Posted by Edward on 10/11/06 12:04

kaboom wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:45:36 -0400, Edward <edward.nuxters@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 17:50:15 -0400, kaboom wrote:
>
> >> **If you are asking about the Philips DVP5960, it's neither. It's R1
> >> but the region can be changed with a very easy hack done with a few
> >> presses of the remote.
> >>
> >> http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks.php?select=Philips+DVP+5960
> >>
> >> You can search the above site for more examples of DVD players that
> >> can be region-hacked. I have a Philips DVP642, a Magnavox MDV458 and
> >> MDV460. All of them very decently priced and, with all of them, I
> >> changed the region with the remote. Now I can play my European PAL R2
> >> DVDs as well as my Japanese NTSC R2 DVDs. As a personal aside, I
> >> prefer the picture from the Magnavox more than the Philips. However, I
> >> read that the 5XXX series of Philips have different chipsets so
> >> perhaps their performance is improved.
> >>
> >> kaboomie
> >
> >
> >that's the one I'll probably go with.
> >How hard is it ti "hack" this unit?
> >the DVP5960 I mean.
>
> **The URL has the instructions, it's VERY easy. For instance, on my
> Philips, you just turn it on, open the tray, press in the sequence 7,
> 8, 9, ok, 0 (zero) and it was hacked (the zero being your region
> choice). The hack for the DVP5960 is actually a bit more involved but
> still easy, in fact, it's almost exactly what I had to do to hack my
> Magnavox. All of the players convert PAL to NTSC on the fly right out
> of the box so you should be able to immediately play any all-region,
> Region 0 and burned PAL DVDs without hacking it. I can switch back and
> forth between NTSC and PAL and different region discs with no
> problems, you don't have to do anything to your player or TV.
>
> kaboomie

So if I'm smart enough to get a masters degree I should be able to do
it.
Yeah, I'm getting the philips.

Thanks everyone!

Now I can order Euro porn DVDs!
and a British show called "Spooks"

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