Region-Free/Multi-Region DVD player discussion - Page 2

outoftimejedi · 07-15-2004, 08:49 PM

Videoworks, thanks a million, i have been trying to unlock my dvd player for AGES!!!! I got a problem tho, i REALLY hope you are reading this, i cant find an aiwa remote!! Will the code work with any universal remote? You talked about something like an Aiwa receiver, i dont even know what that is! Please let me know, also, do u know where i could buy an aiwa universal remote? Thanks a million, please let me know!

videoworx · 07-15-2004, 09:53 PM

i just got that info from another website...it's saying you CAN use a universal remote that is capable of controlling AIWA equipment - but the remote MUST include a clock and sleep button (so, you can't use "el cheapo" uni remotes - you'll need something that can be very specific). That's all the help I can give you...

worst case, go to best buy and buy the Cyberhome 300S dvd player for $35 (yes, thirty-five), it plays EVERYTHING from any region and even has a PAL to NTSC converter in it...

januaryman · 08-04-2004, 03:57 PM

The Philips 727 or 726 are both good work horses. I have them both and they are fine, indeed. They seem to be gone except for the refurbished ones at the main Philips website. I bought my 726 refurbished and it was as good as new! Thumbs up!

TheSeeker · 08-25-2004, 07:59 PM

Update on the COBY 215. I bought the six DVD 'Cold Feet' boxset (Helen Baxendale

from sendit.com but it wouldn't play it. A quick search located a remote-based hack which opened up a menu that allowed converting the player to any region, from 0 to 9. I switched it to 2 and it worked beautifully. The player has better features than my R1 Sony, such as 3X zoom, slow-motion down to 16X slower etc. Now I just have to get some R2 porn :p !

dvdcurious · 11-21-2004, 04:39 PM

the guys at this site recommended the Universal SDAT-910 over the Malata's I was considering (DVP-520 if i could still find one, which so far i can't.. or the DVP-558).. couldn't find any reviews of the SDAT-910's though.. anyone have any experience/comments about 'em? thx..

http://www.barrel-of-monkeys.com/gra.../sdat910.shtml

jujubes78 · 11-23-2004, 04:20 PM

Okay, so I have this Region 2 DVD I'm dying to play on my old decrepit Toshiba SD-3006 and I finally found a crack online and I have NO idea how to do it because it's in friggin Spanish. Can anyone translate or babywalk me through this? Many, many thanks...

Region code hack posted by Guillermo Palomares, March 24 2004:
reprogramar la eeprom 01A (24c01a sup) (muy cerca del TMP93CS42AF), con este archivo .hex
:1000000010000100000000000000000000000000DF
:100010000880070208090265735553080800016546
:10002000730002657300050000000000000000007E
:1000300000172EC8000000000000000000000000B3
:10004000EF0104000008E90104000008E9010400D0
:100050000008E90104000008E900000000000001B8
:1000600004000008E900000000000000000000009B
:10007000FF00000000000000000000000000000081
:00000001FF

Funciono ok tambien para Mitsubishi DD-1000

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks.ph...Toshiba+SD3006

psychomoviecollector · 12-15-2004, 12:02 AM

Well I have a Daewoo, it was $50 and another $30 for shipping, but I got it as a gift, so I cannot say I overpaid. It isn't anything out of this world but it gets the job done pretty damn well, and plays almost anything you can throw at it (bar dvd-a, sacd, and hdcd), and it has progressive scan. In another year or two I'll replace it, but for now I'm more or less happy with mine.

LeChuck · 08-26-2005, 12:03 AM

This has not been posted to in a while. Any new stuff out there or has it not changed much in the past year. I am looking for a good, cheap multiregion player.

DVDriven · 08-26-2005, 06:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeChuck

This has not been posted to in a while. Any new stuff out there or has it not changed much in the past year. I am looking for a good, cheap multiregion player.

I don't know what your definition of cheap is, but the one player that's generating a bit of discussion is the OPPO OPDV971H for ~$199. It utilizes the same Faroudja DCDi deinterlacer that powers the $1499 Denon DVD-3910 player, offers upconversion to 480p, 576p (PAL), 720p, and 1080i, and is the second highest scoring player (94/100) rated by Secrets Of Home Theater And High Fidelity (link).

