[78-L] Playing European DVDs ^

[David Lennick]

I bought the Philips because it was $30CDN at WalMart last fall..cheaper than 
DVDs were when I first started buying them. A couple of months ago I found the 
complete Hancock's Half Hour box set going for under $20 so I took a chance and 
ordered it. I hacked the CyberHome player I have downstairs, although that took 
a few tries (the instructions kept omitting one minor detail, namely that when 
you press the sequence of numbers NOTHING WILL DISPLAY but you do it anyway). 
Tonight I ran across the website and tried the Philips..worked beautifully. 
This code supposedly defeats Macrovision as well.

dl

Michael Biel wrote:
>   It works the other way too if you are in Europe and want to play a
> U.S. region 1 disc.  The real trick is to look the machine up before you
> buy it to see if you can make it region-free.  Since you can't hack all
> machines, buy one that you can.  Some discs from Europe are already
> region-free.  
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  
> 
> 
> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> 
> This may be of interest..it may also not be off topic if it enables you
> to play 
> English and European DVDs containing material by vintage entertainers. I
> was 
> able to make the appropriate adjustment in my Philips DVP 3140 in ten
> seconds.
> 
> Go here and enter the make and model of your machine.
> 
> www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks
> 
> dl
> 
>