Posted by jayembee on 07/16/06 04:32

"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.

The disc is probably not flagged for R2-only playback, regardless of
what it might say. I've got several UK DVDs that say that they are
Region 2, but are actually Region 0. I've got at least one that
says it's Region 0, but is actually Region 2.

-- jayembee

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