LeChuck · 08-27-2005, 03:56 AM

Do only hi-def tvs have a DVI connection? Is there anyway to connect DVI to any TV through a converter or something?

LeChuck · 08-27-2005, 09:41 PM

To clarify, I am looking for a DVD player with the ability to play every region, to play PAL discs without the "stretching" effect and I was hoping to pay as little as possible. The DVD player I use now plays multiregions but stretches PAL discs. Any suggestions?

**SidcupMartin** · 08-28-2005, 03:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeChuck

To clarify, I am looking for a DVD player with the ability to play every region, to play PAL discs without the "stretching" effect and I was hoping to pay as little as possible. The DVD player I use now plays multiregions but stretches PAL discs. Any suggestions?

I just picked up a Cyberhome 300 from Target for under $50. This was a replacement secondary player for my old Cyberhome 500. This model doesn't stretch PAL discs.

LeChuck · 08-28-2005, 12:27 PM

thanks sidcup. That sounds more like what I am looking for on my college budgie. Is there anything special I need to do when I play PAL discs or will it automatically figure it out?

**SidcupMartin** · 08-28-2005, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeChuck

thanks sidcup. That sounds more like what I am looking for on my college budgie. Is there anything special I need to do when I play PAL discs or will it automatically figure it out?

I think this is the way to unlock the player --

Turn On the player and make sure there is no disc in
Close the tray
Press Menu, 1 and 9
A menu will appear and press Enter, this will highlight the Region setting
Press the number of the region required i.e. 0, 1, 2 etc.
Press Enter again
Press Open/Close tray

LeChuck · 08-29-2005, 12:48 PM

Sorry, wasn't clear (but that was helpful!). Do I have to change any video settings or anything to play PAL discs normally or will it automatically figure out how to display it correctly?

**SidcupMartin** · 08-29-2005, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeChuck

Sorry, wasn't clear (but that was helpful!). Do I have to change any video settings or anything to play PAL discs normally or will it automatically figure out how to display it correctly?

Once the region is set it does everything else automatically.

LeChuck · 08-29-2005, 05:36 PM

Very good. I think I will be going with that one then. Seems cheap, reliable, and most importantly, cheap!

LeChuck · 08-29-2005, 05:42 PM

I have actually read a bunch of reviews saying this thing doesn't last very long. Accurate?

**SidcupMartin** · 08-29-2005, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeChuck

I have actually read a bunch of reviews saying this thing doesn't last very long. Accurate?

Here's the thing... you pay for what you get. I've read those reviews as well but my previous Cyberhome which was famous for crapping out quickly lasted almost 3 years which for a sub-$50 player isn't too bad.

LeChuck · 08-30-2005, 01:04 PM

I picked this up yesterday and just tried it out. It seems as though on region 2 discs it gets choppy as though frames are taken out. Have you noticed this?

**SidcupMartin** · 08-30-2005, 09:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeChuck

I picked this up yesterday and just tried it out. It seems as though on region 2 discs it gets choppy as though frames are taken out. Have you noticed this?

That's the PAL-NTSC conversion. Unless you have a multi-region TV then there is now way around it.

LeChuck · 08-31-2005, 01:03 AM

So it is the TV and not the player? Or if I got a better player would it look better. My old DVD player played region 2 discs, but since they were distorted, I imagine this is why there was no choppiness, because there was no actual conversion going on?

Is there anything I can get to solve this problem? Adaptor or something? Thanks.

**SidcupMartin** · 08-31-2005, 03:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeChuck

So it is the TV and not the player? Or if I got a better player would it look better. My old DVD player played region 2 discs, but since they were distorted, I imagine this is why there was no choppiness, because there was no actual conversion going on?

Is there anything I can get to solve this problem? Adaptor or something? Thanks.

A better, more expensive player would smooth it out but it would still be there. It's something to do with PAL using more frames per second than NTSC so it has to drop some. Progressive scan I think can smooth it out as well. Someone correct me if I'm wrong!

Lyle_JP · 01-18-2006, 01:05 AM

Frame dropping is common to every PAL->NTSC converting player I've ever used. I'm not sure why is happens because there are actually less fields/frames per second in PAL than NTSC, so if anything frames should get repeated. Perhaps someone more techie than me can explain what's going on.

