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| 24 DEC 2004 at 9:33am |
AnneGuild Master
Posts : 4800
Joined: 8 MAR 2003
Status : Online | Val,could you post if they are only on offer in USA?
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| 27 DEC 2004 at 10:59pm |
ValGuild Master
Posts : 3472
Joined: 2 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | The contests are available for everyone!
New giveaways started today! Click on the link in the main post.
We can be heroes, just for one day.
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| 28 DEC 2004 at 4:37pm |
ShanyGuild Master
Posts : 3313
Joined: 19 JUN 2003
Status : Online | could you somehow inform us whenever there is a new giveaway? once it was combind with the 'ja today' posts but that stopped, and I seem to miss the new giveaways like this (even though I check the main page first).
could you use an 'updated' graphic next to it, sort of like the Tony Tough journal has?
Or am I just missing a really obvious mention of the giveaways?
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| 28 DEC 2004 at 4:38pm |
SusanGuild Master
Posts : 5485
Joined: 13 OCT 2002
Location: 0
Status : Offline | Val replied to this post a couple days ago to say that there was a new giveaway.
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 28 DEC 2004 at 5:12pm |
ShanyGuild Master
Posts : 3313
Joined: 19 JUN 2003
Status : Online | must've overlooked it... well, I'll check here from now on...
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| 30 DEC 2004 at 12:56pm |
ValGuild Master
Posts : 3472
Joined: 2 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Yes, this will more than likely be the place where new giveaways are announced.
We can be heroes, just for one day.
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| 11 JAN 2005 at 1:58pm |
ValGuild Master
Posts : 3472
Joined: 2 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | New Giveaway!
Win a Shaun of the Dead DVD, Courtesy of SpecialOps Media
Click on the link in the main post.
We can be heroes, just for one day.
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| 12 JAN 2005 at 11:24am |
Erwin_BrPrivate Detective
Posts : 455
Joined: 7 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | What region code would this DVD have? I assume region 1, for America, which would mean it can't be played on a lot of DVD players in other parts of the world. Europe being one of them, hehe.
--Erwin
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| 13 JAN 2005 at 6:10pm |
ValGuild Master
Posts : 3472
Joined: 2 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Probably region 1 but Randy will have to answer that. And people in other regions would need a multi-region DVD player as mentioned above.
We can be heroes, just for one day.
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| 13 JAN 2005 at 10:13pm |
SusanGuild Master
Posts : 5485
Joined: 13 OCT 2002
Location: 0
Status : Offline | Why are there so many different kinds of DVD players?
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 16 JAN 2005 at 7:48pm |
DJ SouzaJourneyman
Posts : 1452
Joined: 19 OCT 2002
Status : Online | In Brazil, you can just ask the DVD-player sellers to give you a DVD code to open all the regions...I'm serious! No one cares for this around here...
One time, I saw the guy from the store I was buying calling the company that makes and distributes the DVD players here in Brazil and asked for the code number!
But the store clerks usually have the code written somewhere... :
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| 21 JAN 2005 at 4:01am |
The_cranky_hermitPrivate Detective
Posts : 547
Joined: 14 MAR 2004
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Susan (13 JAN 2005 10:13pm)
Why are there so many different kinds of DVD players?
Market control, market control. Let's say you just released a movie to USA theatres, and it's a big hit, and now you have enough money to release it in European theatres and produce a DVD. But wait, you have a dilemma! How can you maximize your profits? If you release it in theatres in Europe first and wait a few months before releasing the DVD, you'll miss Christmas and your USA DVD sales won't be half as big. And if you release the DVD and the European theatrical exhibition at the same time, many Europeans will buy/rent the DVD, skipping the movie tickets altogether.
Enter region codes. By encoding your DVDs so that they only run in USA DVD players, you can squeeze every penny out of the Americans that they didn't already spend on tickets in time for Christmas, and you can also force the Europeans to buy tickets to see your show, and release a European encoded DVD for them NEXT Christmas.
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| 21 JAN 2005 at 5:31am |
SusanGuild Master
Posts : 5485
Joined: 13 OCT 2002
Location: 0
Status : Offline | Ah. So movie producers are all money-loving pigs, I take it.
