Hi,
I am trying to purchase a cheap DVD player in the US for my parents back in India. I heard from a friend that it will not work since the DVDs in India will be encoded as Region 5 and the DVD player that I am planning to purchase is probably encoded only for Region 1.

Can anyone tell me the following:
1. Is the above true? That DVDs in India will not play on a DVD player I buy here in the US

2. I am planning to buy an Aspire AD-1100 and dont know if the above applies to it. Does anyone know?

3. Can anyone point me to an alternative that I can give as a gift to my parents back in India in case the Aspire player does not have the Region 5 option.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Harshad

Harshad,

I'm not familiar with the Aspire model you're looking at - but basically you need buy a player that can be made region-free and so can play discs from any region.

The other problem you have is that players in the US are NTSC - while I believe TV sets in India are PAL format.

I would suggest you go the 'International DVD' section of this forum where you should be able to find some recommendations.

Good Luck.

Accoring to this is it PAL compaible. I second a trip the the Internation section they will be able to answer all of your questions.

just thinking...

what about electrical requirements? are the ac requirements the same? plug type?

good gift idea!

A Malata DVP-520 will get around all the NTSC/PAL and region problems. The power/electrical requirement is a very good point to consider though.

A good power converter is cheap these days.