i've just nipped to Canadain Tire and bought a Digitron DV-029. It will play the odd UK DVD (concerts and one offs), but it won't play, say, a DVD of Dad's Army. Does anyone know if there's an easy solution to this? I have looked on various websites but can't find a hack code/sequence for this model.

Bloody annoying!

Thanks in advance...

I looked on line for the players first and then searched for the hack before I bought the player.

I see now that would have been the smart thing to do!

I found this quote from a post about 2 years ago:

Don't bother with Walmart go to Canadian Tire. I bought a a Digitron model DV 029 for CD$39 and it plays all regions. There are no code to press in, no keys sequence just plug and play. It is HMDI and works a treat. It does not say anything about multi region on the box but does on the inside literature.

Why won't mine work when this one apparently does?????

I bought it from someone who was selling them on Craigslist it was a few years ago.

Doh! This is driving me nuts!

You got a good deal then as they are not cheap and seem to have great reviews!

Maybe the extra tenner?

It seems the way to go would be to spend the $50 to $60 for those mentioned and use the one you just got as a spare for non UK DVDs.

The Digitron I had most recently (and the one before) look absolutely identical to that one in the link and were the same price. As a matter of fact I still have the last one, not thrown out yet.

I can find a model number on it - SW22001 - but that doesn't fit with anything on the link as far as I could see.

I'm guessing that the $30 players may involve a bit of pot luck as to whether it will be reliable. No surprise there really.

Can anyone give me the name make and model of a DVD player that is definitely multi region, cheap and reliable. Or, does anyone know where there is a definitive unlocking code for the Digitron DV-029? This is still driving me mad!!!

the Seiki BD 660 is a blu-ray player available at wal-mart ($88) this dvd hack worked for me

As posted up-thread. I View-500KR @ London Drugs 59.99. DVD & Karaoke player. Plays UK DVDs without any programming. Have had ours about 1 month and it works really well.

Oops! See above reply

Not a chance! I have a regular mobile and a life. I have no need of mobile web access having learned patience as a young'un.

I've often read the advice of seeing what models are available, checking the hacks on the links supplied and buying the player.

Home and dry.

Or not.

I've just inherited a Toshiba SDK770 and I looked up the hack details.

Nice and simple.

Except for one tiny thing.

There is no feature to input a code.

The set up button (no other button brings up anything) brings up half a dozen options and each of those has their own option. All you can do is select from the options supplied. I even tried the numbers after opening the tray as if there was some secret feature not displaying.

So what guarantee is there that a hack listed will work?

I am still looking for a definitively multi region enabled DVD player to be recommended. It seems to be a bit like Ryan Air's amazing deals - they always happen to someone else!!