Hi All

I have received an english box set of dvd's as a leaving present ( region 2 )

I take it they wont play on our OZ dvd recorder ( OZ = region 4) ? unless we have a multi region dvd player in OZ ?

Hmmm

Dave

Multi-Region DVDs cost almost nothing these days, if yours isn't then buy one that is. Simple answer and it removes one of the many headaches from the migration process.

Search google for the model of your DVD Player and region free, you'll probably come across the tweak to make your DVD player region free so it will play any DVD.

Hi Dave, long time no see, we bought one from Kmart only $39 plays the lot, we brought a load with us cos everybody said telly was so crap!!! and they were right


Lol xx

For people coming from Region 1 (USA and Canada), the other issue to look for is ensuring that the multi-region DVD player will pass NTSC natively (i.e. not convert to PAL first before outputting), and that the television / LCD / whatever you're using can natively play NTSC in addition to PAL. I think most modern digital TVs now do this when connecting via HDMI.

(there are some DVD players that converts NTSC to PAL or vice versa, but any sort of conversion process almost always ends up lowering the viewing quality. Having it displayed in the format as the DVD originally intended is always the best).

Yeah before you go out and buy a region free dvd, do a search on google and see if you can get a region free code for your old dvd player, thats what i'm doing, theres loads of sites out there.

Definitely google around for a code. I have successfully de-regionalized a couple of LGs with just the use of the remote.

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers

If it's not on that site you probably don't have a hack for it.

All good stuff, but i was led to believe that many Region 2s carry the region 4 coding anyway. And Vice versa.
When we were in the UK i bought lots of Region 4 dvd's off the net and they played in a locked region 2 player straight off the bat

Other than that

Another good place for multiregion codes

http://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk/info/multiregion/

Stu

For the record I wasn't suggesting he blindly go out and buy a new region free DVD, obviously I mean that if his existing player is not easily convertible.

There are some naff players out there that are hardware region locked and even some others which require the region to be encoded using a special IR pulse sequence, rather than just a simple button sequence on the remote (like most of the newer, cheaper players).

Al

I bought a Sony DSP-30 DVD player from www.amazon.co.uk before we came to Australia as it was supposedly already region-free out of the box. However, it wasn't so I resorted to using a programmable remote control and the codes I found on www.videohelp.com to unlock it.

Yes, it's odd how in the world of DVD players the cheaper ones are usually better and less restrictive than expensive ones...


S