Captain James Cook
 

Several years ago, there was a tv miniseries by that name starring Keith Mitchell in the title role. I have always wanted to see it again, but it was never repeated.

I finally have tracked down a dvd version, but it is only available in Australian PAL.

What PRACTICAL solutions are there for my viewing this dvd on NTSC? (my dvd player is only region 1)

thank you.

Re: Captain James Cook
 

...none that I can think of,
since your player won't play R4 (or 2, 3, etc.) DVDs...

...time to get a 'code-free' player...!?!...

(oh, and it's Keith Michell - without the "t") (great series btw!)

. . . ;) . . .

Re: Captain James Cook
 

>>I was hoping for a more favorable reply, but thanks.

When you see how much garbage is available for sale, you have to wonder why a good series like that was not made more widely available.

If you have a PC with a DVD-rom drive you could play it there with the aid of one of those hacks that make windows "region-free."

...yah... I knew about that possibility... but, seriously: WHO watches their movies on a PC with what? a 17-inch screen? WOW! kewl!... (...voice over my shoulder: a lot of people do, apparently... more's the pity, I say...)

. . . ;) . . .

My first experience with dvd's was with the pc. Nice start,
but watching widescreen movies a couple of feet from your face for a few hours loses it's attraction really fast.

Well, if your video card has s-video out, as many do today, you could run that over to your regular TV or, to get a bit more elaborate - buy a projector and use that for your monitor - I'm typing this on my 10' wide screen which also gets used for movies. That's a whole lot better than a 17" monitor or even a 36" tv. Friend of mine just bought a used 1024x768 DLP projector for $700, so it isn't crazy money to go the projector route nowadays.