Can the TOSHIBA SD-4960 be used for mult-region like the 4900? (1 Viewer)

[Darren Gross]

Opinions on the 4900 are very solid, but its now discontinued and harder to track down, especially brand new, for a good price.

Does anyone know what the difference is between the 4900 and the 4960?

I was going to get the 4900 for its easy multiregion capability and its ability to output both PAL and NTSC in their native formats...

Anyone have the skinny on this?

 

[gene c]

The 4960 adds SACD playback as well as the DVD-A playback the 4900 offered. Might be some other minor differences that I'm not aware of. For some reason, the 5 disc version (6915) is cheaper on-line than the 4960. Fry's in Fremont CA. has a couple of 4960's for $129. Don't know about the region free thing, but if the 4900 was, then I would think the 4960 would be to.

 

[Darren Gross]

So, nobody knows, eh?

 

[Ronn.W]

The 4960 cannot be region hacked. There are places online where you can still find a 4900 though, if you look.

 

[Paul.S]

What about this player makes it impervious to region modding? Its chipset?

-p