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Old Nov 20th 2010, 9:03 pm
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Hi again,
Can anyone tell me if DVD Players over in NZ are region free. Mine is on its last legs and wondering if it will be just as easy to purchase a new one over there when we arrive.
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Old Nov 20th 2010, 9:06 pm
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If its on its last legs dont ship it.
Get a blu ray player over in NZ, you'll save in the long run.
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Old Nov 20th 2010, 9:13 pm
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Hi Lukeandjo,
Many thanks, can you just confirm if they are region free over there as I have both region 1 and 2 at the moment
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DVD players aren't region free.
You have to hack it to become region free.
NZ is region 4.

What make and model is your dvd player?
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Originally Posted by LukeandJo
DVD players aren't region free.
You have to hack it to become region free.
NZ is region 4.

What make and model is your dvd player?
Go to a proper shop and ask the man to do it for you...I did...
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So far as DVD's are concerned

NZ is region 4

UK is region 2

That being said, we have NZ DVD's (labelled as Region 4) that will work in my UK player (which is not multi-region) and some that won't.

Some DVD's on sale here in NZ are multi-region... e.g. I just recently won the new Robin Hood DVD (Russell Crowe) in a quiz and that disc is region 2, 4 and (if I remember correctly) region 5 too.

But, as DVD's are now old-hat, if your player is on it's last legs, I wouldn't bother replacing it with another DVD player. Replace it with a Blu-Ray player instead (Blu-Ray discs can be, but in practice almost never are, region encoded and in any case, UK & NZ are the same 'region' - though it's not actually labelled as regions... but that's another story)... personally I'd be going for a PS3 for the Blu-Ray player and everything else it can do too... but I'd buy one in the UK as they're more expensive over here.
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Originally Posted by thedtb
So far as DVD's are concerned

NZ is region 4

UK is region 2

That being said, we have NZ DVD's (labelled as Region 4) that will work in my UK player (which is not multi-region) and some that won't.

Some DVD's on sale here in NZ are multi-region... e.g. I just recently won the new Robin Hood DVD (Russell Crowe) in a quiz and that disc is region 2, 4 and (if I remember correctly) region 5 too.

But, as DVD's are now old-hat, if your player is on it's last legs, I wouldn't bother replacing it with another DVD player. Replace it with a Blu-Ray player instead (Blu-Ray discs can be, but in practice almost never are, region encoded and in any case, UK & NZ are the same 'region' - though it's not actually labelled as regions... but that's another story)... personally I'd be going for a PS3 for the Blu-Ray player and everything else it can do too... but I'd buy one in the UK as they're more expensive over here.
Might be HD DVD they are playable on all region sets.
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Originally Posted by Stormer999
Might be HD DVD they are playable on all region sets.
Good point.

Though, are they still around?? I didn't think they (the discs) were being made anymore in which case that's even more of a reason to leave it behind. Bit of an ass if you already own a load of HD DVD discs though.
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look on dvdhacks.com for a code to unlock it
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Many thanks for all the replies.
I had read somewhere that the dvd players in NZ are all multi region so thought I would check before deciding what to do.
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Our UK DVD player doesn't appear on the list of free hacking codes (probably too old!) so we just went to Harvey Norman and bought a cheap NZ one. The guy then sent us receipt in hand, to a local electrical shop which unlocked it for free, apparently they could claim the money back from Panasonic. You should be able to do the same.
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Originally Posted by ncundy
Many thanks for all the replies.
I had read somewhere that the dvd players in NZ are all multi region so thought I would check before deciding what to do.
It's very rare to find one which isn't region free. However, by 'region free' what that may mean in practice is that you buy the DVD player and get an unlock code with it (rather than necessarily being unlocked already if that makes sense). If they aren't it's very very easy to simply get the unlock code. Stuffed if I can remember why but I think it's something to do with anticompetitive practices or something.
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