Does anyone know where I can buy a 'Region 1' DVD player?

Question

I bought my little niece Little House on the Prairie DVD set from the U.S., but it won't play on our DVD player and it keeps coming up with "Wrong region". I don't want to spend too much. Thank you.

Answer 1

anywhere in north america is region 1

Answer 2

Why buy a Region 1 DVD Player when you can decode/hack your existing player to make it multi regional. Put your make and model number into any search engine followed by region code hack and watch what comes up. The region code can normally be changed using the remote control. Some sites give you the information on how to do it for free. Others make a small charge, typically £5.00-£15.00. De-coding DVD players is quite straight forward and it can be done on stand alone players or players in PCs and Laptops.

Have fun and save some money. I have listed one site in the link where you can get this information.

Answer 3

DVDs are coded into "regions". to try and prevent people buying cheap DVDs from other countries or before the film or TV series is released in a particular country. Region 1 is USA/Canada, Region 2 is UK/Europe.

To prevent legal problems with the film/TV companies, most DVD player manufacturers program their products with the region code for where it is being sold and to check the region code on the DVD and only play it they are the same. Some still decide not to do this and market their players as "multi-region".

However, most DVD players can be re-programmed to "Region 0", or "multi-region". There are various websites with listings of DVD players and instructions on how to re-program them, usually using the remote control. Try a search for "DVD hacks".

Some players can be re-programmed permanently - unfortunately, some of the newer ones can only be re-programmed a fixed number of times.

Answer 4

Here's a place that can answer your question.

http://hometheater.about.com/cs/dvdlaserdisc/a/aaregioncodesa_2.htm

There is a Region free DVD player , however, the DVD is formated for NTSC and if your in Canada, or the UK (among others), your TV is formatted for PAL and Italy and several others are set for SECAM.

You might want to look into getting a DVD player for your computer.

Note:
In practice, many DVD players allow playback of any disc, or can be modified to do so. Entirely independent of encryption, region coding pertains to regional lockout, which originated in the video game industry.

From a worldwide perspective regional coding may be seen as a failure.[2] A huge percentage of players outside of North America can be easily modified (and are even sold pre-modified by mainstream stores such as Amazon.co.uk) to ignore the regional codes on a disc. This, coupled with the fact that almost all televisions in Europe and Australasia are capable of displaying NTSC video, means that consumers in these regions have a huge choice of discs. Contrary to popular belief, this practice is not illegal and in some countries that strongly support free trade (New Zealand is one prominent example) it is encouraged.

A normal DVD player can only play region-coded discs designated for the player's own particular region. However, a code-free or region-free DVD player is capable of playing DVD discs from any of the six regions around the world.

In the US, most low-cost DVD players that are sold in supermarkets or other cheap outlets are not multi-region. Some of the more expensive players (e.g. Sony) are multi-region. Conversely in the UK and Ireland many cheap DVD players are multi-region while more expensive systems, including the majority of home cinema systems, are preset to play only region 2 discs.

Answer 5

I agree with those who recommend a multi-region player. The alternative, if you have a separate player and your PC also plays on DVDs, is to convert the player on your PC to region 1. You can do this Windows Media Player back and forth twice. If you don't normally use the computer for watching movies, then you could leave it on R1 and keep your player for R2. It might even be possible to plug your computer into your TV.

Answer 6

Try to get a Multi region DVD Player so it can play all. They're not even that expensive !!

Answer 7

best you buy a mulit regional dvd player. I found on at curry's for £19.99/ and remember to ask for the code to put into the player to play all regions. follow the insturctions and enjoy. I have brought several of my dvd's from the states when i moved here to the uk.http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0075247278.1162544217@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccgdaddjfiglfdmcflgceggdhhmdgmh.0&page=Product&fm=10&sm=1&tm=0&sku=422203&category_oid=-30719

Answer 8

from a region 1 dvd shop

Answer 9

In North usa area unfastened or multi area DVD gamers are consistently marketed that way, in Europe now and lower back they sell DVD gamers which could be hacked into area unfastened gamers, or now and lower back all you % is a secrete code, yet in North usa they do no longer sell DVD' gamers like that, in North usa area unfastened DVD gamers are consistently marketed as being area unfastened or multi area...

Answer 10

Put the make and model number into Yahoo or any engine search and you will be able to get info on how to change regions. Probably illegal, but who knows!!