Posted by Edward on 10/09/06 02:27

On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 00:44:48 -0700, dgates wrote:

> 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).

What would you suggest for those of us who have no intention of ever going
with HDTV?

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