Post by Sílený Jízda on Dec 24, 2007 18:04:19 GMT -6
While not a movie or dvd review it does concern dvd's in general. That is the ability to play back a movie that is in another format such as PAL or region encoded to a different region other than 1. First thing first, Region encoding divides the world up into 9 regions with 0 being Region Free as is commonly called. In our situation we live in the United States which is Region Coded as 1. You can see the region code of your dvd's on the back side of the box generally with the credits. It usually looks like a world globe with a number on it. Second, the type of encoding can also be NTSC, used here in the United States, or PAL which is used just about anywhere else.
Our problem was that the wife picked up a bunch of dvd's while we were in the Czech Republic. The biggest problem was that we had no dvd player capable of playing them on our television. I thought initially I would remove the encoding and re-burn the dvd in a format we could watch. After several attempts I found it wasn't possible with what we had. Our neighbor even tried to no avail and we even initially thought he was successful. however,we quickly discovered he had a region free, NTSC/PAL DVD player. That got me thinking and looking.
I found that many of the sites that sold these types of players online all had something in common. They were all the same dvd players, same models, and similar manufacturers. While I was looking I also found a site that gave directions on how to do this to an American dvd player for no charge. They even give other additional advice and whether one works well or not. Using that information and the reviews from several other websites I found that stores like Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy and K-Mart sell usable, code able dvd players. As such we went out tonight and purchased a $40 Philips DVP-3960 and followed the instructions to remove the region coding. It worked flawlessly and now we have a dvd player in which to view the European dvd's we purchased on our vacation.
I thought some here would be interested in the how to's of thsi thing. Here are some links of interest.
DVD code removal.
DVD Players
Our problem was that the wife picked up a bunch of dvd's while we were in the Czech Republic. The biggest problem was that we had no dvd player capable of playing them on our television. I thought initially I would remove the encoding and re-burn the dvd in a format we could watch. After several attempts I found it wasn't possible with what we had. Our neighbor even tried to no avail and we even initially thought he was successful. however,we quickly discovered he had a region free, NTSC/PAL DVD player. That got me thinking and looking.
I found that many of the sites that sold these types of players online all had something in common. They were all the same dvd players, same models, and similar manufacturers. While I was looking I also found a site that gave directions on how to do this to an American dvd player for no charge. They even give other additional advice and whether one works well or not. Using that information and the reviews from several other websites I found that stores like Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy and K-Mart sell usable, code able dvd players. As such we went out tonight and purchased a $40 Philips DVP-3960 and followed the instructions to remove the region coding. It worked flawlessly and now we have a dvd player in which to view the European dvd's we purchased on our vacation.
I thought some here would be interested in the how to's of thsi thing. Here are some links of interest.
DVD code removal.
DVD Players