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 21 JAN 2005 at 3:37pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By The_cranky_hermit (21 JAN 2005 4:01am)
Market control, market control. Let's say you just released a movie to USA theatres, and it's a big hit, and now you have enough money to release it in European theatres and produce a DVD. But wait, you have a dilemma! How can you maximize your profits? If you release it in theatres in Europe first and wait a few months before releasing the DVD, you'll miss Christmas and your USA DVD sales won't be half as big. And if you release the DVD and the European theatrical exhibition at the same time, many Europeans will buy/rent the DVD, skipping the movie tickets altogether.
Enter region codes. By encoding your DVDs so that they only run in USA DVD players, you can squeeze every penny out of the Americans that they didn't already spend on tickets in time for Christmas, and you can also force the Europeans to buy tickets to see your show, and release a European encoded DVD for them NEXT Christmas.
yeah! that's why we make our dvd players multi-region and are free to go to the theaters when we want, and buy/rent dvds when we want...
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 21 JAN 2005 at 9:00pm |
JoGuild Master
Posts : 3313
Joined: 3 NOV 2002
Location: AU, Qld.
Status : Offline | You can use a code to unlock any DVD player - I haven't done it myself but was actually told about it by a salesperson when looking at players last year. Can't find the original link that I had but here's one if it's any help -
http://www.dvdcodes.net/
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| 21 JAN 2005 at 10:41pm |
ValGuild Master
Posts : 3472
Joined: 2 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | New Giveaway!
Win 1 Copy of Doppelganger and Phone DVD Courtesy of Special Ops Media & Asia Extreme
http://www.justadventure.com/Contests/Doppel_Phone/Doppel_Phone.shtm
We can be heroes, just for one day.
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| 24 JAN 2005 at 10:11pm |
ValGuild Master
Posts : 3472
Joined: 2 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | New Giveaway!
Win 1 of 2 Copies of Backbeat DVD
http://www.justadventure.com/Contests/Backbeat/Backbeat.shtm
We can be heroes, just for one day.
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| 25 JAN 2005 at 11:14pm |
ValGuild Master
Posts : 3472
Joined: 2 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | New Giveaway!
Win 1 of 2 Copies of the Alone in the Dark Soundtrack Courtesy of Special Ops Media and Lion's Gate Films
http://www.justadventure.com/Contests/AITD/AITD.shtm
We can be heroes, just for one day.
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| 11 FEB 2005 at 12:06am |
ValGuild Master
Posts : 3472
Joined: 2 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | 2 New Giveaways!
Win 1 of 2 Copies of SAW DVD
http://justadventure.com/Contests/Saw/Saw.shtm
Win 1 of 2 Copies of Scourge of Worlds DVD Dungeons & Dragons Adventure
http://justadventure.com/Contests/Scourge/Scourge.shtm
We can be heroes, just for one day.
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| 15 FEB 2005 at 1:54pm |
ValGuild Master
Posts : 3472
Joined: 2 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | WIN A FREE NICK BOUNTY MUG!
http://www.justadventure.com/Contests/CaseCrabsMug/CrabsMug.shtm
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| 7 MAR 2005 at 1:58pm |
ValGuild Master
Posts : 3472
Joined: 2 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | A New Giveaway!
Win 1 of 3 Copies of The Moment of Silence Courtesy of The Adventure Company
http://www.justadventure.com/Contests/TMOS/TMOS.shtm
We can be heroes, just for one day.
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| 10 MAR 2005 at 1:47pm |
ValGuild Master
Posts : 3472
Joined: 2 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | A New Giveaway!
Win 1 of 3 Copies of The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries: Season 1 DVD
http://www.justadventure.com/Contests/HardyNancy/HardyNancy.shtm
We can be heroes, just for one day.
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| 25 MAR 2005 at 8:11pm |
ValGuild Master
Posts : 3472
Joined: 2 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | A New Giveaway!
Win a Copy of Stephen King's Riding the Bullet DVD
http://www.justadventure.com/Contests/RidingTheBullet/RTB.shtm
We can be heroes, just for one day.
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| 1 APR 2005 at 11:59pm |
ValGuild Master
Posts : 3472
Joined: 2 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | New Giveaway!
Win 3 copies each of A Tale of Two Sisters and Koma DVD
http://justadventure.com/Contests/TwoSistersKoma/TwoSistersKoma.shtm
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