--- Forwarded Message from "Jorth, Cindy" <[log in to unmask]> --- >From: "Jorth, Cindy" <[log in to unmask]> >To: "'Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum'" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: RE: #5725.5 multi-standard dvd players (!) >Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 07:24:13 -0700 ------------------ Great information Judi. Thanks! Cindy Jorth > -----Original Message----- > From: LLTI-Editor [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 5:12 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: #5725.5 multi-standard dvd players (!) > > --- Forwarded Message from Judi Franz <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> > >References: <[log in to unmask]> > >Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 08:39:41 -0700 > >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum > <[log in to unmask]> > >From: Judi Franz <[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: Re: #5725 multi-standard dvd players > > ------------------ > Thanks to everyone for their replies on and off the list! > > Since I thought that the DVD players were all I needed, I don't have > enough $$ in the budget to purchase either PAL monitors or signal > converters. Carmen Greenlee came to my rescue yesterday on the phone > to tell me about a unit she had purchased which reads all region > codes as well as PAL and NTSC and outputs everything to NTSC. Best of > all, they are about half the price of the other ones I had purchased, > so I can buy more of them! She told me she had 6 of them up and > running beautifully in her lab. > > Here's the info: > > The company is I.N.C. Technologies in Hollywood. Website is > http://www.inc-tech.com (***warning - you cannot complete a purchase > if you access their website on a Mac computer due to java issues; to > purchase online, find a PC). They accept credit cards (at UCI we use > campus-issued MasterCards which are linked to our departmental > accounts) and are super-friendly on the phone. Talk to Gail. > > Phone number (323) 512-8730. I purchased 5 of the Infinity DVD model > LD-2060 for $269.00 each plus $25 shipping (for all 5 - I am just 40 > miles south of LA so folks further away should expect a larger > shipping charge). Expecting my shipment either Friday or Monday. They > had 3 units in stock but more are coming in on Thursday so I told > them to wait and send my whole order at once. > > The 2060 model does everything I want - they have a new 2080 coming > out in a month or so which adds a karaoke feature. I think that may > be fun in language classes, but I opted not to wait. > > Hope that is helpful to others in the same quandary, and thanks again > to everyone! > > > Judi > > > > >>> [log in to unmask] 09/26/00 02:51PM >>> > >--- Forwarded Message from Judi Franz <[log in to unmask]> --- > > > > >Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 14:25:57 -0700 > > >To: [log in to unmask] > > >From: Judi Franz <[log in to unmask]> > > >Subject: multi-standard dvd players > > > >Following up on a discussion from this time last year.... > > > >After searching the archives and based on several recommendations > >therein, I purchased 3 Panasonic A300MU units, only to discover when > >they arrived that they require a PAL monitor in order to play PAL > >DVDs. Now, please help me understand this a little better before I > >ship these back..... > > > >For those of you that have purchased these units, is this true? I > >have faculty returning shortly from DVD-buying excursions in Europe, > >and I need to play these DVDs here on our video projectors and > >regular TV monitors. Do I have to worry about PAL/NTSC in addition to > >region codes? > > > >Help, and many thanks in advance! > > > > > >Judi > >Judi Franz, Director > >Humanities Instructional Resource Center > >269 Humanities Hall > >University of California, Irvine > >(949) 824-6344 > >http://www.humanities.uci.edu/hirc