dgc

I know there's a product coming soon for the UK xbox that will convert it for region free use:



http://www.play.com/Play247.asp?pag...OX&title=100483

Select "xbox" in the drop down search and type in "region x"

Any news for the U.S. xbox version of this or a similar product?

squidget

what is the difference between the uk and us xbox?
the us xbox converts pal and ntsc, i would assume that it would work on both. ill swing by my local import shop and get the scoop

goLUCKY

Does that mean that it is DVD "software" that controls what region a XBOX will play DVD's?

Gallant Pig

Absolutely. Same goes for all DVD players. Actually I believe it's in the firmware not software.

dgc

That's what I was thinking. The U.S. xbox already does pal and ntsc. I thought the hardware was the same and since it's a software product that makes the xbox region free, the software product for the U.K. should work on the U.S. xbox.

Maybe the laws in the states prohibit the distribution of such a product here but not in the UK or the rest of Europe.

As soon as I can get my hands on this disc, I'll try it and post the results here.

Prancetron2000

Has anyone tried playing an anamorphic R0 PAL DVDs on an X-Box? Does it look as good as it would on a European DVD player? Any framing problems or anything else?

Prancetron2000

Please if anyone knows the answer to my question, help me. I'm ready to buy Iron Monkey from HKL, but I first want to make sure that it's going to be displayed in its intented aspect ration on my X-Box.

Gallant Pig

I've heard it does a nice job converting from PAL to NTSC. Give it a shot.

dgc

Yes it will. See the thread below:

http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...hreadid=160757

Prancetron2000

I heard that there are a few HKL DVDs such as Police Story that really need the X Y scaling feature present in the Malata player in order for it to be framed properly. The X-Box doesn't have such a feature, so how will it look??

Trigger

Does this thing work on US xboxs or not? Anyone know yet?

Prancetron2000

Ive heard that the answer is no, but I don't know if anyone here has actually tried using one on their American X-Box.

squidget

I played police story on my xbox. it looked great. i didnt have any problems

Prancetron2000

Awesome, thanks.

Prancetron2000

waitaminute... you've played Police Story on your X-Box? So I assume that you live in Europe and have a PAL system, correct?

Gallant Pig

I don't get it, why would you assume that? The Xbox converts a PAL signal to NTSC.

C-Killer Redux

Are all Hong Kong Legends DVD's Region 0? I held off buying them as Pokerindustries.com lists them as Region 2.

enthused

Drunken Master, Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and New Dragon Gate Inn are all region 0.. The rest are region 2

Prancetron2000

Because no one has released a region-free disc like the one available in Europe now, and Police Story HKL is a region 2 disc.

squidget

policy story is actually region 0

Prancetron2000

Are you serious??! How come bulletsnbabes and everyone else told me otherwise?

C-Killer Redux

What's up with the Tartan movies? I bought Ring 0 and it has the "0" region logo on the back, but under the special features section right above it it says "Region Code: 2". What's up with that?

Anyhow all was not lost as I also bought "All Night Long" and that plays fine.

Prancetron2000

Can anybody else here confirm that HKL's Police Story is a Region 0 DVD?

Trigger

Yeah - and out of the 3 Ring DVDs - Ring 0 is actually Region 2 while Ring and Ring 2 are both Region 0... and I think they say Region 2 on the back. Ring 0 wasn't very good anyway IMHO.

dgc

Let's get back on topic here.

Anybody have any solutions for making the xbox a region free dvd player?