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Playing Russian DVD on Computer
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Posted by: Raspberry

I realize that there are differences between the DVDs made abroad, and ones that are made in the US. I do not have a DVD player, but I do play DVDs on the computer. Just wondering if there is a program I can add, so I can play the videos from Russia(and other countries)?

Posted by: JamesB

Why dont you just log on to bestrussiantv.com and watch all the programs live?

Posted by: GoingToRussia

It played a little "choppy" on my PC. Maybe because it was a free preview. I noticed it is pay TV. Any idea how much this costs? My fiancee wants to watch Russian TV when she arrives.

Posted by: GentleGiant

The only difference between DVDs as far as a PC is concerned is the regional coding. You can set most PC DVD players to Region "0" and play most DVDs.
If this does not work you can change it to the needed region and back a few times before the player will not accept any further changes; but there are software hacks to get around and/or reset this.
A PC's display is not affected by PAL or NTSC picture formats, I regularly watch downloaded films in PAL, NTSC, NTSC2, and SECAM without problems.

I hope this helps

Posted by: JamesB

Bestrussiantv is i think we pay 6 pounds per month and liuda gets loads od films and documentaries as well as news.Its really good and quality is perfect.

Posted by: Leprechaun

http://www.dvdcodes.net/laptops.php

If you did own a DVD player

do a search for "unlock" and add the name of your DVD player

for sure you will find a code that you input onto your DVD players remote control and hey presto a player that plays any DVD

=o)

Posted by: Leprechaun

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Originally Posted by GoingToRussia

It played a little "choppy" on my PC. Maybe because it was a free preview. I noticed it is pay TV. Any idea how much this costs? My fiancee wants to watch Russian TV when she arrives.

theres a whole load of free tv

http://www.russianmeetingplace.com/...read.php?t=7834

http://www.russianmeetingplace.com/...25984#post25984

theres a few threads where telly is dicussed

Posted by: JamesB

Yes but most is just clips and not live,

Posted by: GoingToRussia

Thanks guys. Yes I noticed the picture quality was good but the sound and video was choppy.

Posted by: Jutman

We have a small collection of russian dvd, and I think only 2 we had problems with.

We have even encounters some dvd for sale here in Denmark with russian subtitle.

Posted by: disculmawsu

Quote:

Originally Posted by GentleGiant

The only difference between DVDs as far as a PC is concerned is the regional coding. You can set most PC DVD players to Region "0" and play most DVDs.
If this does not work you can change it to the needed region and back a few times before the player will not accept any further changes; but there are software hacks to get around and/or reset this.
A PC's display is not affected by PAL or NTSC picture formats, I regularly watch downloaded films in PAL, NTSC, NTSC2, and SECAM without problems.

I hope this helps

GentleGiant has it right on PC, except you should not have to make a changes. My mother has cousin in Scotland who regularly sends her DVDs and they play just fine on her computer.
I have able to play PAL DVDs on an Insignia portable DVD I bought in Michigan and a year and half ago. During the summer my friend in Moscow bought several DVDs and gave them to me as presents. I was too embarassed to tell her that I don't they would play on my DVD player (I have computer with a DVD player but use it for my business). When I returned home I thought Iwould try the playing DVD in that machine and they worked perfectly. I also bought a several DVDs of Moscow and Kyiv (and forgot to check to make sure they were NSTC) and they too played perfectly in that player.

Posted by: stevo

If the DVDs are home-made or, shall we say, less than official, they will most likely be region 0 and play fine on any player. My ancient Samsung 709 also plays NTSC discs without any trouble so I would expect all players these days to be able to do PAL/NTSC conversion.