Region free players more difficult to buy? (1 Viewer)

[Nick Garlick]

I live in Europe and was just about to buy the Denon 2910 when the salesman told me that it wasn't region-free. (About 70% of my DVDs are Region 1.) He then went on to say that manufacturers are now deliberately avoiding this as an option (my old Denon from 1999 came with a region free remote control hack described in a separate sheet of paper in the box).

Have I missed the boat on this? Is it already another thread elsewhere? Apologies if I'm digging up an old topic, but could anybody out there enlighten me?

 

[Christina-K]

We bought a chipped remote which unlocked our player. Had we realised about different regions PAL/NTSC etc with DVD's, we would have probably bought a region free player but ours is fine now.

 

[Nick Garlick]

Thanks for the reply but... chipped remote? Afraid this is a new one on me. How would I get hold of one?

 

[Christina-K]

We got ours from dvdcodes.net

 

[Ike]

You may know about this site, but Video Help lists whether a player is unlockable or not and usually how to do it.

Also, from a sidebar link on DVD Beaver: Multi-region players at Amazon UK.

 

[Nick Garlick]

Again, thanks for the posts. I've found something that might help on Video Help - although it looks a little technical. Christina: I found dvdcodes. Is your player a Denon 2910?

 

[Christina-K]

No, a Panasonic SA HT 500.