So my girlfriend FINALLY was able to purchase a copy of Dogs In Space on dvd. Now we are having trouble with it not wanting to play in our dvd player (we get sound, but the picture has lines through it). We specifically purchased a copy that would play in ALL regional dvd players (it says so on the back). My question is: do we need to buy a newer dvd player or is there something we can tweak on ours to play this thing? The disk format information says : 2 x Dual Layer DVD 9 PAL format. I'm assuming this Australian dvd has been formatted to play in my US dvd player.Please help!

see, that's the problem there: all region, but PAL, not NTSC. this has nothing to do with regions (which are another variety of bullshit entirely). PAL & NTSC have to do with the way colors are interlaced for presentation on television monitors, and the US is NTSC where australia and the UK (for example) are PAL.

were it 1989 and had you bought a VHS, you'd be up the creek. but nowadays, yeah, you could certainly try watching it on yer computer (VLC player plays most anything, even TS and VOB files, i think). or if yer not into that maybe try going into yer dvd player's menus and seeing if you can switch formats (i kinda doubt it, but you could google around and see what yer player will or won't do). there are players out there that handle all regions and both PAL & NTSC without any special manipulation. philips is a good company for this. usually at target. less than ninety bucks.

Yeah, you won't be able to play it properly w/o PAL equipment.

Should be able to rip on your computer, though.

My disc drive is fried. Matter of fact, I've tried putting in two other disc drives, that worked for other people, but then they won't work using my computer.

Hmmmmm........I might have to buy a new dvd playa. I might get me a Phillips.

Went on Amazon and purchased a new dvd player and power adapter. I'll let you all know how it works out! Thanks for all the advice.