DVDs
Nov 30th 2003, 11:19 pm
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DVDs
Please can someone help - rellies in the UK want to buy the kids DVDs for Christmas, not that we've got a DVD player! We do have however a PS2. Question is, what region DVDs will a PS2 play. It was bought in the UK but seems to play DVDs from the video shop here ok. I'm getting very confused (doesn't take much!!).
Does anyone know? Ta very much!
Loopy
Does anyone know? Ta very much!
Loopy
Nov 30th 2003, 11:33 pm
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Re: DVDs
Originally posted by Loopy
Please can someone help - rellies in the UK want to buy the kids DVDs for Christmas, not that we've got a DVD player! We do have however a PS2. Question is, what region DVDs will a PS2 play. It was bought in the UK but seems to play DVDs from the video shop here ok. I'm getting very confused (doesn't take much!!).
Does anyone know? Ta very much!
Loopy
Please can someone help - rellies in the UK want to buy the kids DVDs for Christmas, not that we've got a DVD player! We do have however a PS2. Question is, what region DVDs will a PS2 play. It was bought in the UK but seems to play DVDs from the video shop here ok. I'm getting very confused (doesn't take much!!).
Does anyone know? Ta very much!
Loopy
Don't know a lot about such things but if bought in UK it will play UK bought DVDs
Dec 1st 2003, 12:24 am
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UK PS2s play UK DVDs (Region 2). It isn't supposed to play Region 4 but I know from experience that it will play most. There is the odd disc it won't read (region 4). IF your relatives are in the UK and the PS2 was bought in the UK then Region 2 DVDs are no problem.
You can make it multi region by chipping it or buying software but thats a story for another day
Having worked in Electronics Boutique/Game for 2 years and having been asked this question hundreds of times it is burnt into my memory lol
oh btw, not all region 2 PS2s play Region 4 DVDs it was just a few batches with a certain version of bios that do. Don't ask me about the logic of that.
You can make it multi region by chipping it or buying software but thats a story for another day
Having worked in Electronics Boutique/Game for 2 years and having been asked this question hundreds of times it is burnt into my memory loloh btw, not all region 2 PS2s play Region 4 DVDs it was just a few batches with a certain version of bios that do. Don't ask me about the logic of that.
Dec 1st 2003, 1:18 am
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Thanx guys, will have a look at a few UK websites & make a list of DVDs!
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Dec 1st 2003, 1:24 am
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A lot of DVDs are encoded in several regions hence they will play back in different regions.
