Hi Becky, It is fairly common for South American DVDs to be enabled to work on both region 1 and 4 players. Patrons will be able to use these DVDs on standard North American players and will not require any special equipment.
All best, Brian Boling Media Services Librarian Temple University Libraries brian.bol...@temple.edu On Aug 9, 2013, at 11:08 AM, Tatar, Becky wrote: > Hi, all, > > Perhaps it's just me being paranoid about this, but on Amazon, some of the > Spanish language DVD titles indicate that they are for "NTSC/region 1 & 4 DVD > import - Latin America." Are these ok to order for us? When I scroll down > the pages to the Product Details, the information always says Region 1. > However, I haven't really encountered this before, and just want to make sure > that if I'm buying something, my patrons will be able to use it. Thanks. > > Becky Tatar > Periodicals/Audiovisuals > Aurora Public Library > 1 E. Benton Street > Aurora, IL 60505 > Phone: 630-264-4100 > FAX: 630-896-3209 > blt...@aurora.lib.il.us > www.aurorapubliclibrary.org > > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues > relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, > preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and > related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective > working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication > between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and > distributors. Brian Boling Media Services and Digital Production Librarian Temple University Libraries brian.bol...@temple.edu 215-204-4911
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
