Posted by John Howells on 07/15/06 18:29

"tsr3" <r3-rrr@earthlink.net> wrote

> If this has been addressed before, I apologize for this duplicate
> posting.
>
> I've got a Sony region 1 DVD player. Recently I purchased a DVD
> Tampopo--upon receiving, I discovered that the
> DVD is region 2/NTSC--figured that it won't work on my player, but
> decided to try it anyway.
>
> Much to my delight, my region 1 DVD player plays this region 2/NTSC
> movie just fine.
>
> I bought the DVD player new from Best Buy several years ago, and I have
> never tried to override the region setting on the machine (wouldn't
> have a clue as to where to begin anyway)
>
> I'm can't figure out why this region 2 disc would work in my DVD
> player. I don't believe the disc is a pirated copy.
>
> Any ideas?

Are you sure the disk is R2 only? For example, many Warner catalogue titles
released in the US say "R1" on the box, but the disk itself says all of R1,
R2, R3 and R4 are OK.

John Howells

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