FWIW, Here's an Illinois-based online retailer selling multi-region/region free DVD hardware. They have a walk in store as well in the Chicago area.
http://www.world-import.com/ Tom C. >From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip that >canplayPAL systemDVD's >Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:29:44 -0400 > >It is illegal to buy, sell or own non-region 1 DVD players >in or to north america from everything I have ever heard. >Ever wonder why you cant just go buy one at Circuit Shitty? >jco > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Norm Baugher >Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 2:08 PM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: Re: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip that can playPAL >systemDVD's > > >Illegal? How? I can do anything I want to my frickin' DVD player. Some >Hollywood prick going to show up at my door and tell me I can't play the > >DVD's I bought in Europe? >Norm > >J. C. O'Connell wrote: > > Those are out there but they are illegal. > > jco > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Norm Baugher > > > > Well, thanks to the internet, I have a region code freebDVD player - > > looked up the hack to get rid of the region code lock. > > Norm > > > > graywolf wrote: > > > >> Not only that, Ann, even if a DVD is the right type it may not work. > >> If > >> a DVD is coded for a region your player is not, it will not play. The > > >> DVD needs to be coded for North American distribution, unless you > >> > > bought > > > >> a DVD player with some other region coded in it as may happen if you > >> ordered it from somewhere else. Buying things on the internet can be > >> > > fun. > > > >> > >> > > > > > > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
