May 24, 2010 - If you move around a lot, you may notice that you can't play the same DVDs from country to country. The world is separated into different.

• • • As a Brit, I often want DVDs that I just can't find in the U.S. It's usually U.K. Comedy shows, most of which don't take off over here for some reason.

And DVD regions used to be a problem for me. But not anymore. (See also: ) As I'm sure you know, DVDs are coded to a region of the world. Here's how it breaks down: REGION 1 — USA, Canada REGION 2 — Japan, Europe, South Africa, Middle East, Greenland REGION 3 — S.Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Parts of South East Asia REGION 4 — Australia, New Zealand, Latin America (including Mexico) REGION 5 — Eastern Europe, Russia, India, Africa REGION 6 — China REGION 7 — Reserved for Unspecified Special Use REGION 8 — Reserved for Cruise Ships, Airlines, etc. REGION 0, 9, or REGION ALL — Discs are uncoded and can be played worldwide So, here in the U.S., we're Region 1. In the U.K., discs are Region 2. Region 1 discs won't play in region 2 players, and vice versa.

Or so I was told when I first moved here 6 years ago. But that's not true. Region coding can, in most cases, be removed from your DVD player using a simple remote-control code that unlocks the player.

Why do we have region codes? I'm no expert on this, but I turn to a man who knows more than I do. Had this to say about the subject. 'Movies are released in theaters in different parts of the world at different times throughout the year.

That Summer blockbuster in the U.S. May end up being the Christmas blockbuster overseas. If that occurs, the DVD version of the movie may be out in the U.S. While it is still showing in theaters overseas.

In order to preserve the financial integrity of the theatrical distribution of a particular film, it is not possible (under normal conditions) to have a friend in the U.S. Send a DVD copy of the film to the country where it is in theatrical release and be able to play the DVD on a player there.' So, in a word, money. However, since the massive surge of the Internet, and release dates in countries around the world coming closer and closer together, it's fairly ridiculous to have region coding. In fact, many players are now code free. But, if yours isn't (and most aren't) you may be able to unlock it in a matter of seconds.right now. Enough background.how do I unlock my player?

The site I have used for the last few years is called VideoHelp.com, and they have a section of the site dedicated to. It's a simple search engine. Just take down the name and model number of your DVD player, and if a hack exists (there are thousands out there) then just print out the instructions, take your remote control and program your DVD player. And there you have it.

You can now play disks from Japan, England, Australia, anywhere you want! Here's the best part.

You don't need an expensive player. In fact, the easiest players to unlock are at the cheaper end. I bought a Phillips DVD player (DVP642) for $40 from BestBuy a few years ago, unlocked it in 10 seconds and watched a bunch of British comedy the same day. Yesterday, I upgraded that player to a DVD player with HD capability for the impending HDTV we'll need to buy. I checked out VideoHelp for players on the BestBuy website that had a remote hack available and found this one:. It was $89.99 (on sale from $99.99) and then I used the following region hack: • Power on. • Push the info on remote once (with supplied remote).

Adobe cs5 for mac keygen. You will see numbers. • Press 9 for multi-region.

Keep trying until you see the number 9 appear in upper left corner. A nice new upconvert DVD player that plays any DVD, and it got a great rating on, too. All for less than $100 including tax. So, if you do have a DVD player that you'd like to convert, you can try it. The site does WARN that any action you take may invalidate the warranty, so try it at your own risk.

All I can say is that I've never had a problem. Best of luck. Like this article? Attention PHLY95. Regarding using VLC Media Player to watch other Region Coded DVD's (and BluRay Discs) on your Computer.

Yes, that's true, but you have to Change The Country Setting on your Computer to the Country/Region of the Video that you want to watch. Then you have to change it back again to your Local Country/Region. You have to do this Every Time you want to watch a different Region Video. You can only Change It 4 Times after you have Initially set it to Your Local Country Location.

Once it has been changed to the 5th Location Setting, it Stays There and You Cannot change it again: and if it is set on a Region other than Your Local Country, you can't change it back. I purchased the LC-516M in Korea and have succesfully set this to code free. I purchase a number of DVDs at full price from the U.S. And thus see no issue with setting the DVD player to play multiple codes. Turn DVD player on without any disc in the tray. 'No Disc' should appear on the screen.