Posted by Biz on 01/02/06 02:06

If you want to play disks from outside of the US/Canada, you will need a
region-free player and it must also do teh PAL to NTSC conversion for you as
well. Chances are very good that combo can do neither. Have a look a
www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers to see if there are ways to make your combo do
it...


"David Mills" <hikerdavid@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:MbOdnQXOzckF8CXenZ2dnUVZ_tGdnZ2d@comcast.com...
> Hello
>
> I own a Panasonic combo DVD/VCR Model no. PV-D4734S.
>
> Last summer I was in Switzerland and purchased a dvd. To my chagrin I
have
> since discoverd that my dvd player only plays dvd's purchased in the USA
and
> Canada. Further research reveals this is region 2 and that all dvds are
> coded to only play certain regions..well most are anyway.
>
> Question is..is there any way I can get my DVD player to play dvd's from
> other regions like Europe? Do I need to simply buy a new one over the net
> that is region free or is there any where I could send my machine to get
it
> decoded? I want it to play DVD's from anywhere, not just the US.
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> David
>
>

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