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peterroulston Feb 5th 2011 2:39 am

Multi region DVD player
 
Hi There
My multi region DVD player I brought over from the UK has just died, does anyone know where I can get a replacement, have looked at all the ones in best buys and future shop, but none can be changed with just a code, it also needs a " S-VIDEO " output, any advise greatly received.

TTFN

Peter.

pfw Feb 5th 2011 4:27 am

Re: Multi region DVD player
 
Seiko BD660 - local Walmart here has loads for 80 dollars ish

Can be hacked to do all regions of DVDs and blue rays

See here http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...ighlight=seiki

I bought one last week, works fine (I'm using it via HDMI, can't see why it wouldn't have S-Video but I would check this)

NorfolkNumpty Feb 5th 2011 4:41 am

Re: Multi region DVD player
 
Most Toshiba and Philips DVD players can be coded, most if not all Sony players cannot. I have one of each, Toshiba & Philips, both work great and both are connected via HDMI. What site are you checking for codes? I find videohelp.com as the best. Why do you want an S-Video connection?

JGK Feb 5th 2011 7:06 am

Re: Multi region DVD player
 
Take a trip to walmart, canatdian tire, zellers etc and jot down some model No's


Use the database here to find one you can make region free. I've converted three or four using this site

Stonedog Feb 5th 2011 9:19 am

Re: Multi region DVD player
 
Here you go, Canadian Tire, £30 :thumbsup:

It says it's Region 1 in the box, but it plays all our UK dvds with no issues whatsoever, no hacking required :thumbup:

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

peterroulston Feb 5th 2011 11:14 am

Re: Multi region DVD player
 
Thanks for the info, the one from Canadian tire is the digitron one I take it ?

BristolUK Feb 6th 2011 2:14 am

Re: Multi region DVD player
 
We've had 2 or 3 digitrons from Canadian Tire. None have played UK DVDs.:confused:

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Pebblebeach Feb 6th 2011 2:24 am

Re: Multi region DVD player
 

Originally Posted by pfw (Post 9154583)
Seiko BD660 - local Walmart here has loads for 80 dollars ish

Can be hacked to do all regions of DVDs and blue rays

See here http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...ighlight=seiki

I bought one last week, works fine (I'm using it via HDMI, can't see why it wouldn't have S-Video but I would check this)

Bought this one a couple of months ago, works fine with Uk DVD's, was super easy to hack and the Blu ray player is a bonus.

peterroulston Feb 6th 2011 11:37 am

Re: Multi region DVD player
 
Thanks again, JGK, went to Walmart and did what you said, got a ONYX SW2300 off the shelf for under 40 bucks and easy to change over to region free.


TTFN

Peter.

Chickensoup Mar 13th 2011 1:39 pm

Re: Multi region DVD player
 
Bit of helpful advice here folks;

http://pal-to-ntsc-converter-reviews.com/

:D

ultrarunner Mar 15th 2011 6:24 am

Re: Multi region DVD player
 
Why bother with a dvd when you can have a Blu-Ray player for $100 that players region 1 and 2?

kimilseung Mar 15th 2011 6:31 am

Re: Multi region DVD player
 

Originally Posted by ultrarunner (Post 9241851)
Why bother with a dvd when you can have a Blu-Ray player for $100 that players region 1 and 2?

Thats a lot of money to pay if using s-video.

airbornesapper Mar 16th 2011 2:43 am

Re: Multi region DVD player
 

Originally Posted by kimilseung (Post 9241865)
Thats a lot of money to pay if using s-video.

Our Blu-ray and DVD players have become museum pieces....but they are far from scrap-heap ready yet; particularly with regard to what displaced them at our home, the internet.

But with this ever present internet download cap bollox (and no viable alternative provider to either Rogers or Bell in NB), we will likely restrict our internet allowance to watching Brit TV, and may possibly can NETFLIX at some point (certainly not decided).

Overall, Netflix is value for money, but we may resort to trips back to the old corner store-DVD rental gaff...while they still exist at any rate (not done that for many months). Netflix takes about 1GB an hour (SD not HD)....if we went over, that would be say 3 bucks per movie...We can rent two BLU-Ray "new releases" for 5 bucks + tax at our local store.

We can add another 30GB to our plan (increasing to 125GB) for an extra 10 bucks plus tax, but have already had enough of playing the Rogers game for now.

My 2 bytes....

Tangram Mar 16th 2011 3:13 am

Re: Multi region DVD player
 

Originally Posted by ultrarunner (Post 9241851)
Why bother with a dvd when you can have a Blu-Ray player for $100 that players region 1 and 2?

Could you name one that does both region 1 and region 2 and plays PAL discs ?

ultrarunner Mar 16th 2011 4:14 am

Re: Multi region DVD player
 

Originally Posted by airbornesapper (Post 9243930)
Our Blu-ray and DVD players have become museum pieces....but they are far from scrap-heap ready yet; particularly with regard to what displaced them at our home, the internet.

But with this ever present internet download cap bollox (and no viable alternative provider to either Rogers or Bell in NB), we will likely restrict our internet allowance to watching Brit TV, and may possibly can NETFLIX at some point (certainly not decided).

Overall, Netflix is value for money, but we may resort to trips back to the old corner store-DVD rental gaff...while they still exist at any rate (not done that for many months). Netflix takes about 1GB an hour (SD not HD)....if we went over, that would be say 3 bucks per movie...We can rent two BLU-Ray "new releases" for 5 bucks + tax at our local store.

We can add another 30GB to our plan (increasing to 125GB) for an extra 10 bucks plus tax, but have already had enough of playing the Rogers game for now.

My 2 bytes....

You could always just buy a hard drive in an enclosure 1-3 TB, hand it over to a friend that downloads movies and get them to fill it up for ya, then plug it directly to your tv via HDMI.

Netflix from what I have heard, is just full of older movies


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