Posted by dgates on 10/08/06 07:44

On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 01:40:35 -0400, Edward <edward.nuxters@gmail.com>
wrote:

>I had realitives come over France (I'm in the US) and something
>unexpected happened: They have three home movie DVD-RWs they wanted to
>play on my TV of their daughter's wedding. I don't speak French so I
>couldn't very well convey the differences in NTSC and PAL. My father
>tried, but he doesn't really understand it either, so it was hard for homt
>o tell him in French without knowing the words to certain things.
>Anyway, I managed to make copies of the DVD no problem and make second
>copies in NTSC format by importing the VOB files into Nero and buring them
>to DVD. It worked out pretty well - obviously some quality loss but not
>much.
>SO here I am.
>I was thinking abotu getting a region free DVD player so when they happens
>again in a year I'll be ready.
>Are there any disadvantages to getting a region free DVD player? WIll
>certain DVDs simply not play?


I like having a region-free player (one that can also do a couple
other tricks, under $100). But I also want to have a "real" player.

From what I've seen, the "real" players -- say, a Sony -- will have
nicer remote controls and nicer interfaces.

The region-free players, and other players that do things Hollywood
wouldn't want you doing, seem a little more... "hacky?" Some funny
oddities on the remote control maybe, or some less appealing displays
in the menus, etc.

Right now, I'm pretty darn happy with my Philips DVP5960 (HDMI, 1080i
Upscaling, DivX Ultra, USB direct, and easily made region-free with a
few clicks of the remote control).

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