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Dual Ratings What Locality
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorninehours
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If you have a region 1 DVD that has both American and Canadian ratings printed on the cover should you contribute it to both regions or is this just unnecessary duplication of data.
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Since such a title should have Profile for US Locality and one or more for Canadian Localities (English or Quebec) then the answer would be dependent on locality. In your case, being in the UK, Nick, I would accept whatever is already there. After all you are in Region 2 UK

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I find that most my movies has both ratings (US & Canadian)... pretty much normal from what I have noticed. So like Skip said... where I am in the US I would us the US profile... if I was in Canada I would use/make the Canadian profile. And as Skip said... if I was elsewhere I would use whatever is there. If both there I would pick the most complete looking profile. 
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I would pick the Canadian profile, because it wouldn't be a struggle to get things changed.  
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I always use the US locality for titles with a single release across North America instead of the Canada ones, even though I am Canadian. I think it is a waste of space to have duplicate profiles in the db simply because of a difference in rating & srp. I only use the Canada or Canada (Quebec) localites for titles that are clearly meant only for here (a Canadian Rating only, or Bilingual/French-only covers). But that is just me... 
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I would pick the Canadian profile, because it wouldn't be a struggle to get things changed.  

Coward.

It's not a problem in the US either, unless you don't want to follow the rules.

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If you have a region 1 DVD that has both American and Canadian ratings printed on the cover should you contribute it to both regions or is this just unnecessary duplication of data.


if you bought it from Play then they are based in canada I think - so it should be canadian profile.

You could use where the company was based to decide if USA or Canada for dvds bought via Internet.
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You could use where the company was based to decide if USA or Canada for dvds bought via Internet.

Although this is sage advice, it can be taken out of context.  There are many online (and bricks+mortar) stores selling imported DVDs.  I've seen (especially Asian) movies listed as all sorts of localities in the database.  It is however, an option for differentiating when there is uncertainty I suppose.  Searching other stores may also prove useful.
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But that is just me... 


Nope... Mee tooo 
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I always use the US locality for titles with a single release across North America instead of the Canada ones, even though I am Canadian. I think it is a waste of space to have duplicate profiles in the db simply because of a difference in rating & srp. I only use the Canada or Canada (Quebec) localites for titles that are clearly meant only for here (a Canadian Rating only, or Bilingual/French-only covers). But that is just me... 



Me too.

But then we Canadians are such a collaborative bunch... till you mess with our beer that is...

   
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Well you know what they say about American beer...it is rather like copulating on a raft. 
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If you have a region 1 DVD that has both American and Canadian ratings printed on the cover should you contribute it to both regions or is this just unnecessary duplication of data.


Agree with the others.
But I would edit the Topic from "What Region" to "What Locality". 
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I would pick the Canadian profile, because it wouldn't be a struggle to get things changed.  

Coward.

It's not a problem in the US either, unless you don't want to follow the rules.

Skip


Indeed. I got all my US contributions approved, as far as I recall. 
-- Enry
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