DaveEscos

Just bought this for the bedroom.. nothing too fancy

http://www.empiredirect.co.uk/conten...~Panasonic.htm


Will it only play UK region DVD's? what are we? region 2???




cheers

Dave


also, who's best for DVD's.. OTHER than play...

Mike C

iTrader: (1)

it states pal, so looks like it will only play region 2 (pal) DVD's

Zetec Andy

Im sure if you do a search around the interweb you will find some unlock codes to make it multi region

DaveEscos

ooooh, tell me more mr manc!

Mike C

iTrader: (1)

ditto, how could I do that on my region 2 Toshiba player?

how do I hook it up etc and where do I go?

Zetec Andy

Just looked mate, no hacks out for that at the moment

philc

Dave/ Mike once you know the model number of the dvd player just google a search for multi region, just a case of inputing a key sequence on the remote to access hidden menus. They can all be unlocked

That code is for the entire home theatre not the dvd player its self.

TIFF

Dave

Take a look here

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks

Zetec Andy

I did lastnight, no hacks at the moment

DanRSturbo

No multi-region hack's yet, It also doesn't appear to play DVD-RW disc's, and no mention of VCD's.

Which, my pedigree chum, means no porn unless you buy it

And, until you get the hack, no region 1 dvd's from www.playusa.com

I'm sure it sounds nice tho

Could of got this, and a seperate sound system for it

http://www.blankdiscshop.co.uk/acatalog/dvdplayer.html

SPADGE

If i record a programme on my Philips dvd recorder and then try and play it on my Pioneer one in the bedroom it plays it but it shrinks the screen Is this something to do with this region thing?

DanRSturbo

No spadge

DVD Region Code Designations

The DVD world is divided into six major geographical regions, with two additional regions reserved for specialized use.

To keep it simple, this means that DVD players and DVDs are labeled for operation on within a specific geographical region in the world. For example, the U.S. is in region 1. This means that all DVD players sold in the U.S. are made to region 1 specifications. As a result, region 1 players can only play region 1 discs. That's right, the DVDs themselves are encoded for a specific region. On the back of each DVD package, you will a find a region number (1 thru 6).

The geographical regions are as follows:

REGION 1 -- USA, Canada
REGION 2 -- Japan, Europe, South Africa, Middle East, Greenland
REGION 3 -- S.Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Parts of South East Asia
REGION 4 -- Australia, New Zealand, Latin America (including Mexico)
REGION 5 -- Eastern Europe, Russia, India, Africa
REGION 6 -- China
REGION 7 -- Reserved for Unspecified Special Use
REGION 8 -- Resevered for Cruise Ships, Airlines, etc...
REGION 0 or REGION ALL -- Discs are uncoded and can be played Worldwide, however, PAL discs must be played in a PAL-compatible unit and NTSC discs must be played in an NTSC-compatible unit.

Your recorder probably has some settings on it, to record it in fullscreen widescreen etc, etc.