Posted by Gene E. Bloch on 10/09/06 23:47

On 10/09/2006, Edward posted this:
> On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:32:59 -0700, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>
>> On 10/07/2006, Edward posted this:
>>> 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

[...]

>> First you need to know that Regions and NTSC vs PAL are two unrelated
>> things.

[...]

> Yes, thanks; I do understand PAL and NTSC. The reason I was looking for a
> region free DVD player is because they seem to be advertised as capable of
> playing PAL DVDs in NTSC countries.
> As far as I know there are no single region NTSC&PAL players out there.
> Even if they did exist I don't want one; since I'll be spending money on
> the thing, I might as well go for the gold and get a fully capable region
> free dual standard unit.
> Hopefully that makes sense that was typed very quickly.

Not the first time I told someone something they already knew :-)

However, I couldn't tell that you did know, so it was worth the gamble
- besides there is always a possibility that someone else might benefit
from my wisdom, such as it is.

Often, some of the cheaper players found at Target or Walmart can play
both formats and are - or can be easily hacked to be - region free.

I forget which ones, but you can often track it down on
www.videohelp.com. Of course, there's a good chance some other news
freak will post a good link or name soon in this thread.

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Gene E. Bloch (Gino)
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