I have two excellent players to recommend: The Toshiba 4980 (aka the Toshiba SD-K850 at Costco), and the Pioneer DV-588A-S. Both have killer PAL->NTSC conversion, and both support DivX (mp4) files. The Toshiba has a simple one-time remote hack to make it region free. The Pioneer must be flashed with hacked firmwares found around the net. The Toshiba upconverts to hi-def (720p or 1080i) over HDMI. The Pioneer supports SACD and DVD-A. Choose which model fits your needs best. Both cost close to $100.

Tsunami3k · 04-13-2006, 03:55 AM

I've purchased the Toshiba SD-K850 from Costco mentioned in this thread and have found it to be the most lackluster player I've ever owned. I've experience chronic artifacting (primarily very prevalent combing issues), extremely groggy navigation response, absurd layer change times (@5 seconds) and extreme sensitivity to dust and minor scratches. It is markedly inferior in all respects to my previous DVD player which is, ironically, also a Toshiba player built into a half-decade old all-in-one TV.

Extensive research has pointed me to the Oppo OPDV971H DVD player. It has a DVI output but comes with a DVI-HDMI cable. Don't let the odd brand name turn you off, it appears to be a serious player (yet has a pretty decent price). I cannot report any first-hand experience with this player yet but I'll post again when I pick one up.

TT- · 04-13-2006, 05:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tsunami3k

Extensive research has pointed me to the Oppo OPDV971H DVD player. It has a DVI output but comes with a DVI-HDMI cable. Don't let the odd brand name turn you off, it appears to be a serious player (yet has a pretty decent price). I cannot report any first-hand experience with this player yet but I'll post again when I pick one up.

I recently swap out my Samsung HD850 due to its inability to play DVD+R DL disk for Oppo OPDV971H. And I'm so glad that I did. Not only it has all the features as the samsung (720p/1080i scaler), it offers so much more. With little research, you can turn this into a region free DVD player as well as divx player.

My only complain is its flimsy DVD holder. It looks like it could break any time. But that's minor complain. I'm sure you'll be happy with the purchase.

plissken99 · 04-15-2006, 07:32 AM

I too am extremley happy with the Oppo. It's got a better picture than any player I've used, it's region free(simple remote hack, enter 9210 on the main set up menu to enter a secret menu, and enter 0, making it region 0, I'm pretty sure thats the code anyway), and yes it plays DL DVD+Rs flawlessly! It converts PAL to NTSC, though I can't personally comment on this, as my display handles both so I need no conversion, but others say it's a perfect conversion.

falapa · 05-28-2006, 04:30 PM

Please. I need the code regiòn for dvd toshiba sd 3006.
Thanks In advance
Luis Rosas

TT- · 05-29-2006, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by falapa

Please. I need the code regiòn for dvd toshiba sd 3006.
Thanks In advance
Luis Rosas

You've heard of Google, right?

Casira · 11-25-2006, 11:51 PM

I know this is an old thread, but it can't hurt to ask... I'd like to get my parents a multiregion player for Christmas. It doesn't need to be top-end -- they have a fairly simple TV setup -- but what I do need is the following:

- multiregion out of the box
- simple process for resetting it if a DVD locks the player into one region or another

Any recommendations?

Thanks!

08-04-2004, 03:57 PM	#53 (permalink)
januaryman Supporting Actor Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: NoVa	The Philips 727 or 726 are both good work horses. I have them both and they are fine, indeed. They seem to be gone except for the refurbished ones at the main Philips website. I bought my 726 refurbished and it was as good as new! Thumbs up! __________________ Januaryman's Profiler ---------------------------------------------------------- “Baroness, a fool is a man who pays twice for the same thing.” – Confidential Report (Mr. Arkadin)

08-25-2004, 07:59 PM	#54 (permalink)
TheSeeker Actor Join Date: Oct 2002	Update on the COBY 215. I bought the six DVD 'Cold Feet' boxset (Helen Baxendale from sendit.com but it wouldn't play it. A quick search located a remote-based hack which opened up a menu that allowed converting the player to any region, from 0 to 9. I switched it to 2 and it worked beautifully. The player has better features than my R1 Sony, such as 3X zoom, slow-motion down to 16X slower etc. Now I just have to get some R2 porn :p ! Last edited by TheSeeker : 08-25-2004 at 08:03 PM.

