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Posted by Toby Newman on 02/11/06 08:49
On 2006-02-11, Biz <spamoff@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> "Toby Newman" <google@asktoby.com> wrote in message
> news:slrnduq5hk.ci9.google@ID-171443.user.uni-berlin.de...
>> I recently bought two DVD players from Amazon ('Daytek DVD-868V80S
>> Multi Region DVD Player with DIVX Playback').
>>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009V9ACO/203-5995136-1202317?%5Fencoding=UTF8
>>
>> They're plainly advertised as being region free, but putting a region 4
>> disc in today greeted me with a "WRONG REGION" error!
>>
>> Do I have to enter a special code to enable the region-free? Does anyone
>> have any idea where I can find the special code? The DVD player is not
>> listed on http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks
>>
>> If you have any clue that can help me get to the bottom of this, please
>> reply!
>>
>
> Where exactly does it say region free? The only thing I can see is
> multi-region, which could mean only 2 regions, but which 2 could be
> the
> question. If you look closely it says its compatible with
> multi-region
> disks, so maybe thats how they are claiming its a multi-region player.
> Contact Daytek tech support....or quit buying cheap crap and stick
> with
> known name brands....
>
> ;)
>
Well, to be fair, Amazon use the phrase 'Multi Region' all over their
site to denote region free DVD players.
I honestly expected 'cheap crap' to be more compatible (why the hell
would, say, sony want you to play their discs in the wrong region or
watch divXs of their films?)
Get a name-brand, you say? I was under the impression that Daytek was
part of Daewoo, but perhaps I was wrong.
There is a *Philips* DVD player that is also described as 'Multi Region'
and has the region unlocking information linked on it's page:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00096J3HG/ref=br_lf_li_1_2/203-5995136-1202317
I'll see if I can get Amazon to do a swap.
It's such a shame to have to send this DVD player back... especially
since I bought two of them, I no longer have the boxes, and I really
need a region free player.
--
-Toby, who...
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