Posted by Kenny on 12/30/05 02:48

I didn't know when I replied that in US dvd players aren't multiregional out
of the box. I'm in UK and most are, most of the older ones which weren't
could easily be made so.

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Kenny Cargill

"Biz" <spamoff@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:S_%sf.40309$BZ5.21364@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...
> It depends on what part of the world you are in. In NA, most DVD players
> are not region-free from teh factory, and many cannot easily be made
> region-free if you buy any of the nicer players from the big name brand
> companies. Many players will not play PAL either, or if they will play
> PAL
> they do not convert it to NTSC, which is very important in NA since most
> all
> tvs do not support PAL, only NTSC...If you buy any of the crappy FUNAI
> based
> players, they are easily made region-free but they typically have very
> short
> lifespans, and are not really very good players, but tend to play
> everything
> you put in them...If its quantity over quality you want, then you cant
> really go wrong with the junk players...if you want the better players
> with
> outstanding PQ to say a good tv, then avoid those junk players like the
> plague...
>
> "///Owen\\\" <mo-jo@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:ecZsf.218551$Gd6.177176@pd7tw3no...
>> Are new DVD players multiregional, and do they allow PAL and NTSC
>> formats?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>
>

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