VCR'S

[AL151]

Anyone know a hotel around Pattaya with a VCR in the room ....A hotel that is not to expensive..........Last time I was there I stayed at a place that had a DVD player ..I paid about 650BHT.a night......

[bigmofo]

you can buy a dvd player for around 1000 baht, i would think vcr same price or cheaper,just buy one and stay where you want good luck

[mats]

1000 bath, for a DVD player ? wow, that`s cheap... where can one get one of those ?

 

Mats

[RICK69]

1000 bath, for a DVD player ? wow, that`s cheap... where can one get one of those ?

 

Mats

Tops

[bigmofo]

yes i bought one at tops

[echster]

Anyone know a hotel around Pattaya with a VCR in the room ....A hotel that is not to expensive..........Last time I was there I stayed at a place that had a DVD player ..I paid about 650BHT.a night......

You're unlikely to find a hotel with VCRs in the room. The reasons are simple, DVD/VCD players are inexpensive and DVD/VCDs are cheaper to buy and maintain. Oh yeah, and they don't have to be rewound!

[Firepole]

Al,

I'm not sure if your plan is to bring VCR tapes to LOS from home but keep in mind that, like DVDs, there might be a differant format. I thought I read somewhere that it has something to with VCR's designed to play for North American TV's therefore making No. Amer. recorded tapes useless elsewhere. Similar to the situation with DVD players but I believe they can be reprogrammed whereas VCR's can't.

If anyone knows this info to be incorrect please post it as I'd like to know myself.

[Dingo]

Haven Hotel in Soi 13 used to have VCD players.

The place gets very mixed reviews so be aware.

[Emil]

and I thought I was behind on the technological curve. Do you need the Beta or VHS format.

[Bigmike]

Sunny a bit of triva for you. All DVD players sold in Australia these days can play any DVD'S from any where in the world as they are all multi zoned. The Australian Government claim that the multi zoning policy is not valid here, at least we get some things right. You can pick up a new DVD player for under 100 bucks Aussie here that can be played any in the World.

Bigmike.

[Emil]

Well, Beta is still available anywhere except in museums? Wake up, it's been a few weeks since the Seventeens!

Could you please translate. I hope you figured out by reading the preceding phrase that the question regarding the type of format was not a serious question.

[ashboy]

I buy a lot of DVDs and VCDs on E-bay USA. Since I got shown how to play them I've had no problems. For me it's just one setting on the player (via the remote) and I'm sweet. If I forget the setting, most discs still play but the quality is poor.

 

I also brought back DVDs from my last trip to Hong Kong. They appear to be region coded, but they play no problems.

 

BTW. A couple of years ago my job involved provedoring ocean going vessels including mobile oil rigs and their tender vessels. One vessel (British) wanted three TVs to play their videos. The ones we supplied were PAL, but a different setting to British PAL. Had to resupply multi-system TVs.

 

And I got three TVs.

[ashboy]

And so far as I know, until they went digital, TV stations and production houses still used Beta in preference to VHS.