I bout a few DVD's off Amazon at Christmas, but one of them (pirates of the caribbean dead mans chest) is the wrong DVD region, how do i tell what region its for and what am i supposed to do with it, any way of playing it here in UK?
2007-01-15 08:48:12 · 5 answers · asked by Cap10kirk 3 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Other - Electronics
Region 1 is US and it will say it on the box. Region 2 is what can be played in the UK. Not sure if you can play region 1 without some fantastic equipment.
2007-01-15 08:59:37 · answer #1 · answered by Rachael H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many older DVD players have a built-in manufacturers 'hack' that will allow you to make your DVD player Region free i.e. it will play any region DVD. Look up the model number on the 'net.
Most DVD players sold in the last couple of years are region free anyway. This is because the manufacturers didn't agree with the Region coding in the first place, but had it forced upon them by the movie moguls. You'd be very unlucky to buy a 'Region 2 only' DVD player nowadays.
The Region of a DVD disc is listed on the box.
2007-01-15 17:55:41 · answer #2 · answered by Nightworks 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a way however I wouldnt recommend it , if you have a pc with a dvd drive you can change the region of this drive through its properties , the region 1 dvd will then play however to view any other dvd's you have to change the region back to region 2 to view them , the problem is that you can only change region a limited number of times before your dvd rom drive locks to the last selected region.
When buying online always click the more information tab , you will generally find which region it is in there , hope this helps
2007-01-15 17:38:53 · answer #3 · answered by The Guru 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could always buy a multi region player there cheap enough now
2007-01-15 18:54:09 · answer #4 · answered by ♥♥™Tia™♥♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this website for all you need to know:
http://www.alkenmrs.com/codefreedvd/dvd-regions.html
2007-01-15 17:01:50 · answer #5 · answered by dumb bunny 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