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Old 12-07-00, 01:18 PM
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I would like to send a US DVD Player to my girl in Europe. Will she be able to play Region 1 DVDs on Euro TVs? What about Region 2 DVDs?
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hey dutchy,

Appart from the regioncode issue you also have the power issue (110V vs 220V) and the PAL vs. NTSC issue.

If the player can handle 220V, your girl has a TV that can handle NTSC, she can use it for Region 1 DVD's.
Unless you get a region free player or modify the player it won't be able to play other region DVD's....

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A few notes:

1. The voltage issue can be addressed by buying a step-down transformer.

2. Euro TVs tend to have only the scart input terminal. No DVD player in the US has that. However, TVs from the past few years might have an s-video input.

3. Make sure the TV is able to display NTSC 3.58 signals.
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Rex: Waarschijnlijk doe je er beter aan je vriendin het geld te sturen voor een 'chipped' R2 player - dan kan ze daarmee álle Regions afspelen ... èn je hebt niet het gepiel met een step-down trafo ... èn je hebt de SCART aansluiting (voor de Europese TV).

Ik zelf heb twee code-free spelers - daarmee draai ik DVDs uit USA (R1/NTSC - de meeste), uit Frankrijk, Engeland, Duitsland, Italië (R2/PAL), uit Australië (R4/PAL), uit Japan (R2/NTSC), uit Hong Kong (R0 of R3/NTSC), plus één uit Rusland (R0/PAL)... ik bedoel maar...

Bedenk dat je al die schijven níet met een Amerikaanse R1 speler kunt afdraaien (óók niet met een voor de Amerikaanse markt gebouwde Japanse speler!), want die zijn uitsluitend en alléén voor R1/NTSC gemaakt!...

...'t is maar een weet!...

Groetjes uit grijs, regenachtig Zwitserland.

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