6 Million Dollar Man not available in the US on DVD??!!??

[Blue Meanie]

I may be late with this...but is this true?? I went on Ebay Australia and they have them available there...but when I went Amazon it says that they are all imports (Region 2). Anyone know what the quality is like on the sets??

[MIB41]

Too many hands in the fire with licensing rights. Here's a brief overview.

Home Video Releases - Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman

[Blue Meanie]

Interesting. I've had a LD Player since '87/'88 and I didn't even know they came out with a Bionic Man LD. Thanks for the info.

[SUPERUNDERDOGGIE]

Hey Blue...I own this on DVD...you just reset your region to "0" on your DVD player and it works in the US. No problem buying it from Australia and having it shipped. Unless, of course, that's illegal. Then I don't own it. :-)

[cjefferys]

Hey Blue...I own this on DVD...you just reset your region to "0" on your DVD player and it works in the US. No problem buying it from Australia and having it shipped. Unless, of course, that's illegal. Then I don't own it. :-)

Not all DVD players can have the region code changed, but there are a bunch that can. But other than the region, another issue with the Australian (and UK) DVDs are that they are in the PAL video format which is incompatable with the NTSC format used in North America. But again, many DVD players are out there now that can handle PAL, even cheap ones. Just gotta do some research.

And yes, it's perfectly legal to import a DVD from another country for your own use. Otherwise, I'd be a criminal many times over by now.

[Blue Meanie]

I have a multiregion player that I got from National Wholesale Liquidators for $50...I love that DVD Player

I was just really surprised that it hadn't been released here in the US.

[cjefferys]

It's usually the cheap players that can do anything. Copyright issues are weird. I think the US just has too many laywers, that's why there always seems to be much more legal hurtles to get anything done compared to other countries.

[starsky]

i wonder what the quality of the dvd is. anybody here from australia have the set?

[Boris71]

iy's out on DVD in the UK too I have volumes 1 and 2 and the quality isn't too bad

[mazinz]

Not all DVD players can have the region code changed, but there are a bunch that can. But other than the region, another issue with the Australian (and UK) DVDs are that they are in the PAL video format which is incompatable with the NTSC format used in North America. But again, many DVD players are out there now that can handle PAL, even cheap ones. Just gotta do some research.

And yes, it's perfectly legal to import a DVD from another country for your own use. Otherwise, I'd be a criminal many times over by now.

and do not forget if all that fails, your computer can play anything

[SUPERUNDERDOGGIE]

i wonder what the quality of the dvd is. anybody here from australia have the set?

I don't know the right word but its what I would call "production" quality....meaning just like any other commercially produced DVD set. Nice!

[VintageMike]

It's usually the cheap players that can do anything. Copyright issues are weird. I think the US just has too many laywers, that's why there always seems to be much more legal hurtles to get anything done compared to other countries.

Too many lawyers and too many laws for something like this.
So much BS and in the end while everyone's looking for thier cut nobody wins, particurly the fans of the show itself.

[Mikey]

I'm still waiting for someone to turn the R-2/R-4 PAL releases into NTSC.

Whoever does that will make some pretty good money on the bootleg market.

Right now, all i've seen in NTSC were recorded off the TV to VCR to DVD transfers which are very "soft" looking.

Only Secret of Bigfoot is of good quality on NTSC ... I think Secret was originally released in NTSC on an obscure DVD collection... That transfer made it to current NTSC boots.

[Gorn Captain]

I'm still waiting for someone to turn the R-2/R-4 PAL releases into NTSC.

I'm still waiting for someone to turn NTSC into region 2.....

[Gorn Captain]

Officially, it's illegal to import DVDs from another region.
It's considered "damaging to local economy".

What it comes down to: we don't want the world to catch on that DVDs are way cheaper in the US. We certainly don't want anyone buying them. That is why we have customs officers that make us pay through the nose to get our cheap US DVDs. At times, we have to pay double the purchase price.
That'll teach us to want "the forbidden things".

DVDs are expensive here. Take the Watchmen 2 disc: 25 euros. That's $37. And I don't mean a "director's cut, or ultimate edition", just the regular 2 disc.

Have mercy on our souls. They're bleeding us dry here.....