11-21-2004, 04:39 PM	#55 (permalink)
dvdcurious Supporting Actor Join Date: Nov 2004	Universal SDAT-910?? the guys at this site recommended the Universal SDAT-910 over the Malata's I was considering (DVP-520 if i could still find one, which so far i can't.. or the DVP-558).. couldn't find any reviews of the SDAT-910's though.. anyone have any experience/comments about 'em? thx.. http://www.barrel-of-monkeys.com/gra.../sdat910.shtml

11-23-2004, 04:20 PM	#56 (permalink)
jujubes78 Supporting Actor Join Date: Nov 2004	Re: Universal SDAT-910?? Okay, so I have this Region 2 DVD I'm dying to play on my old decrepit Toshiba SD-3006 and I finally found a crack online and I have NO idea how to do it because it's in friggin Spanish. Can anyone translate or babywalk me through this? Many, many thanks... Region code hack posted by Guillermo Palomares, March 24 2004: reprogramar la eeprom 01A (24c01a sup) (muy cerca del TMP93CS42AF), con este archivo .hex :1000000010000100000000000000000000000000DF :100010000880070208090265735553080800016546 :10002000730002657300050000000000000000007E :1000300000172EC8000000000000000000000000B3 :10004000EF0104000008E90104000008E9010400D0 :100050000008E90104000008E900000000000001B8 :1000600004000008E900000000000000000000009B :10007000FF00000000000000000000000000000081 :00000001FF Funciono ok tambien para Mitsubishi DD-1000 http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks.ph...Toshiba+SD3006

04-15-2006, 07:32 AM	#77 (permalink)
plissken99 Actor Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Albuqerque, NM	I too am extremley happy with the Oppo. It's got a better picture than any player I've used, it's region free(simple remote hack, enter 9210 on the main set up menu to enter a secret menu, and enter 0, making it region 0, I'm pretty sure thats the code anyway), and yes it plays DL DVD+Rs flawlessly! It converts PAL to NTSC, though I can't personally comment on this, as my display handles both so I need no conversion, but others say it's a perfect conversion. __________________ “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” Snake Plissken Plissken's DVD, HD-DVD and Blu Ray collection And Plissken's home theater

07-15-2004, 08:49 PM	#51 (permalink)
outoftimejedi Actor Join Date: Mar 2003	Videoworks, thanks a million, i have been trying to unlock my dvd player for AGES!!!! I got a problem tho, i REALLY hope you are reading this, i cant find an aiwa remote!! Will the code work with any universal remote? You talked about something like an Aiwa receiver, i dont even know what that is! Please let me know, also, do u know where i could buy an aiwa universal remote? Thanks a million, please let me know!

07-15-2004, 09:53 PM	#52 (permalink)
videoworx Would Make a Good Incubus Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: nowhere near Nebraska	i just got that info from another website...it's saying you CAN use a universal remote that is capable of controlling AIWA equipment - but the remote MUST include a clock and sleep button (so, you can't use "el cheapo" uni remotes - you'll need something that can be very specific). That's all the help I can give you... worst case, go to best buy and buy the Cyberhome 300S dvd player for $35 (yes, thirty-five), it plays EVERYTHING from any region and even has a PAL to NTSC converter in it...

12-15-2004, 12:02 AM	#57 (permalink)
psychomoviecollector Actor Join Date: Dec 2004	Well I have a Daewoo, it was $50 and another $30 for shipping, but I got it as a gift, so I cannot say I overpaid. It isn't anything out of this world but it gets the job done pretty damn well, and plays almost anything you can throw at it (bar dvd-a, sacd, and hdcd), and it has progressive scan. In another year or two I'll replace it, but for now I'm more or less happy with mine.

08-26-2005, 12:03 AM	#58 (permalink)
LeChuck "Woman Hands" man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Cambridge, MA	This has not been posted to in a while. Any new stuff out there or has it not changed much in the past year. I am looking for a good, cheap multiregion player.

08-27-2005, 03:56 AM	#60 (permalink)
LeChuck "Woman Hands" man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Cambridge, MA	Do only hi-def tvs have a DVI connection? Is there anyway to connect DVI to any TV through a converter or something?

