I really want to own Tintin, the animated series on DVD. The edition that has all the episodes, is only available in R2. For my current DVD players, all I have is a laptop and a PS2. I am wondering what is the cheapest Region Free DVD player I can get, so as to get Tintin in the near future.
Thanks for any help.
jonw9
03-14-07, 05:20 PM
The Oppo is easily region free, and upconverting. I got mine for $160 shipped.
I am sure there are other region free players that can be found for less, but I don't know which ones those are.
Patman
03-14-07, 06:26 PM
The Philips 5960 is a cheaper alternative ($60-$80).
bluetoast
03-14-07, 07:54 PM
That sounds good. Is it worth it as a future investment? I assume there's a whole new of world of DVDs to experience beyond R1.
wmermine
03-14-07, 09:22 PM
I'll answer that question this way... I recently bought an HD DVD player and then about two weeks later bought the Phillips 5960 and made it region free...
If you asked which made a bigger difference in my personal DVD experience, it is by-far the region free player. (Mainly because I'm a big fan of foreign and classic film)
bluetoast
03-14-07, 10:30 PM
Man, I'm seriously considering this now, that's a good repsonse. However, do I have to worry about PAL encoding when dealing with different regions?
fmian
03-14-07, 10:52 PM
There is a program you can run on your laptop that will enable region free operation. Shoot me a PM if you want to know more, since the program is primarily used to rip dvd's.
You can find it on www.afterdawn.com though.
nateman
03-14-07, 11:21 PM
i just bought a cheap $30 diamondvision dvd player at wal-mart. any cheap dvd player is usually region free.
Spiky
03-14-07, 11:44 PM
You may want to check out the International Forum. This is what it is for. And dvdcompare.net.
J.J.A. Sabadoz
03-15-07, 07:03 AM
I really want to own Tintin, the animated series on DVD. The edition that has all the episodes, is only available in R2. For my current DVD players, all I have is a laptop and a PS2. I am wondering what is the cheapest Region Free DVD player I can get, so as to get Tintin in the near future.
Thanks for any help.
www.videohelp.com has a database of DVD hacks (on left hand menu, under 'lists') that lists ways to turn off region coding.
Many, many players can be made region free with a simple code entered with the remote control, this is especially true of the cheaper, off-brand models.
The last few name brand players I bought I was able to make region free using codes on this site.
wmermine
03-15-07, 08:02 AM
Man, I'm seriously considering this now, that's a good repsonse. However, do I have to worry about PAL encoding when dealing with different regions?
The Phillips 5960 does the PAL to NTSC conversion. From what I understand, some players are better than others with this, but from what I can tell, it does a pretty good job for the price.
I don't think there would be PAL issues on a laptop, but you'll have to ask the people who have actually made their laptop region free for info on that.
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