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corduroy_blazer · **Posted:** Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:53 pm

can someone explain this to me? i rented a movie the other night and the dvd wouldn't work on either my dvd player or my playstation 2. rented another, worked fine. the guy at the movie place said it had to do with regions. i kinda just played along and acted like i knew what he meant.

BadMusic · **Posted:** Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:54 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code

corduroy_blazer · **Posted:** Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:01 pm

thanks. weird.

Ensign9 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:11 pm

Where the heck did you rent this movie? A guy on the sidewalk?

corduroy_blazer · **Posted:** Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:49 pm

Ensign9 wrote:

Where the heck did you rent this movie? A guy on the sidewalk?

into the wild. regular ol' rental place next door.

Play C3 · **Posted:** Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:16 pm

while regional lockout would cause this exact sort of thing to happen, its unlikely that a rented dvd would be anything other than region 1. the guy at the store probably heard of it before and doesnt know exactly what hes talking about. or he knows, and assumes theres no way that you know.

or i guess it could be a different region. ive been watching too much house... i just assumed that the guy was lying.

EbolaMonkey · **Posted:** Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:20 pm

Nah, a rental place wouldn't be renting out European DVDs ... the guy just didn't know what he was talking about. Either the disc was defective or you own a Japanese DVD player and PS2.

That reminds me ... I have a never-watched season 2 Simpsons box set I'll sell you for a low price. :mrgreen:

conoalias · **Joined:** Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:20 am **Posts:** 31173

i'd say 90%-if not all DVD players are hackable to make them play all regions.

LoathedVermin72 · **Posted:** Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:15 pm

conoalias wrote:

i'd say 90%-if not all DVD players are hackable to make them play all regions.

Mine isn't.

Mercury · **Posted:** Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:19 pm

conoalias wrote:

i'd say 90%-if not all DVD players are hackable to make them play all regions.

Info on how to do this can be found where?

And I know most players allow you to switch the region, but isn't there a limit on how many times you can do this?

bart d. · **Joined:** Fri Jun 03, 2005 1:32 am **Posts:** 17563

Mercury wrote:

conoalias wrote:

i'd say 90%-if not all DVD players are hackable to make them play all regions.

Info on how to do this can be found where?

And I know most players allow you to switch the region, but isn't there a limit on how many times you can do this?

Just google your dvd player model and some variation of the word "hack."

ThumbingMyWayToNFLD · **Posted:** Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:34 pm

If I have a region-free DVD player, don't I still need to do something my TV?

bart d. · **Joined:** Fri Jun 03, 2005 1:32 am **Posts:** 17563

ThumbingMyWayToNFLD wrote:

If I have a region-free DVD player, don't I still need to do something my TV?

Depends. If the player converts Pal to NTSC and vice versa, that's all you should need.

ThumbingMyWayToNFLD · **Posted:** Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:52 pm

bart d. wrote:

ThumbingMyWayToNFLD wrote:

If I have a region-free DVD player, don't I still need to do something my TV?

Depends. If the player converts Pal to NTSC and vice versa, that's all you should need.

I have a 5 or 6 year old Sony Vega (CRT, Flatscreen). I dont know where the manual is and I have no idea how where to find out if it converts.

regarding dvds, the topic of regions

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