08-27-2005, 09:41 PM	#61 (permalink)
LeChuck "Woman Hands" man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Cambridge, MA	To clarify, I am looking for a DVD player with the ability to play every region, to play PAL discs without the "stretching" effect and I was hoping to pay as little as possible. The DVD player I use now plays multiregions but stretches PAL discs. Any suggestions?

08-28-2005, 12:27 PM	#63 (permalink)
LeChuck "Woman Hands" man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Cambridge, MA	thanks sidcup. That sounds more like what I am looking for on my college budgie. Is there anything special I need to do when I play PAL discs or will it automatically figure it out?

08-29-2005, 12:48 PM	#65 (permalink)
LeChuck "Woman Hands" man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Cambridge, MA	Sorry, wasn't clear (but that was helpful!). Do I have to change any video settings or anything to play PAL discs normally or will it automatically figure out how to display it correctly?

08-29-2005, 05:36 PM	#67 (permalink)
LeChuck "Woman Hands" man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Cambridge, MA	Very good. I think I will be going with that one then. Seems cheap, reliable, and most importantly, cheap!

08-29-2005, 05:42 PM	#68 (permalink)
LeChuck "Woman Hands" man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Cambridge, MA	I have actually read a bunch of reviews saying this thing doesn't last very long. Accurate?

08-30-2005, 01:04 PM	#70 (permalink)
LeChuck "Woman Hands" man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Cambridge, MA	I picked this up yesterday and just tried it out. It seems as though on region 2 discs it gets choppy as though frames are taken out. Have you noticed this?

08-31-2005, 01:03 AM	#72 (permalink)
LeChuck "Woman Hands" man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Cambridge, MA	So it is the TV and not the player? Or if I got a better player would it look better. My old DVD player played region 2 discs, but since they were distorted, I imagine this is why there was no choppiness, because there was no actual conversion going on? Is there anything I can get to solve this problem? Adaptor or something? Thanks.

01-18-2006, 01:05 AM	#74 (permalink)
Lyle_JP Supporting Actor Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Bay Area, CA	Frame dropping is common to every PAL->NTSC converting player I've ever used. I'm not sure why is happens because there are actually less fields/frames per second in PAL than NTSC, so if anything frames should get repeated. Perhaps someone more techie than me can explain what's going on. I have two excellent players to recommend: The Toshiba 4980 (aka the Toshiba SD-K850 at Costco), and the Pioneer DV-588A-S. Both have killer PAL->NTSC conversion, and both support DivX (mp4) files. The Toshiba has a simple one-time remote hack to make it region free. The Pioneer must be flashed with hacked firmwares found around the net. The Toshiba upconverts to hi-def (720p or 1080i) over HDMI. The Pioneer supports SACD and DVD-A. Choose which model fits your needs best. Both cost close to $100.

04-13-2006, 03:55 AM	#75 (permalink)
Tsunami3k Supporting Actor Join Date: Apr 2006	I've purchased the Toshiba SD-K850 from Costco mentioned in this thread and have found it to be the most lackluster player I've ever owned. I've experience chronic artifacting (primarily very prevalent combing issues), extremely groggy navigation response, absurd layer change times (@5 seconds) and extreme sensitivity to dust and minor scratches. It is markedly inferior in all respects to my previous DVD player which is, ironically, also a Toshiba player built into a half-decade old all-in-one TV. Extensive research has pointed me to the Oppo OPDV971H DVD player. It has a DVI output but comes with a DVI-HDMI cable. Don't let the odd brand name turn you off, it appears to be a serious player (yet has a pretty decent price). I cannot report any first-hand experience with this player yet but I'll post again when I pick one up.

05-28-2006, 04:30 PM	#78 (permalink)
falapa Supporting Actor Join Date: May 2006	3006 code region for toshiba Please. I need the code regiòn for dvd toshiba sd 3006. Thanks In advance Luis Rosas

11-25-2006, 11:51 PM	#80 (permalink)
Casira Supporting Actor Join Date: Aug 2002	I know this is an old thread, but it can't hurt to ask... I'd like to get my parents a multiregion player for Christmas. It doesn't need to be top-end -- they have a fairly simple TV setup -- but what I do need is the following: - multiregion out of the box - simple process for resetting it if a DVD locks the player into one region or another Any recommendations? Thanks!