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maggieuc
08-20-2008, 07:42 AM
Does anyone know of (and or own) an inexpensive region-free dvd player? I've been looking through reviews online, and the only ones I can find that work well seem to be at least $300. I've been dying to get some BBC dvds (like Sparkhouse)! Thanks in advance for your help!!!!!!
Fenika
08-20-2008, 07:50 AM
Some DVD players let you enter a secret code (that can be found by googling that model and the required key terms) to change regions. As long as its unlimited, it is only an annoyance to change...

PS- I once owned a cheap DVD player that DIDN'T let me change regions... then I learned the 'secret' or the 'hack'... so they do xist
maggieuc
08-20-2008, 08:00 AM
Yeah I do know that...but the bad news is that my dog ate my dvd remote (literally) so now I'm pretty sure that my replacement remote won't be able to enter the code correctly. So I figured I'd start from scratch with a region free player :)
maestrowork
08-20-2008, 05:58 PM
I don't know about region free but there was one that plays both NTSC and PAL -- and since PAL discs are not Region 1 I suppose it's region free? It's $95. I don't remember the make or model, though. Google it.
Maryn
08-20-2008, 06:42 PM
I have an Aiwa (is that how it's spelled?) region-free DVD player that cost me $125 about five years ago. Never had any problems with it, never had it serviced or cleaned.

My video store's owner travels a lot, and he brings home movies released in Europe or India but not yet available in the US whenever he's away. So I watch stuff in the US before you can. This confuses me.

Maryn, urging you to avoid GO Video machines
maggieuc
08-20-2008, 07:31 PM
Thanks Maryn I'll got to the aiwa website and check it out! Did you have to hack into it, or did it just automatically play other region dvds? If anyone else has one they love let me know!!!
DeeCaudill
08-20-2008, 07:43 PM
You might also see if your computer can handle other region DVDs.
maestrowork
08-20-2008, 07:50 PM
You might also see if your computer can handle other region DVDs.

Many computer DVD players allow you to switch region codes (but not region free), but only 5 times (and then it becomes permanent).
maggieuc
08-20-2008, 08:03 PM
Many computer DVD players allow you to switch region codes (but not region free), but only 5 times (and then it becomes permanent).
Yikes! I think I'll stick with a dvd player I can plug into my tv. I checked amazon.com for an aiwa player, but they only had a portable one for sale...so anymore recommendations?
maestrowork
08-20-2008, 08:13 PM
http://www.regioncodefreedvd.com/


I believe the Toshiba was the one I was talking about. $99. Works well (as far as I know).
maggieuc
08-20-2008, 08:17 PM
Sweet! Thanks Maestro!!!
IdiotsRUs
08-20-2008, 08:24 PM
I've got an Alba player / recorder. It cost about fifty pounds ( about 90 doallars) and it plays anything.
maggieuc
08-20-2008, 08:28 PM
I've got an Alba player / recorder. It cost about fifty pounds ( about 90 doallars) and it plays anything.
Great :) I'll look into Alba too! I knew AWers would know the answer!
Maryn
08-20-2008, 08:38 PM
Thanks Maryn I'll got to the aiwa website and check it out! Did you have to hack into it, or did it just automatically play other region dvds? If anyone else has one they love let me know!!!No hacking required. It would have been beyond me.

Maryn, who could manage, at most, a hacking cough
seun
08-21-2008, 12:23 AM
I did hear hacking a DVD region is illegal so tread carefully. I know a friend of a friend of a friend of a bloke he sat next to on a bus once who knew a man who went on holiday with another guy and that guy said he spoke to to a man in a pub who hacked his player simply by googling the make, model and hack region and pressing the required buttons on the remote.


Since then, my dvd player plays films from all around the world. Which is nice.
maestrowork
08-21-2008, 01:03 AM
Since then, my dvd player plays films from all around the world. Which is nice.

Notified the Scotland Yard.
seun
08-21-2008, 09:32 PM
Notified the Scotland Yard.

They're busy getting the welcoming party ready for Gary Glitter.
WriteKnight
08-21-2008, 09:38 PM
They're busy getting the welcoming party ready for Gary Glitter.


BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Made my morning!
maestrowork
08-21-2008, 11:42 PM
They're busy getting the welcoming party ready for Gary Glitter.

I had no idea who he was until I googled him. Now I need a toxic shower. Ick.
seun
08-22-2008, 01:12 PM
I had no idea who he was until I googled him. Now I need a toxic shower. Ick.

Do you want to be in my gang...little girl?
maestrowork
08-22-2008, 05:36 PM
Do you want to be in my gang...little girl?

You don't have any hair. So, no.
Scribhneoir
08-23-2008, 10:51 AM
Does anyone know of (and or own) an inexpensive region-free dvd player?

I've got two -- the cheap one is a Cyberhome 300. I won it as a door prize a few years ago, so I don't know if it's still available, but at the time it retailed for about $30-40. Best of all, it plays anything you put in it. It can handle all regions, PAL-NTSC conversion, all flavors of home-made DVDs, MP3 DVDs, and anything else you can think of. It's the most robust of my all my DVD players, yet is certainly the lowest end product price-wise.