Johnsyweb

If it's just the region that is wrong, then you should be able to find the region unlock code on this page: http://www.dvddemystifiziert.de/code.../codefree.html

Hope this helps;


--paj

Biiiiink

If you start shelling out for expensive DVD players, there's every chance they'll be region locked - Sony being the obvious one. That's why I buy cheap

Ray

And of course your quite mean ....

Biiiiink

I am Scottish

Ray

Aha !! Fully explained ...

kb33

I did say in my original post that the player plays all regions

scottymallo

NAXA karoke machine $79.99 form london drugs plays all region DVDs no problems no code required!!! bargain

bazzz

I've got an Oppo player (doesn't get used any more since I hooked up a PC to the TV). They're very nice, but severely overpriced.

kb33

Suppose they are when you compare them to what's on offer in Walmart

bazzz

Yeah. I had a 980 and it cost me about $300. It's good, but not that good. In particular the Xvid playback was a bit shonky. I'm not sure that I noticed the benefits of all that fancy upconverting hardware. Maybe because I just enjoy watching films rather than staring at pixels.

Biiiiink

I wasn't responding to your particular player, just saying that generally it'll be cheapies that can reliably be multiregion/made multiregion. Although now that I've looked at it, I can't see a difference between yours and my 60CAD cheapies except upscaling to 1080i/1080p which I probably wouldn't notice on the kids DVDs mine are used for

Iain Mc

Pioneer are good for their multi-regionable players. You could get a DV-400V (or the newer DV-600V): I got one from Future Shop a while back on a recommend as a good upsampling multiregion player, and have had no issues (probably a little over $100?).

Mind you, if you're not too technical it might be better to get one with a handset hack - this one requires a firmware update (download file from internet; burn file to DVD-R; insert DVD-R into player, follow instructions).

Still, only took a couple of minutes and the performance is excellent.

I particularly like this player as it has a USB socket on the front fascia and plays Div-X very well, so it's VERY easy to watch downloads on your TV (stick 'em on a USB pen drive, stick pen drive into DVD player, watch!)

cneldred

just do a google search 'multi region hack' and then type in the model number and make of your dvd player. This will lead you to loads of sites which have hack to make it multi region. Most involve just pressing a couple of buttons on the remote control. I have some sites bookmarked on my other computer i will paste the websites across in a couple of hours when i get up for work. Do not pay for a hack, some sites offer a hack for x amount, but there are plenty of others which give the info for free.

More important is to make sure your TV can display PAL format, if it doesn't the picture will either be in black and white or you will have nothing at all.

Chris

cneldred

Ok try these

http://www.videohelp.com/

http://www.dvddemystifiziert.de/code.../codefree.html

There are loads of others out there but those are just 2 i use.

All the best


Chris

deanjp32

Thanks for all your help guys. I will look to see if it unlocks 1st before i take it back