Region Free DVD Players [Archive]

Bluto11

19 Dec 2005, 10:01 PM

anyone got any recommendations for region free DVD players?

edit: Philips DVP-642, I've been told this one will play DVDs from the US and the UK. However, I can read the specs on CompUSA.com and it doesn't say if it does, it just says it can play anything.

amerifolklegend

19 Dec 2005, 10:13 PM

Go to store.

Pick out DVD player you like.

Write down the make and model.

Come home.

Look it up on this (http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks.php?dvdplayer=Philips+DVD+724&listall=List+All+Alphabetical) site.

If it's on there, go back to the store and buy it.

If it's not, go back to store and find another one you like.

Bluto11

19 Dec 2005, 10:27 PM

is there any way to do it without the hacks?

it's for a friend who wants to get one for someone else, so the less stuff one has to do the better.

Foosinho

20 Dec 2005, 08:42 AM

Now, I *haven't* tried out the region-free aspect of my DVP-642, but it *has* played everything I've stuck in it. PAL, NTSC, DiVX/XViD - everything.

Bluto11

20 Dec 2005, 09:42 AM

Now, I *haven't* tried out the region-free aspect of my DVP-642, but it *has* played everything I've stuck in it. PAL, NTSC, DiVX/XViD - everything.
so, if one were to get a DVD shipped from the UK that doesn't play in regular US DVD players it would play in the DVP-642?

Foosinho

20 Dec 2005, 10:29 AM

My *guess* would be yes, but I've never actually tried that myself.

Actually, just found this (http://forums.divx.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/531101651/m/282100122/r/953100122) which indicates that it should be pretty easy to make it officially region-free.

Chicago1871

20 Dec 2005, 11:16 AM

My *guess* would be yes, but I've never actually tried that myself.

Actually, just found this (http://forums.divx.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/531101651/m/282100122/r/953100122) which indicates that it should be pretty easy to make it officially region-free.
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speedcake

21 Dec 2005, 11:03 AM

It isn't possible to buy non-region free DVD players here in Norway anymore. If you do get one, you just take it back to the store and ask them to "fix" it.

Eazy fo cheezy.

Is it a big deal to find one in stores back home?