Posted by jayembee on 12/23/06 00:33

"SoHillsGuy" <jerrygref@comcast.net> wrote:

> I think your easiest solution is to merely get a multi-region
> player, or at least one easily hackable to be so.
>
> If you can still find one, grab a Philips 642 DVD player. (Maybe
> there's a newer equivalent.)

There is, but I can never remember the model number. Near as I can
tell, the most notable improvement is that it can play DivX files
with the ",divx" extension. I figure it's cheaper to just rename
such files to ".avi". :-)

> You can find the easy-step process to make it handle R2 discs
> in a few easy pushes of the buttons on the remote.

And you can find that process at http://www.videohelp.com.

However, I'm unclear on exactly what the problem is. Is the O.P.'s
player one that he picked up here after moving back, or brought
back with him from the UK? If the former, OK. If the latter, he
wouldn't be able to play any converted DVDs anyway. And it wouldn't
be able to display them on an NTSC TV anyway (unless it has a
built-in converter).

-- jayembee

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