Doctor in the House

topic posted Sat, September 22, 2007 - 2:43 AM by 
It looks like most of the episodes of Doctor in the House (including Doctor at Large and Doctor in Charge) are now available on DVD... in region 2 (England) only.

www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Ho...B000ICLHJS

Goddammit.

I had a friend try the supposed region hack for my DVD player, but it didn't work. How on earth are we supposed to play these things? Are their any non-region-specific DVD players available nowadays? Do I have to buy a separate region 2 DVD player? *Can* I buy a region 2 DVD player in the U.S.?

I've been waiting for these episodes for decades. I can't even find them on tv-links. They've finally been released. What's a girl to do?
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  • Re: Doctor in the House

    Sun, September 23, 2007 - 11:33 AM
    (cough)

    aaaahhhhhh...utorrent...choooo!!

    Bless me...

    (sniff)
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      Sun, September 23, 2007 - 12:12 PM
      Oh, man. I have bitcomet, but I absolutely suck at finding what I'm looking for in a format that I can play. That's why finding tv-links was like a miracle. The incredible frustration is only rarely worth the outcome, if I'm able to find what I'm looking for *at all*.

      I don't suppose you could be more specific?
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        Sun, September 23, 2007 - 5:27 PM
        Well, its been a while since I was umm... hypothetically hearing about people downloading torrents, but I heard it was good to download xvid .avi files (quite common) and find a free encoder software to put them on a DVD.

        www.torrentpond.com/

        Connects you to many great torrent sites.

        I've heard that isohunt is one of the best.... but I checked and couldn't find it there

        Pirate Bay had it though...

        um... I mean I heard...
        • Re: Doctor in the House

          Sun, September 23, 2007 - 5:41 PM
          Wow, I just searched every single site in torrentpond, and there was *nothing*. There were two or three Doctor in the House entries, but they were all audiobooks. And I couldn't find anything at Pirate Bay, either. How did you find it at Pirate Bay?
          • Re: Doctor in the House

            Sun, September 23, 2007 - 5:51 PM
            oops.. I think I saw an audio file...

            Sorry....
            • Re: Doctor in the House

              Sun, September 23, 2007 - 5:54 PM
              No problem. :) Just further evidence that I need to get either a region-free player or that piece of decoding software. I'm *completely* jonesing for these episodes now that I know they exist.
              • Re: Doctor in the House

                Sun, September 23, 2007 - 7:32 PM
                I cant imagine Doctor In the House being available anywhere, even on DVD.

                Quite frankly Enrika (no offence) I think your the only person in the whole wide world whos interested in this particular offering of British Comedy. I vaguely remember sitting through this back in the 70s. Are you interested in other pieces of British Comedy thats set in medical/hospital enviroments.

                P.S. Did you find a dvd player yet?
                • Re: Doctor in the House

                  Sun, September 23, 2007 - 7:47 PM
                  "I think your the only person in the whole wide world whos interested in this particular offering of British Comedy."

                  Certainly not! :) Read some the reviews of the various series on Amazon. They're quite enthusiastic. (And I seem to recall the phrase, "about bloody time.")

                  "Are you interested in other pieces of British Comedy thats set in medical/hospital enviroments."

                  I don't know. I don't know of any. Although if these other series are written by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, and Douglas Adams, I probably would be. :)

                  "P.S. Did you find a dvd player yet?"

                  I did google them, but I'm not yet sure which one I want to get. They don't seem to be terribly mainstream. I need to do some more research. And I haven't even decided yet if that's the way I want to go. The software is cheaper. Although, generally, I'm willing to sacrifice some $$ for the sake of ease.
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                    Re: Doctor in the House

                    Sun, September 23, 2007 - 9:40 PM
                    "Are you interested in other pieces of British Comedy thats set in medical/hospital enviroments."

                    I don't know. I don't know of any. Although if these other series are written by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, and Douglas Adams, I probably would be. :)

                    -Yes, Im afraid to say there are, although written by Grahame Chapman, John Cleese or Douglas Adams not--

                    www.guba.com/watch/2000798481

                    Watch and cringe.....................
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                    Re: Doctor in the House

                    Wed, May 7, 2008 - 7:26 PM
                    I'm so excited! I found *all* of the DVDs (in the UK), and bought a cheap DVD player with an easy region-free hack I now have 10 full DVDs of Doctor in the House eps (including Doctor in Charge and Doctor at Large).

                    If anyone's interested, you can find all of the Doctor in the House DVDs at amazon.co.uk (not .com). And the player I got, which works like a charm, is here:

                    www.amazon.com/review/R1X...m_cd_pg_pg2

                    This link shows the hack (I had to do it four or five times until I got it right, and I have no idea why; the buttons are a little difficult to activate, so just be patient and do it until it works.) You can set it for any region in particular, but I can't see setting it for anything other than 0, which makes it accept all regions. After you've read the review with the hack, to go to the item's main page, just click on the item in the upper right corner. It's a Philips DVP5140 Multiformat DVD Player with DivX, MP3, Windows Media Support, and it's only $49.99. The DVDs cost me three times as much as the player itself.

                    Now you, too, can play any region DVD for only $49.99 and a simple hack! Have fun!

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