DVD regions

[M35A2]

Can most modern DVD players play most regions? I want to get the Mad Max movies, but have read the UK version is c**p. So I want to get the Australian version. Will this play in my DVD?

[ChaosinDevon]

Can most modern DVD players play most regions? I want to get the Mad Max movies, but have read the UK version is c**p. So I want to get the Australian version. Will this play in my DVD?

should do... look to see if it is formatted as PAL...... if it is NTFS or something then you are stuffed

[da SLUG man]

if yours is multi region then it will play... we're region 2 but you'd have to check what australia are... but some dvds are multi region 2... i.e. just looked on one ad it says Regions: 2+4 UK PAL... think Japan is region 2 though.

[Woodzie]

If you dvd player is multiregion it will play any dvd . if region 2 it will only play uk/european

[bobafatass]

I think Australian dvd's are region 2 same as us.

If you need to check wether you dvd player is multi region , and get the code lookk at this site.... www.vcdhelp.com There's a dvd hack section.


Andy.

[Rob]

Regions:
1: U.S., Canada, U.S. Territories
2: Japan, Europe, South Africa, and Middle East (including Egypt)
3: Southeast Asia and East Asia (including Hong Kong)
4: Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central America, Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean
5: Eastern Europe (Former Soviet Union), Indian subcontinent, Africa, North Korea, and Mongolia
6: China
7: Reserved
8: Special international venues (airplanes, cruise ships, etc.)


There's a region map here http://www.sendit.com/help/help_dvd_regions

[Morr]

........ www.vcdhelp.com There's a dvd hack section...

Most players if not already multi-region can be unlocked using a series of keypresses on the remote and/or unit.

[That Ruddy Squirrel]

I am sure if you let us know the make and model of DVD player we can help you find the unlock codes.


Trev

[M35A2]

Cheers guys.

My DVD is a Toshiba SD-220E if that's any help???

[Morr]

Cheers guys.

My DVD is a Toshiba SD-220E if that's any help???

OK, sittin here in work, cleared all my workload but the boss don't know so time on my hands .....

A quick google, led to a forum and some downloads wherin I found this info......

You have to download this file, and follow the instructions


http://sd220e.chez.tiscali.fr/
http://sd220e.chez.tiscali.fr/sd220e.rar

With this file you have to burn a CD and play it on the DVD player.



1. Download the rar file at the link above.
2. Unpack it using WinRAR.
3. Start Nero Burning ROM, click File, click Burn Image..., select the .cue file, click open, disable 'Determine maximum speed' and 'Simulation', at write method select Disc-at-once (this is very important), click write.
4. Push setup on the SD220e remote control, select under picture:
PAL/Auto: Auto. Push setup again.
5. Open your SD220e disc tray and insert the CD.
6. Close the disc tray.
7. The disc will be read and recognised as a VCD, you'll see the image on your television flash and after a short while you will not see any image at all. Wait about 10 seconds and take out the CD.
8. Your player is now region free.

Continuing to look for an easier (ie using remote control) reveals that toshiba's tend to be difficult to unlock, and cannot gererally be done by the normal simpler methods.

Unfortunalty the link at the start of the instructions appears to be dead, perhaps a search for the file using p2p would be successful??

[Morr]

Ok, found it, you can get the file from http://www.geocities.com/its_yahell/sd220e.rar , its a .97mb download.


Don't forget you'll need WinRar or similar to unzip this file (winzip won't do it), you can get a trial version of WinRar from http://www.rarlab.com/rar/wrar351.exe or there are other free utilites available elsewhere.

[bobafatass]

Another link for your player...

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks.ph...&Search=Search


Andy.

[M35A2]

Thanks alot to you guys that have put the time in for me, it's much appreciated. I'm a lemon when it comes to electrical tech stuff.

I hope santa rewards you.

[pops]

http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdhacks.php...ndig+GDV+720HT

i used that hack list so i can play any region now

[M35A2]

Guys I'm looking at this and it is really doing my head in. I've looked at the sites supplied and half are in French and the other is all about un-packing files etc. I haven't got a fu****g clue what all this computer language means.