region free player help

10-15-2003, 02:16 PM

Hi all, I have avoided other region DVDs for a long time now, I usually have no trouble waiting for region 1. But, I had to pick up a disc that will never be released in the US, or on any NTSC system. If ya wanna know, it's the latest DVD from the killer Finnish Goth-Rock band "69 Eyes". Anyway, I need a cheap player to view this on my Toshiba 51H83. Since this might very well be the only PAL DVD I'll ever own, I do not wanna pay too much, but watch this disc I must. So horror freaks, what's the one to get?

marcx · 10-15-2003, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urotsukidoji

Hi all, I have avoided other region DVDs for a long time now, I usually have no trouble waiting for region 1. But, I had to pick up a disc that will never be released in the US, or on any NTSC system. If ya wanna know, it's the latest DVD from the killer Finnish Goth-Rock band "69 Eyes". Anyway, I need a cheap player to view this on my Toshiba 51H83. Since this might very well be the only PAL DVD I'll ever own, I do not wanna pay too much, but watch this disc I must. So horror freaks, what's the one to get?

MAKE SURE YOU GO TO NERD-OUT.COM FOR THE LATEST INFO. THE CHEAPEST APPROACH IS TO PICK ONE THAT CAN BE MODDED TO BE REGION FREE WITH AN EASY CODE YOU PUT IN OFF THE REMOTR. i AM VERY HAPPY WITH MY CLASSIC DVDPLAYER-i BELIEVE THE MODEL IS 101....oops sorry i just realized i hads capslock on and dont feel like re-typing that. Anyway the classic maintains proper 16x9 aspect ratio when convrting Pal which is something not all of them will do. It ran me around $60.

bigdaddyhorse · 10-15-2003, 03:17 PM

CyberHome players are also cheap and most do proper PAL conversion. Check out their website at cyberhome.com, then check the hack section at www.dvdrhelp.com to be sure the model you are looking at does proper conversion. I have a 402 that cost me $70, and it works great.

shift · 10-15-2003, 04:27 PM

Go to Ebay.com and do a search on the "Daewoo 5800" or Daewoo 5700"

These 2 players are the best I seen for the money. I fucked with both APEX and Cyberhome and those things can be nice units but really have quality control / QA problems.

Mine does it all from Macrovision free, region free and converts both PAL and NTSC for work on your TV. Also the setuo menu has great goodies and not to mention the hidden secret menu ,,, which you can get off of www.nerd-out.com

Good Luck!

chrishicks · 10-15-2003, 04:45 PM

the philips 727 has been getting alot of talk lately. around 80.00 to 90.00.

look here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...onics&n=172282

it has a remote hack to make it region free.

10-24-2003, 03:06 PM

Hi, I just thought I would pass this on. As you know I needed a region free player for my one little region 0 PAL DVD in my collection. I also needed a new "main" player with progressive scan. I took a look at all the models being sold at my local Futureshop, and wrote down the model #s, then went to www.dvdrhelp.com to look for hacks. It turns out that the Pioneer DV563AS will play many PAL DVDs on NTSC TVs right out of the box! So, I bought one, took it home, and aside from being a great machine, it played my PAL DVD just great on my wide screen NTSC TV!!

shift · 10-24-2003, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urotsukidoji

Hi, I just thought I would pass this on. As you know I needed a region free player for my one little region 0 PAL DVD in my collection. I also needed a new "main" player with progressive scan. I took a look at all the models being sold at my local Futureshop, and wrote down the model #s, then went to www.dvdrhelp.com to look for hacks. It turns out that the Pioneer DV563AS will play many PAL DVDs on NTSC TVs right out of the box! So, I bought one, took it home, and aside from being a great machine, it played my PAL DVD just great on my wide screen NTSC TV!!

Those are very nice players. Is it also region free out of the box???

What did you pay for that bad boy, if I may ask

??

10-24-2003, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shift

Those are very nice players. Is it also region free out of the box???

