i bought a region 1 dvd off the net as the film doesnt appear to be availible in the uk,
is there a way to play it on an english dvd player or copy the disc to region 3?

i know i can change the region on my laptop but you can only do that a few times.

any help is apprecciated

 

Do you mean region 2, as that is what we use in the UK.

Make and model of your dvd player please matey?

Big-Dan.

 

yep, thats what i mean, lol

dvd player is an old shitter


phillips dvp 3005/05

 

To change code go to 'Preference Settings' in your system menu, then just type in the numbers 1, 3, 5, 5, 6, 6, select region 0 and press 'OK'.

Give that a quick try and let me know

Big-Dan.

 

Dan im looking for the remote, give us a bit and ill let you know

 

you are a fucking legend mate,
an absolute star!

thanks ever so much

 

Haha, no problem mate.

Big-Dan.

 

Also, for future reference when it comes to computers and DVD region codes...

DVD drives on computers are also locked to region, and only have a limited amount of times you can change that region

But a program called "AnyDVD" will override this region lock and allow you to use discs locked to other regions. It runs as a background process.

Added to that, DVDShrink, which is a DVD reauthoring tool, and completely legal, will allow you to re-author any DVD and the output DVD will be region free. However, you will still need AnyDVD running in the background if you want to reauthor a DVD that is of a different region to that of your DVD drive.

I bought a copy of Terminator 2 that is region 1, and my DVD player is Region 2 locked, so I used AnyDVD to bypass my DVD drive's region lock in the computer, then reauthored the DVD to a region free version so I can play it. Perfectly legal as I own the source disc

 

good info there thrush,
you may need to talk me through that abit better though so i may give you a tinkle at some point.