DVD Unlocking/Multi-region Article Discussion

John_Laptop

bat999 wrote: »

Yup
So far we've been discussing region codes. These are put on the discs by the movie companies to restrict where and when they can be viewed.

But NTSC and PAL are something different. They are TV broadcast standards. In USA the programmes are broadcast in NTSC system, in UK they are broadcast in PAL system.
So the DVD discs are recorded in the system of the country where they are going to be used.

The difference between NTSC and PAL is technical. Different number of lines on the screen, different frame rates.

Sometimes NTSC discs will play OK on PAL equipment - sometimes they won't.
It depends on the DVD player. These days many DVD players are manufactured 'dual standard' so that they can be sold all over the world.
:cool::cool:

I have about 200-300 non region 2 disks and I have never had a problem playing them. Occasionally I notice that the picture appears to skip frames/jumps but I have got used to this. I have DVD players that are 7-8 years old.

bat999

@Laptop_John
The region of the disc does not affect the quality of the picture.
It's the standard that causes a poor result.

Jonna

Hi I just typed the make & model No of our DVD players into google Entered it then followed the links This one is for a Pacific DVD-1002 as sold by ASDA in 2003
OPEN Drawer with remote then press following keys
CLEAR, 1,3,6,9,0,
CLOSE drawer
the player should be now region free

kel4444

Hello,
I currently have a Philips DVDR3570H, but the codes I have found dont unlock it, and so I am looking for a very cheap multiregion dvd player. Any suggestions please?
Thanks v much.

squeaky

Here's a place to start

cheap multi region DVD players

CamLau

:eek: Great news I found the unlocking code for my Panasoniv DMR E85H bad news is there aren't any instructions as to what to do with it. Can anyone tell me?(politly of course).
How do I feed it into my DVD? I only have the remote control not masses of techie equipment.

Thanks to anyone who can help.

Thomas_B

Try www.dvdcodes.net They have your model.

EmehEm2005

I've downloaded DVDFab Platinum shareware as a trial for 30 days and it's worked very well so far converting a Region 1 DVD using a computer.

There's also DVD Region+CSS Free and Audio DVD Creator

Blurb from site: 'DVDFab Platinum 4.1.0.2 (Mar 4, 2008) is all-in-one DVD copying/converting/burning software. In just one or two steps, you can copy any DVD to DVDR/PSP/iPod/etc.'

The link is http://www.dvdidle.com/index.htm

Also see the review in Computeractive about AnyDVD 6.1.4.3 (Unscramble and store your DVDs) at http://www.computeractive.co.uk/vnunet/downloads/2129083/anydvd

This DVD Genie 4.10 for region free DVD drives - (http://www.inmatrix.com/genie/) was also reviewed in Computeractive (http://www.computeractive.co.uk/vnunet/downloads/2128245/dvd-genie), I've looked at the webpage and the software would appear to be free, although donations are welcome.

See also computeractive forums - http://forum.vnunet.com/thread.jspa?messageID=993042&tstart=0 and http://forum.vnunet.com/thread.jspa?threadID=95039&tstart=-1

Hope this helps

Mike

tisha82

i brought a dvd from ebay which i waited ages for delivery,then it came and i was so excited i couldent wait to watch it,when i put it in my dvd player it said wrong region so i was stuck and could not get a refund so i thought all i can do is re sell the dvd on ebay,then as i do i came on moneysaving as usual and saw about unlocking dvd codes,to my amazement it was my only way out of this situation and if i sold on ebay i would have lost money,so i searched my model and hay presto it worked,i am so happy i had to let u all no!!!!

BECKY286_2

I have a Philips DVDR3305 recorder. Does anyone have the code for me to set it to Multi-Region? Thanks