Posted by Mike S. on 04/24/06 17:41

In article <1145892680.877586.274750@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
unclejr <watsona@kenyon.edu> wrote:
>Kimba W. Lion wrote:
>> That's a lot cheaper at Amazon
>
>There's even a cheaper solution than that... Buy the Philips DVP642/37
>from Wal-Mart:
>
><http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=2598455>
>
>They are apparently out of stock online, buy my local store has about a
>dozen of them. They not only come Macrovision-disabled out of the box,
>but they can be hacked (with the remote control) to be region-free, as
>well:
>
><http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks.php?select=Philips+DVP+642>

You would have to downgrade the firmware to disable Macrovision. Current
stock is shipping with the 1223 firmware, and Macrovision was enabled in
the rev _before_ that one.

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