Customer Reviews

Sharpe: The Complete Series (Import, Region 2 PAL)

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Sharpe's Rifles is very well done. As a fan of British tv series I enjoyed this DVD collection very much. While it will not work on my standard dvd player both my computer and laptop play the disk well using Ubunut Linux. All one needs to do is run the program regionset and update the dvd drive settings by adding region 2.

This is an excellent buy and I thank Amazon for offering it.

This review is here to cancel out the only other review on here. Sharpe's is a great series. The fact that this DVD set is a Region 2 release (Which it says right on the page) is not a valid reason for giving this product a 1-Star Review. That is the fault of the buyer. So I'm giving this excellent series a 5-Star Rating because it deserves it.

As for the Sharpe series, it is one of the best historical dramas out there. The acting, writing, and directing is brilliant. The only problem arises from the production values. From reading reviews on Amazon.co.uk it sounds like this version has a better transfer than the American DVDs. The quality of those are distracting at times. Region free DVD players are not that expensive, so if you're interested in these DVDs this might be the way to go. Considering how expensive the American copies are it might even be cheaper.

I'm 61-that said, I was looking at the sale price and had no idea that there are "regions" when it comes to purchaing DVDs. I had guests over to watch the Sharpe's series and low and behold no way to watch; no players to purchase locally; a huge disappointment and a lot of feeling really stupid that not one of us knew a thing about "regions". I doubt any of us will purchase DVD online again since I'm now in dispute on paying the charges and have turned it over to my credit card company! Buyer Beware...And we so wanted to enjoy these movies!