The Gold box - region 2
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1) Nothing except children's programming is ever dubbed in Norwegian. The Scandinavian edition will only contain English audio (2.0 and 5.1).Double Identity wrote:I'm really confused! Which is a permanent state for me these days. So as a UK person, if I order from Norway or Germany will it not be dubbed or subtitled if I am listening to it in English - or will it be English subititles over German or Norweigan language being dubbed over the characters voices.
I desperately want to buy the box set but as it appears that the UK isn't getting it any time soon and I don't have a region 2 dvd player (and I am pretty much broke and cant afford a new one too) is it best to go for a European version?
Thanks for your patience
2) If you live in the UK, you are Region 2. I buy from the UK all the time and have no region problems.
3) You can always turn subtitles off.
4) Even if the German box contains a German stereo dub, it will contain the original English too. Not all Germans like dubbing, y'know.
Conclusion: the Scandinavian is probably the way to go, since it's cheaper than the German or Italian. Or go for the Dutch one. Hope that helps.
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Thankyou everyone. You are all very kind and I appreciate your help. I think I will go for the Scandanavian one. Would anyone be able to post a direct link to where I can buy it from Scandanavia? Does Amazon have a Scandanavian branch? At least I would have a rough idea of what I was filling in on there as I am familiar with it, if not the language.
That will work too, but some countries have ridiculous import duties and customs fees.
No Scandinavian Amazon, unfortunately. I checked a few of my regular Norwegian stores and not one of them accept international orders. There must be some way, but I can't think of one at the moment.Double Identity wrote:Thankyou everyone. You are all very kind and I appreciate your help. I think I will go for the Scandanavian one. Would anyone be able to post a direct link to where I can buy it from Scandanavia? Does Amazon have a Scandanavian branch? At least I would have a rough idea of what I was filling in on there as I am familiar with it, if not the language.
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Can I give my two cents and suggest peeps in the UK check out
www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks
It is very easy to make alot of dvd players multiregion normally by typing in a code on the handset. I have owned several dvd players over the years varying from budget to top end and have been able to do it with all of them. One dvd player in particular only required me to open the disc tray & hold down the stop button for 5 seconds!!! If you can unlock it then you can get the region 1 boxset for £37 inc p&p from www.cdwow.com
It pains me to see people buying new dvd players or paying over the odds for foreign region 2 copies when they may not have to!
If you do not want to go this route I can recommend a spanish dvd site
www.dvdgo.com
I bought the original spanish boxset from them years ago. The new definitive version is going to cost you £69 + p&p. Good thing with buying from Spain is they are our EU chums so no problems with customs.
www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks
It is very easy to make alot of dvd players multiregion normally by typing in a code on the handset. I have owned several dvd players over the years varying from budget to top end and have been able to do it with all of them. One dvd player in particular only required me to open the disc tray & hold down the stop button for 5 seconds!!! If you can unlock it then you can get the region 1 boxset for £37 inc p&p from www.cdwow.com
It pains me to see people buying new dvd players or paying over the odds for foreign region 2 copies when they may not have to!
If you do not want to go this route I can recommend a spanish dvd site
www.dvdgo.com
I bought the original spanish boxset from them years ago. The new definitive version is going to cost you £69 + p&p. Good thing with buying from Spain is they are our EU chums so no problems with customs.
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Great idea but crikey though. This is what I need to do to mine: http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks/panasonic-s35/2473 I absolutely do not want to be a stereotype but I'm a girl and looking at that is the equivalent of Charlie Brown trying to understand his teacher! Why on earth do they have all these different regions.
I'm not 100% certain about this but i think that the International arm of Play.com sells its R1 DVDs from within Europe - so you can avoid import duties. I bought an R1 dvd from them recently and it arrived in about 1 week . If it had been sent from the USA there is no chance it would have arrived so fast...
Needless to say the gold box is not yet listed there!
Needless to say the gold box is not yet listed there!
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I never noticed the International branch of Play.com when I'd ordered from it before. Learn something new everyday! Anyway after reading the postcard reviews on here I got into a state of 'I need to try and get those' and have ordered from Amazon in the USA. I know, I know. My DVD wont play it but I'll get round it someway! At least I can rest a little now knowing that my goldbox is on its way to me - even if I can't watch it. Fingers crossed that I got some postcards and hope I wasn't too late.
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You can buy Scandinavian DVDs from www.dvdhuset.no they accept international orders
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Mediatis.com is a good shopping option for the R2 boxset!
http://www.mediadis.com/video/detail.asp?id=172310
59,99 Euro + 4 Euro standard shipping
http://www.mediadis.com/video/detail.asp?id=172310
59,99 Euro + 4 Euro standard shipping