Multi region DVD
 

Hi all,

Does anyone know where i could get a multi region DVD player that will play all my uk DVD's on an NTSC TV? Bought a DVD player from wall Mart the other day that said it plays PAL but did not work as when i put the only UK DVD that i have with me at the moment in it i got a message about the region being wrong? I have a lot of DVD's that i dont really want to get rid of so any help would be appreciated

Thxs

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Depending upon the DVD player that you bought it may very well be possible to remove the Region Check, often simply using a set of keys strokes on the remote. What type/model is it?

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Regions and Formats are seperate entites as far as DVDs go.

It might well play a non regional PAL disk, but if you ask a region 1 player to play a region 2 disk it wont do it, regardless of format.

As Posi says, you might well be able to unlock it with a bit of homework.

Rumour has it that the cheapest Canadain Tire and Future Shop models are multiformat/ multi region, but brands change all the time, so best bet is to make sure you can exchange if it doesnt do what you want (which Walmart should do without too much fuss in my experience)

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I would go and take it back on the grounds that it doesn't do what it says on the box. :)

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Which one did you get?

I was happy with the 60 Nortek CAD ones from London Drugs but they did break down every 6 or so mths, so had to be swapped. We don't live near a LD anymore, so I switched to the Walmart Diamond ones at about 25 CAD. They broke down far more often, and refused to play newer R2 ones (particularly ones with kids games on them as "extras") at all so I binned them.

Am now on to Philips 60-ish CAD "will play anything" ones from Walmart, 2 so far, both almost 12mths old, no problems at all. DVP3960 is the model number if you're interested. However, they're not multiregion out of the box - you need to follow these instructions.

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hi

i've just bought a phillips region/code free dvd player from www.amazon.com i had to pay a bit more on postage and customs etc... but the picture quality is great and no hassle trying to buy a quality player and then hack/decode ourselves so for us paying a bit more was well worth it.

i've bought cheap ones from wal-mart before (4 in total!) but they are poor quality, therefore you replace them often.

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Just been reading this thread and did not know that DVD's here in uk are different from the ones in Canada.
I was planning on coverting all my old VHS tapes (memories) to DVD for easy transport.
Can anyone advise. Should I just take them with me and covert when I get there or should I be doing something here? Any help would be appreciated.:thumbsup:

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So you don't want to hear about the hassle we're having trying to get our 6 month old Phillips dvd player repaired (or replaced) under warrenty then? They've had it since November!! :thumbdown:

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We got a cheapish Philips one from best buy and looked up the hack code for it on google. You just type in a code via the remote control to change the region code...magically it turns into a multi-region dvd player!

I found buying the cheapest possible piece of crap dvd player from Walmart works too, but it skipped when it played and eventually broke.

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Video tapes are different in Canada too. Better get your tapes converted in the UK and ask for your DVDs to be region-free (ie Region 0).

Region 0 = worldwide
Region 1 = Canada/USA
Region 2 = UK

I bought 2 dvd players here and used the Videohelp website to hack the region codes. Here is the full list of Hacks on Videohelp

For anyone planning to bring over a multi-region, dual voltage dvd player over from the UK, please change the region from PAL to NTSC BEFORE you leave the UK because if you try to do it over here, your screen will start rolling very fast and you will not be able to see the onscreen instructions :)

For anyone wanting to purchase UK dvds eg comedy for their multi-region player, www.sendit.com post over to Canada for 1.75 GBP per DVD. Prices are good too!

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Makes me laugh when people pay over 2k on a HD TV then buy a $30 DVD player ....:confused:

Anyway this is the player you want plays any Disc on any region and upscales to 1080p and they deliver to Canada


http://www.oppodigital.com/dv981hd/dv981hd_index.html

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As most of the others have said you should be able to find an unlock code on the internet.
That said this tends to be for the cheaper makes as they tend not to spend the money on encryption to stop people hacking them. I've found hacks for players I've bought in Walmart and Canadian Tyre but couldn't find a hack for my Sony player or my Pioneer one.

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[QUOTE=Yes-can-do;6377087]Video tapes are different in Canada too. Better get your tapes converted in the UK and ask for your DVDs to be region-free (ie Region 0).


Thanks for that, another job to add to the list:thumbsup:

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Any "video professional" should be able to convert PAL format tapes to NTSC or viceversa for you in Canada...for a fee of course.

Its probably just as easy (and cheaper) to download some software and convert your precious pal format home movie tapes into NTSC DVDs on your own PC. Its really not rocket science.

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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

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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 :thumbup:

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And of course your quite mean ....

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I am Scottish :thumbsup:

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Aha !! Fully explained ...

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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 ;)

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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!)

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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

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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

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

:thumbsup:

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WE bought a Philips DVD player from Wal-Mart a few weeks back and other half has just decoded it and it plays our UK DVDs fine. :)

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I love making technology bend to my will :thumbsup: