Sarah

Hiya
Me and the ball and chain have just come back from trying to buy a multi-region DVD player as I have a few DVDs from home I'd like to be able to watch over here. There was nothing in any of the usual stores we went to until finally we went in best buy and were told that multi-region DVD players aren't available in this country. What the hell!? Is this true? Anybody in the know about this one?

Bob

there are plenty that are easy to hack with the remote, search through the forum, there's a cheap $30 cyberhome jobby that's easy to do...

Bob

some places to get players and info:

http://www.hivizone.com/ get 10% discount for life if you buy a player from them...but there HK based...

http://www.geocities.com/code_free_dvd_players/ if you don't want the hassle of hacking your own players

http://www.dvdhacks.co.uk/hacksearch.asp a place to search for hacks if you already have a player...

Steffi

Follow this thread: http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=266335 and buy the CyberHome 300...I bought it and a coworker of mine bought it and it works great once you tweak the code.

I only have 2 UK DVDs (Spaced Series I and Spaced Series II), and they occassionally do this tiny skip-like thing, but I will make that small insignificant sacrifice to watch my beloved shows.

Just Jenney

Check out this thread:

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...can+DVD+player

~ Jenney

Big D

they are not officially available use the cyberhome link -i have 2 of these - most americans don't know what you are talking about with regions as they have no use for them!

stedler

if you know any one here in the states with access to the military exchange stores, they have a wide variety of multi-region or no region dvd players.

I just bought my wife, who is an air force reservist stationed away from home,
a jWIN JD-VD750 dvd player/home theatre system from the Air Force Exchange for $150.00, it plays back both ntsc and pal formats.

If you don't know any body with access to the Military Exchange, you can try
www.romeohifi.com they seem to have a wide range of region free dvd players available.

Good Luck
Max Parker

dbj1000

We have just purchased what I think is the all-time greatest (cheap) multi-region DVD player... from Amazon... for $65.

The Philips DVP642 can be "hacked" to play multi-region DVDs by simply typing a three-digit code into the remote control.

But it does much, much more than just that!

It also plays just about every video, audio and picture standard ever thought of, including VideoCD, SuperVideoCD, .avi, .mpg, MP3 Audio, MPEG-4 video, DivX 3.11/4.x/5.x, Kodac PhotoCD, Jpeg files burned direct onto a CD and about 10 other standards.

Oh, it also has a built-in converter to convert PAL vido to NTSC for display on US televisions.

And did I mention progressive-scan, component video out, s-video out zoom-on-DVD etc.?

And to top it all, it looks good. Super-thin, silver, with an LCD screen that changes to reflective silver when it's not in use.

Check it out here:

Philips DVP642 on Amazon

Bob

Now that's awesome....especially if it did xVid as well
It mentions only converting video signal only on VCD...so you tried it with dvd's?

UJ_99

It can also be bought for around $69 from Target - I just ordered a bunch of Region 2 DVDs from Amazon, and as soon as they arrive, I'll be getting one of these DVD players!

From what I've read it will play Xvid files, but file may need re-coding first.

Desdemona

I bought a real cheapy for $30 at a six hour Thanksgiving sale. Customer service at Coby walked me through the steps to convert it to a multi-region player and it works just great with all the PAL DVD's I've got from Amazon UK
I saw the DVD 224 at the same store for $40 the other day. Check it out:
http://www.cobyusa.com/product/prod_...cat=dvd_player

Bob

Thought of being able to play divx and xvid movies is pretty cool though...
the coby 626...now any one hacked that one?

Desdemona

No need to hack, Bob. Just call tech support and the guy will just walk you through. The number is on the website.

Bob

even the 626?
I just rather like the idea of being able to play divx and xvi movies, problem is though getting a few that are ogm these days, ogg vorbis is great for dual audio and subs, but don't know how or if they'll play on these players...would be nice though

Bob

Oh just a thought, how good is the macro? that get hacked with the region code? be a bugger to not be able to record dvd's to vhs for a couple of people.