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Decent upscaling multi region (or crackable) DVD player suggestions?

vyle
vyle Posts: 2,379 Forumite
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My LG dvd recorder has finally reached a point where it just doesn't like playing DVDs at all and just makes lots of funny noises. It's done well after 7 years and it's time for a new dvd player for my bedroom. Sadly, where I work, the samsung and sony upscalers are pretty much uncrackable, so if anybody knows of a decent one that fits my requirements, i'd be grateful for the info.

I'm talking simple push button codes, not firmware cracks because they're not worth the hassle.

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  • supermonkey
    supermonkey Posts: 759 Forumite
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    take a look here, interesting comments on rules for region coding

    http://forum.blu-ray.com/blu-ray-technology-news/11727-if-ps3-region-free.html
  • Richie-from-the-Boro
    Richie-from-the-Boro Posts: 6,945 Forumite
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    vyle wrote: »
    My LG dvd recorder has finally reached a point where it just doesn't like playing DVDs at all and just makes lots of funny noises. It's done well after 7 years and it's time for a new dvd player for my bedroom. Sadly, where I work, the samsung and sony upscalers are pretty much uncrackable, so if anybody knows of a decent one that fits my requirements, i'd be grateful for the info.

    I'm talking simple push button codes, not firmware cracks because they're not worth the hassle.

    - Put them all on an old hard drive and watch them non stop without changing a disk in HD 1080 for £25

    - Or buy a little flash drive and ditto for a few at a time

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?&q=Sumvision+Cyclone
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  • vyle
    vyle Posts: 2,379 Forumite
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    Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »
    - Put them all on an old hard drive and watch them non stop without changing a disk in HD 1080 for £25

    - Or buy a little flash drive and ditto for a few at a time

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?&q=Sumvision+Cyclone

    Interesting device, but the only problem I'd have is that my comp's dvd drive has locked to region 2 now. The only method I have of watching my R1 DVDs is through my now dead LG dvd recorder :(.

    Unless there's a way to rip the ISO without the dvd drive/software detecting the region?
  • adouglasmhor
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    vyle wrote: »
    Interesting device, but the only problem I'd have is that my comp's dvd drive has locked to region 2 now. The only method I have of watching my R1 DVDs is through my now dead LG dvd recorder :(.

    Unless there's a way to rip the ISO without the dvd drive/software detecting the region?


    You must be able to unlock that?
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  • vyle
    vyle Posts: 2,379 Forumite
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    adouglasmhor wrote: »
    You must be able to unlock that?

    I've always been too paranoid to mess around with firmware.
  • Richie-from-the-Boro
    Richie-from-the-Boro Posts: 6,945 Forumite
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    http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/shopping/dvd-unlock
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