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Posted by Electric Frog on 11/02/05 02:27
"Major ChrisB" <cgbrannigan-remove-@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> "Electric Frog" <BounceDave2702@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > "Major ChrisB" <cgbrannigan-remove-@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> >> Ok so I know that I've never bought a single region 1 disk that hasn't
> >> worked here in the UK. Is the opposite true? I was going to send
Extras
> > to
> >> someone in the states, e-mailed sendit to ask how much postage would be
> > and
> >> they replied pretty much saying it wont work.
> >>
> >> Anyone any idea? Surely dvd players in the states will be multi-region
> > like
> >> most players here are.
> >>
> >
> > Multi-region DVD players are available but the fact is seldom publicized
> > (due to the proximity of Hollywood Types). I have the Phillips which is
> > multi-region but you wouldn't know it from the packaging. Similarly many
> > of
> > the Chinese players are hackable but don't bother asking at Best Buy as
> > they're not aware of region coding.
> >
> > Similarly many of the TV's can handle PAL but once again it's just not
an
> > advertised feature, my Samsung does but once again not a word of it in
the
> > manual
> >
> > Unfortunately your friends penchance for having the best of everything
> > might
> > do him in as it's my experience that the economy models tend to be the
> > multi-format things
>
> yeah I'm hoping he never got his dvd player packaged with his sony high
Def
> TV and Sony Tivo box
>
> fuck this could be a big waste of 30
>
I had a similar problem with a Dr Who loving friend, I just decided it was
just as easy to give them a really cheap multi region player too
http://tinyurl.com/5pwlc
Which I believe is really really cheap in GBP. I have one for one of my
portables
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