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Years ago

Ordering DVDs - Blue chips etc

Hello everyone, just after some advice on ordering DVDs..im looking at purchasing Love and Basketball, Blue Chips, Above the Rim, Glory Road, He got game etc etc and tried Amazon and they only do region 1 which probably means they wont work in Australia...Cant seem to find anywhere where they would work in Aus. EzyDVD etc in Australia dont have them and was wondering if anyone knows whats the best way to go about it?? Thanks!

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Bulldog  
Years ago

Above The Rim, Glory Road and Love And Basketball you might be able to find at JB Hi-Fi or something. Last I saw Above The Rim was selling for about $8.

Blue Chips has never been released on DVD in Australia as far as I know, but you can get the Region 1 DVD and copy it as a region 4 DVD when you get it, that's what I did with Major League.

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Skin  
Years ago

ebay?

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Uwe Blab  
Years ago

atlanticdvd.com.au is another good DVD retailer. They deliver.

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KingJames  
Years ago

dvdboxoffice.com is the best! It offers free delivery as well last time I checked. You can get various NBA dvds there as well.

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DJ  
Years ago

DVD players are still region locked? Thought that went out the window years ago.

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Bizzy  
Years ago

KingJames - DVD boxoffice sucks now, they charge for shipping etc so it doesn't work out to be overly cheap anymore.

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Dream Machine  
Years ago

Yeah i havent had any issues with region lock for years. Amazon the best and overall cheapest by far

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Black Dracula  
Years ago

Most DVD players now play all regions by default, or at least have codes you can enter to unlock it...have a search on Google, unless your player is extremely old it may support region 1 by default or you may be able to find a code to unlock it.

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The Pope is not insane!  
Years ago

I thought DVD players were all multi-regional or at least give you the code in the manual to unlock them these days?

I've got Blue Chips. Ordered the US version through CD Wow although I don't suggest going through them anymore, been a bit dodgy of late and I don't have anything to do with them anymore. They're owned by Stomp who also own/run: Play4Me, Chaos, Big W Entertainment etc.

The best bet are Amazon. Not that cheap now with the drop in the Aussie dollar and still charge a bit for delivery but have never screwed up an order with me. Personally I try to avoid them if I can due to treating a lot of their employees like shit despite being a Billion dollar company.

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olskoolgamer  
Years ago

If they are popular titles, definitely check kmart, etc.

Yep, I have unlocked my DVD player with a code, just found from a google search with the part number.

In any case, multizone DVD players are really cheap from almost anywhere now, e.g. Dick Smith etc.

I have used DVD Pacific for years, their postage prices are reasonable for overseas delivery, and if you buy a few, it often works out cheaper than buying it in oz (especially when the oz dollar is strong)


http://www.dvdpacific.com/

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woody venkat  
Years ago

i have all of those dvds

ill burn you them if you want and post them to u

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KingJames  
Years ago

Bizzy that sucks that they include postage fees now :(

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TR  
Years ago

"Blue Chips has never been released on DVD in Australia as far as I know, but you can get the Region 1 DVD and copy it as a region 4 DVD when you get it, that's what I did with Major League"


Sturty told me he does the same trick with all his german gimp porn movies he imports..

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Black Dracula  
Years ago

If you're burning a DVD to get around the region protection, you'd probably burn it as region free rather than region 4...

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Wayne  
Years ago

Well done guys some good info and ideas.

I would add "The Pistol" to that list

I have been looking for it for MONTHS and YEARS in our region.

Maybe I was wasting my time.

Hey woody can u include me too????

[email protected]

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