Posted by CheggersPop on 05/18/07 20:10

FoggyTown presented the following explanation :
> Greetings to the Group!
>
> Perhaps someone in here can answer a technical question for me. I'm
> finally going to break down and buy a cheap-ish DVD player to hook up
> to the TV. I will want to play commercial DVDs and also ones that I
> make myself frim handycam videos. (This is in the UK>)
>
> The question: is there any difference between players that are
> specced as "multi-regional" and those that are "region-free"? Also,
> I've been reading some buyer reviews and there seem to be instances
> where some players can accommodate other regions but certain
> combinations of numbers have to be hit on the remote - but it's
> explained almost like it's arcane knowledge that wasn't advised in the
> usuer manual.
>
> Many thanx,
>
> FoggyTown

"multi-regional" = plays all the set regions

"region-free" = plays all regions and also region 0, which is the
region-free aspect.

Basically, m-r will play most, however r-f will play all (I think)!!!

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