Posted by Owen on 01/02/06 11:45

"watty" <watson.d@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Owen" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
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>> Just been looking around for a decent multi-region player on the
>> high-street. Nobody seems to sell them any more. Argos? Nope.
> Bennetts?
>> Nope. Dixons? Nope.
>>
>> On the web, Amazon.co.uk sells a few (poor selection) but play.com turns
> up
>> nothing.
>>
>> What happened?
>>
>> Owen
>
> I picked up a multi-region player from Dixons yesterday for a relative.
>
> Matsui for �25. Haven't tried any R1 disks as the player isn't mine but it
> says in the shops that its multi-region.
>

Yep, actually I did see the Matsui on the dixons website - looked a bit shit
to be honest, so I passed on it.

Funny though because 3 years ago I'm sure there were loads of 'em, in fact
it was a big selling point. Whereas today it seems almost taboo.

Owen

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