and what's a good place to buy a japanese dvd online?
and thanks
― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 18:43 (seventeen years ago) link
Is really good for comparing dvd players and their features.
― svend (svend), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 19:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 19:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 19:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jaq (Jaq), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 19:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 19:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jaq (Jaq), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 19:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― svend (svend), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 21:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 21:41 (seventeen years ago) link
do peeps play divx files of CDRs? do they just burn them as data discs?
― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 00:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 00:17 (seventeen years ago) link
Here's an old review:
http://www.onhometheater.com/product/20040901.htm
― svend (svend), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 00:33 (seventeen years ago) link
and thanks for all the info!
― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 01:08 (seventeen years ago) link
This hack was successfully applied to the Philips DVP1540/12.
1. Turn on the unit2. Open the loading tray3. Press the "Setup" button on the remote4. Navigate to the "Preferences" page using the right arrow key5. Enter 1389316. You will now see the current region code displayed7. Use the Up/Down arrow keys to select the region required or "0" for all regions8. Press the "Play" button on the remote
― svend (svend), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 01:56 (seventeen years ago) link
(i was a little worried cuz i couldn't look at the remote in the store and i am picky about remotes but it looks fine!)
― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 01:52 (seventeen years ago) link
ok I need a new one
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 02:17 (sixteen years ago) link
what are the chances that I could even buy a modern non-Sony DVD player and it wouldn't be region unlockable via some fancy konami-code remote shenanigans I can find on the web somewhere?
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 02:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Philips 5960
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 02:23 (sixteen years ago) link
has hdmi upscaling and will play xvid/ffmpeg avis off a usb flashdrive. firmware can be flashed via cdr
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 02:24 (sixteen years ago) link
component out and composite out -- only part i dislike is the lack of s/video when i needed it
will upscale on component also
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 02:25 (sixteen years ago) link
ok so like any philips DVP series does this apparently?
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 02:34 (sixteen years ago) link
i have the 5960 too. occasionally wonky but largely pretty awes. has some stupidness like only reads fat drives and terrible menus. but shit does it all and it's cheap.
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 04:55 (sixteen years ago) link
tom u def want upscaling homie
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 05:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Can anyone recommend a region-free blu-ray player? Arrow's upcoming Walerian Borowczyk box set has finally pushed me over the edge, but I have no idea who makes a cheap, reliable multi-region box since I've been playing all my media on video game consoles for the last 10+ years...
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Saturday, 19 April 2014 20:18 (ten years ago) link
I've been thinking about getting one too. My old Phillips multi-region player has served me well but it doesn't handle some DVDs very well in the picture quality. Thinking I'll probably need a bluray player eventually but I'm very reluctant to get anything single region. I've heard some people saying physical discs are in real trouble so maybe it won't be as good an investment as I'd hope.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 19 April 2014 21:54 (ten years ago) link
Someone on another thread says OPPO makes multi-region bluray players.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 19 April 2014 22:08 (ten years ago) link
Maybe they can start making all players multi-region because most piracy is on file sharing now.
I just looked up bluray players and it seems some play multi-region DVDs but not blurays or maybe they haven't been described properly.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 19 April 2014 22:17 (ten years ago) link
The OREI BDP-M2 seems well regarded. I own an Oppo DVD player, and as they've grown in prominence they've backed away from the legal issues with out-of-the-box multi-region players.
― Congratulations! And my condolences. (Sanpaku), Saturday, 19 April 2014 22:20 (ten years ago) link
Oppo's line of blu-ray players can be modified to play all blu-ray regions, but sell new at about $500 or higher (unmodded). You might be able to find a used modified BDP-80 or BDP-83 for less (though they don't play 3D discs, if you care about those).
I think manufacturers can't make a blu-ray region-free player without violating copyrights or something (it's much stricter this way than it was for DVD), so you have to "fix" them yourself or buy from someone who's already done so (at extra cost).
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Saturday, 19 April 2014 22:27 (ten years ago) link
Criterionforum.org's long-running multi-region thread has a lot of recommendations for 220 Electronics, and there are some cheaper ($150ish) Toshibas that look like they'd do the trick- all regions for both DVD and blu-ray, and PAL/NTSC conversion. The biggest problems people seem to have is accidentally updating their player's firmware, but is there something worse I should watch out for- low quality, I reliability, cheap manufacture, stuff like that?
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Sunday, 20 April 2014 00:23 (ten years ago) link