rivingtonpike

Hi All

I'm looking for a cheap, straightforward, multi-region DVD player. It doesn't have to be 5:1 or anything fancy. Can anybody give me a make and model of one that they have bought that fits this brief please. Also, where did you buy one and roughly how much was it. I've been into Future Shop and they didn't think they stocked one - which surprised me. When I went into Walmart they didn't even know what multi-region meant!

Many thanks

Silverdragon102

Plenty of threads discussing this, I however have just bought one from amazon.ca as I could never get sorted with cheat codes to bypass region block. This is what I bought Panasonic DVD-S38 Progressive Scan DVD Player just waiting for it to be delivered but appears to have had good reviews

rivingtonpike

Thanks for the reply; I'll look it up. Did you buy it because it's multi-region? May I ask what the general cost was?

Silverdragon102

yes we wanted a second multi regional DVD as we fetched many and I mean many UK dvd's with us and could only watch them in one area. Cost about $65 plus tax

Atlantic Xpat

No-one in Future Shop, Best Buy or god-forbid Wallymart will have the faintest idea about multiregion. If they do, they can't sell you one because most DVD players don't officially do multiregion. Google multiregion dvd hack and you'll get a plethora of websites that give hack codes for various models. Price one out, buy it and jobs done.

Stonedog

We got this one from Canadian Tire, it says Region 1 on the box but it plays all our UK DVDs just fine with no hacking required

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brows....jsp?locale=en

lf1

Recently bought the I View-500KR from London Drugs - 59.99. Works just fine and no codes required.

BristolUK

I can't say for sure it's an identical model but we've had two Digitrons at that price from Canadian Tire and neither played UK DVDs.

Stonedog

Well I can vouch for this model, I've had it 7 months with no complaints

ray1968

You'll usually find the cheap Chinese brands play pretty much everything - however spend an extra $20 or so an get one that plays Divx ..you'll be glad that u did

rosspcs

i got an OPPO http://www.oppodigital.com/ regieon free and it was $99

JGK

Nip into the shops and not what model DVD players are currently on sale then use this database to see if there's a hack available to make it region free.

nip back and buy a one that can be converted.

The Davenports

Pity you didn't live near us, we're heading back to the UK and you could have had ours, we bought 2 for Walmart and found a hack for them they work great. They were a cheap samsung model only cost $40 each.

kimilseung

Thats why I (and you by the sound of it) need a smart phone

KeithSonja

Can i ask where you got your Oppo from as I cannot find one for less than $500.... We are looking for the Blu-ray player version as we have UK DVD's and Blu-ray's!!