What did you pay for that bad boy, if I may ask

??

It is kind of region free, it plays Region 0 PAL, and Region 2 PAL that I know of. Other PAL might be a prob, but I do not know.

It was $299.00 Canadain, which is about $220.00 US.

Urotsukidoji

marcx · 10-24-2003, 04:19 PM

Remember-playing Pal does not mean it is region free...

shift · 10-24-2003, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marcx

Remember-playing Pal does not mean it is region free...

Well Region 0 ... mean region-less

. So it is region free in that case. If can play PAL dvds on NTSC format then yes again it will play dvds in pal format from any region the dvd movie came from.

I have my daewoo dvd player on Region 0 and it plays all region DvD that are in PAL or NTSC and will be able to watch on my NTSC TV.

Looks like BB has a great sale on the Pioneer dvd player, 169.00 free shipping (not bad).

Seems like in Canada everything is more expensive

10-24-2003, 07:37 PM

Daewoo 5800

I've had mine for over a year and it rules. Anytime it is unplugged you have to reset the region, but it's just a series of buttons on the remote that takes about 3 seconds to do.

I think I paid $90 for mine. WEEELLLL worth it. I then went to amazon.co.uk and bought a bunch of movies that weren't available in the states.

Dave · 10-24-2003, 11:34 PM

Re. cheap players: Been there, done that. Don't go that route. They suck in one way or the other. Most will stretch the image because they can't properly convert 16x9 PAL. Even if you don't have a 16x9 TV, it is still supposed to downconvert it to 4x3 NTSC. Most of them don't do that properly. Some of the cheapies do, but they'll suck in some other way, like having MPEG artifacts or something.

Spend a few hundred and get a nice JVC that will do it properly. Something like this - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=50600

chrishicks · 10-24-2003, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave

Re. cheap players: Been there, done that. Don't go that route. They suck in one way or the other. Most will stretch the image because they can't properly convert 16x9 PAL. Even if you don't have a 16x9 TV, it is still supposed to downconvert it to 4x3 NTSC. Most of them don't do that properly. Some of the cheapies do, but they'll suck in some other way, like having MPEG artifacts or something.

Spend a few hundred and get a nice JVC that will do it properly. Something like this - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=50600

check here for these :http://www.hkflix.com/hardware/jvc_xv-n50bk.asp

this is the one I have and it is great:
http://www.hkflix.com/hardware/jvc_xv-sa60x.asp

I paid 320.00 for mine and now they sell for 200.00. sucks that I didn't wait but I am very happy with this player. it was worth every penny.

10-24-2003, 11:59 PM

A person whom keen on dvds and can't live without getting , should go with region free players and multisystem tvs ... Many releases still missing in region 1 (Especially European Art House Cinema and some rare Italian Spain and German horror titles)

10-27-2003, 06:36 AM

With so many great DVDs coming out only in PAL, not to mention better versions in PAL of movies also available in NTSC, I just don't see how anyone who loves movies (not just horror) can get by without a code free DVD player. They've gone down so much in price that there's just no excuse anymore. Heck, skip on DVD purchases for a while and save up if you have to. It's definitely worth it.

10-15-2003, 02:16 PM	#1
Urotsukidoji Guest Posts: n/a	region free player help Hi all, I have avoided other region DVDs for a long time now, I usually have no trouble waiting for region 1. But, I had to pick up a disc that will never be released in the US, or on any NTSC system. If ya wanna know, it's the latest DVD from the killer Finnish Goth-Rock band "69 Eyes". Anyway, I need a cheap player to view this on my Toshiba 51H83. Since this might very well be the only PAL DVD I'll ever own, I do not wanna pay too much, but watch this disc I must. So horror freaks, what's the one to get?

