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I wrote some years ago of a film called "I Want What I Want", and referred to it in 'Sweat and Tears'. Robi was good enough to send me a link to the book, but the film was lost. It has now been reissued having been transferred from tape to DVD. A dated film, but very much a part of my youth.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Want-What-DVD-US-NTSC/dp/B004J4RQYQ/...
I note two things: the price has shot up since I bought it, and the comments have become rather deep.
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European buyers beware
From the look of the link it appears that the format of the DVD may be NTSC, an old US video format not normally compatible with the European PAL system. It's some years since I was involved with TV sales and repair and haven't personally owned a TV for over 40 years so it may be that modern DVD players can cope with both formats but it's as well to check to avoid disappointment.
I used to own a copy of the book but I've never seen the film partly because the main character is played by a woman rather than a boy. However, I'm sure Anne Heywood plays the part well. She was well regarded in British cinema at the time.
For the record NTSC was known as 'Never Twice the Same Colour'; the French SECAM format was known as 'System Essentially Contrary to the American Method'; then, of course PAL was obviously 'Perfection At Last'.
Robi
Good Heads Up
Players that can read both PAL and NTSC and output either PAL or NTSC are out there. They typically have third party firmware and sometimes circuit changes. People that have those players will know it as they will have gone to some trouble to get them.
A program (AnyDVD or AnyDVD HD) available from SlySoft will let you play pretty much any DVD on you computer regardless of format or disc Region code.
NTSC == Never Twice the Same Colour
Back in the early 1980's I was working on some video decoding and NTSC was just about the worst thing to handle. Some people in my team gained a Patent relating to improving the colour rendition of NTSC video streams. This was needed so we could properly insert characters into it.
SECAM was typically French. The documentaton was indecipherable even by native French Speakers. We all knew that this was a deliberate ploy by the French to stop others developing products for their market.
Only a few customers in Frogland demanded it. PAL was perfectly acceptable to them.
Thanks - Amazon US Lower Cost
For those in the colonies, the DVD is available for as little as $13.64 delivered from Amazon.com. Remember to go to Amazon through the links in the upper left hand corner of the BCTS Home page.
lower US cost
it might be either tariffs, or shipping???
Teresa
Teresa L.
Video formats
One possible solution to other formats, is to play the DVD on a computer. NTSC, SECAM and PAL, are not used on a VGA output.
There are two caveats though. One is the different formats use different resolutions (number of scan lines) and possibly frame rates.
Odds are that you will either not use the full width or height on a monitor.
The other more probable fly in the ointment, is that DVD's are usually zone specific, and are meant to be played only in one zone (region). It seems that my DVD drive would allow rezoning once though so, that may be a way around that.