Dvd
Jun 28th 2004, 8:25 pm
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Dvd
Hi I have a Sony DVD player that was brought in Britain. Does anyone know how I can get a chip/code so that it will operate in OZ with Australian dvd's ? ps model is.......dav s300
Jun 28th 2004, 8:30 pm
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Re: Dvd
Originally posted by stuartmac
Hi I have a Sony DVD player that was brought in Britain. Does anyone know how I can get a chip/code so that it will operate in OZ with Australian dvd's ? ps model is.......dav s300
Hi I have a Sony DVD player that was brought in Britain. Does anyone know how I can get a chip/code so that it will operate in OZ with Australian dvd's ? ps model is.......dav s300
Jun 28th 2004, 8:31 pm
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Re: Dvd
Originally posted by stuartmac
Hi I have a Sony DVD player that was brought in Britain. Does anyone know how I can get a chip/code so that it will operate in OZ with Australian dvd's ? ps model is.......dav s300
Hi I have a Sony DVD player that was brought in Britain. Does anyone know how I can get a chip/code so that it will operate in OZ with Australian dvd's ? ps model is.......dav s300
I bought some DVD's in Thailand (originals, honest gov
) and we watched them on an Australian DVD player and on a UK one, both worked fine. Does that mean then that you wouldn't need to get it chipped?? 
Got me curious now
Jun 28th 2004, 8:33 pm
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Re: Dvd
Originally posted by mlbonner
I bought some DVD's in Thailand (originals, honest gov ) and we watched them on an Australian DVD player and on a UK one, both worked fine. Does that mean then that you wouldn't need to get it chipped??
Got me curious now
I bought some DVD's in Thailand (originals, honest gov
) and we watched them on an Australian DVD player and on a UK one, both worked fine. Does that mean then that you wouldn't need to get it chipped?? Got me curious now
Jun 28th 2004, 8:35 pm
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Re: Dvd
Originally posted by wmoore
I would think it would mean because those 'originals' had been stripped of their region encoding during the ... factory duplication process
I would think it would mean because those 'originals' had been stripped of their region encoding during the ... factory duplication process
Ah-ha... gotcha, that factory duplication process is quite effective then
Jun 28th 2004, 8:38 pm
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Re: Dvd
Originally posted by mlbonner
Ah-ha... gotcha, that factory duplication process is quite effective then
Ah-ha... gotcha, that factory duplication process is quite effective then
Jun 29th 2004, 7:57 am
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This is another good site with regards to seeing if your player can be made region free
http://www.regionfreedvd.net/players.html
Select your make at the bottom and see if your model is listed.
http://www.regionfreedvd.net/players.html
Select your make at the bottom and see if your model is listed.