10-15-2003, 03:17 PM	#3
bigdaddyhorse Detroit Hi-on Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Under a rock Posts: 11,935	CyberHome players are also cheap and most do proper PAL conversion. Check out their website at cyberhome.com, then check the hack section at www.dvdrhelp.com to be sure the model you are looking at does proper conversion. I have a 402 that cost me $70, and it works great. __________________ "!" My Fucking DVDS

10-15-2003, 04:27 PM	#4
shift Ring who? Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: - TeXaS - Posts: 3,434	Go to Ebay.com and do a search on the "Daewoo 5800" or Daewoo 5700" These 2 players are the best I seen for the money. I fucked with both APEX and Cyberhome and those things can be nice units but really have quality control / QA problems. Mine does it all from Macrovision free, region free and converts both PAL and NTSC for work on your TV. Also the setuo menu has great goodies and not to mention the hidden secret menu ,,, which you can get off of www.nerd-out.com Good Luck! __________________ “I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure”

10-15-2003, 04:45 PM	#5
chrishicks classic is back!!! Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: MI Posts: 7,149	the philips 727 has been getting alot of talk lately. around 80.00 to 90.00. look here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...onics&n=172282 it has a remote hack to make it region free. __________________ My DVD List / My Little LD List / My DVDSpot List / My Crappy Games / Rejects Rest Stop so I tell my wife I want to see some hooters, so she grabs the remote and turns on Animal Planet Wii Friend Code: 1249 6431 9623 9624 / XBL Gamertag: chrishicks / PS3 Gamertag: chrishicks CAUTION: Objects in padded bras are smaller than they appear

10-24-2003, 03:06 PM	#6
Urotsukidoji Guest Posts: n/a	Pioneer!!!!!!!!!! Hi, I just thought I would pass this on. As you know I needed a region free player for my one little region 0 PAL DVD in my collection. I also needed a new "main" player with progressive scan. I took a look at all the models being sold at my local Futureshop, and wrote down the model #s, then went to www.dvdrhelp.com to look for hacks. It turns out that the Pioneer DV563AS will play many PAL DVDs on NTSC TVs right out of the box! So, I bought one, took it home, and aside from being a great machine, it played my PAL DVD just great on my wide screen NTSC TV!!

10-24-2003, 04:19 PM	#9
marcx Maniac Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: NYC Posts: 983	Remember-playing Pal does not mean it is region free... __________________ My DVD Collection http://www.invelos.com/dvdcollection.aspx/marcx

10-24-2003, 07:37 PM	#11
bloodofthepries Guest Posts: n/a	Daewoo 5800 I've had mine for over a year and it rules. Anytime it is unplugged you have to reset the region, but it's just a series of buttons on the remote that takes about 3 seconds to do. I think I paid $90 for mine. WEEELLLL worth it. I then went to amazon.co.uk and bought a bunch of movies that weren't available in the states.

10-24-2003, 11:34 PM	#12
Dave Pimp Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Newton, NH Posts: 6,185	Re. cheap players: Been there, done that. Don't go that route. They suck in one way or the other. Most will stretch the image because they can't properly convert 16x9 PAL. Even if you don't have a 16x9 TV, it is still supposed to downconvert it to 4x3 NTSC. Most of them don't do that properly. Some of the cheapies do, but they'll suck in some other way, like having MPEG artifacts or something. Spend a few hundred and get a nice JVC that will do it properly. Something like this - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=50600 __________________ Horror Digital Amazon Link

10-24-2003, 11:59 PM	#14
PhoneStud Guest Posts: n/a	A person whom keen on dvds and can't live without getting , should go with region free players and multisystem tvs ... Many releases still missing in region 1 (Especially European Art House Cinema and some rare Italian Spain and German horror titles)

10-27-2003, 06:36 AM	#15
Rainbowthief Guest Posts: n/a	With so many great DVDs coming out only in PAL, not to mention better versions in PAL of movies also available in NTSC, I just don't see how anyone who loves movies (not just horror) can get by without a code free DVD player. They've gone down so much in price that there's just no excuse anymore. Heck, skip on DVD purchases for a while and save up if you have to. It's definitely worth it.

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