Reply to: Question for the Experts: Where to buy a multi region dvd player

[Harrysp]

Bluray schmurray it has to be HD-DVD surely

or does it LOL

[Diestl]

Wait a few months and get a HDDVD or PS3 with bluray.

[expat]

well so far so good, set the dvd player to region 0 and the disney dvd plays on there

expat, your solution would cost twice as much

you've been working on NHS type projects too long !!

Milan.

Milan, the expenditure is not necessarily finished yet.

And, I wish.

[Flubster]

Can't you just use P2P like everyone else for your 'Disney' fix...?

[milanbenes]

well so far so good, set the dvd player to region 0 and the disney dvd plays on there

expat, your solution would cost twice as much

you've been working on NHS type projects too long !!

Milan.

[expat]

Just so that I can be unhelpful too

That's what Sony do... what you need is one that can set to region 0

Some DVDs will not play on "region-free" players. Instead of just checking that it's not the wrong region, they check that it's the right region.

Commonest perpetrators of this are Disney DVDs; don't know if that will bother you.

In reality, you only need 2 regions, don't you? So 2 players would be a trouble-free guaranteed solution integrating a partial backup facility.

[AtW]

Milan asks this DVD question every year.

[milanbenes]

morning all

got it

a cheapy 50 euro dvd player at the weekend, plays
every format,

and from a google search managed to find the instructions
to enable multi-region functionality

sorteeeeeeed

Milan.

[cojak]

Not yet but I did get a call from the Cat Licensing Man,

Hope your wireless setup is secure then*. You need a licence to view streaming off the BBC websites, apparently...

*They probably haven't thought of this one yet, tho...

[The Lone Gunman]

Buy a PS2 console and a region X decoder disc.

[milanbenes]

thanks everybody,

have a philips at the moment problem is when I put dvd in it says NO DISC !

Milan.

[Ardesco]

Don't you mean Scam....

When I was working for Sony they bought 2 brand new servers off Scan. The machines arrived the next day with another companies labels stuck on them and they still had data on them. It would appear the other company had got them, not liked them and sent them back and then Scan sent them out to Sony without wiping them, or removing identifying marks.

Then to add insult to injury they tried to refuse to take them back after Sony told them where they could stick thier second hand servers. Definetly a company to avoid IMHO.

[BoredBloke]

Scan have a few

[AlfredJPruffock]

I expect the TV licensing man is always pestering you!

Not yet but I did get a call from the Cat Licensing Man, I saw the Cat detector van round the corner, funny thing is I dont have a cat either.

Thank goodness !

[Troll]

Be careful, some advertised multi-region DVD players will limit the number of times you can change region. A cheaper option would be to buy two or thee cheap DVD players set to a different region.

That's what Sony do... what you need is one that can set to region 0