Does this mean this DVD would play on our region 2 players as well as the US ones????

 

If the drive/player is region-free then you can play DVDs from anywhere. Yes, that would include American region-1 discs and our own region-2s as well.

 

Sorry - didn't word the question right - have seen a DVD film which is "Region Free" - would this play on a bog standard European DVD player that normally plays R2 films?

 

yes

 

Thanks for that - I'll give this DVD (LOTR) a try - if it doesn't work I'll just sell it to someone in the States on Ebay!

 

Hi,

A region free DVD means that it does not have a region code on the disc, therefore it will play on any DVD player regardless of what region code the DVD player is.

 

As long as you're sure it's Region "Free" and not Region "Three"

 

LOL @ Carl's comment

 

Most region free DVDs from the net are pirates - certainly any LoTR ones will be.

Not that I'm judging, just a quality warning

Baz

Very few legite ones and never "big" films

 

Not judging anyone but am I the only person who can't see the point in pirate DVD's

I paid loads of cash for a 46" screen and DD/DTS sound system so the last thing I want is to save a fiver and watch and listen to some ify copy. Yes I know that they are on the streets before the legit DVD's but its not long to wait especially if the region 1 dates are early.

I'll admit I have tried a few but other peoples views on what is "Top Quality" seem to differ from my own.

Lee

PS.
Just to clear up.
A region free disc will play on any machine although some machines will only play genuine discs.
A DVD player that is region free or set to region 0 will not play the region 1 RCE discs from the states as the RCE (Regional Coding Enhancement) discs check to see if the player is set to region 1, if the player is region free or 0 the disc won't play.
If your thinking of importing region 1 DVD's to be sure you need a true multi-region player or a region 1 player.

 

all dvd's are multi region u need to decode it

try this


http://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk/

check what model your dvd is and then use the remote to decode it

 

moses,

Made the link Clicky

You will find that most budget players can be hacked, in fact some players from China and Korea actively promote this. Even Richer Sounds in the UK give you a hack sheet when you buy it.

Some hacks only allow you to select "No Region" rather than a specific region so that won't help with RCE DVD's. Higher end players from the likes of Sony and Toshiba etc are hardware locked so won't allow a software hack.
Multi-Region specialist such as Techtronics will chip players such as these and save messing about with handset hacks.

Personaly I have a high end region 1 Toshiba hacked by techtronics and a cheapo Acoustic Solutions player with handset hack from Richer Sounds. The tosh will not play copies or MP3's etc and the Acoustic Solutions player plays anything you throw at it. The difference in picture and sound quality on genuine DVD's is understandably huge.

Lee

 

logiclee, moses will like to accept praise for the link!!

I too have a HUGELY expensive system (Sony 6.1) and will not touch inferior copies of anything.

 

Lee

With some players to get an RCE disc to work you can play a same region dvd non RCE upto the warning (FBI, FACT etc) then eject disc and put in the rce disc and press play :d

Si