (it's like "up up down left left right" and stuff, you get my gist) and then an easter-egg-like window popped up and asked if I really wanted to remove the region codes from the player - pressed yes (duh) and that was it. It is different from model to model - I have a Philips video/DVD player and it worked just as the manual from the internet said. Never had any problems with the regions ever again
Black Absolution Posted November 30, 2008 Posted November 30, 2008 The problem with this is Hullabaloo was never released in America, so you have to order it offline, or go into a store and they special order it for you and it will not play on a standard US DVD player. It's not as easy as just walking into your local store and buying it. I cannot even find a local bookstore that has their book either. It was never released in the US and has no date to be released. It sucks in the US sometimes! exactly, when i got mine it had a sticker on the packaging that it was an import. i already knew it wouldn't be the US region.
Shine on you Dead Star Posted November 30, 2008 Author Posted November 30, 2008 I have Magnavox Mwd200g. How do i find the code?
Shine on you Dead Star Posted November 30, 2008 Author Posted November 30, 2008 I have Magnavox Mwd200g. How do i find the code? I couldnt find it on the net.
Aquamarin Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 Quick search with Google and all I could find was this: http://www.videohelp.com/forum/archive/region-hack-for-magnavox-mwd200g-t346483.html Plus a list with lots of Magnavox hacks except a few models - and yours is one of them I guess all you can do now is 1) paying some expert to hack your player or 2) create "backup DVDs", the burned disks should be playable then...but I could be wrong.
darkshineskitty Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 The problem with this is Hullabaloo was never released in America, so you have to order it offline, or go into a store and they special order it for you and it will not play on a standard US DVD player. It's not as easy as just walking into your local store and buying it. I cannot even find a local bookstore that has their book either. It was never released in the US and has no date to be released. It sucks in the US sometimes! The DVD is all-region coded, so if you specially order it, it should play on a US DVD player. The US region code is region-1 but a DVD that is all-region should play on any player regardless of region. Otherwise it wouldn't be all-region at all. See what I mean? I think what the problem is, is that when it says "all-region", its not technically true as it doesn't play in region-1 players, making the all-region labelling deceptive. Rather annoying. I guess you could try to return it on grounds of false marketing. Also, I haven't been able to find that book anywhere either, the DVD was much easier exactly, when i got mine it had a sticker on the packaging that it was an import. i already knew it wouldn't be the US region. Did it say on the sticker what region it was?
ashrinkinguniverse Posted December 6, 2010 Posted December 6, 2010 The Hullabaloo DVD is in DESPERATE need of a proper re-issue and a proper first time issue in the states. I mean, it's a MUSE DVD. I don't think any label in the world has to worry about poor sales. So when is it going to get a proper re-issue?
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