IIRC, there are numerous stores in San Francisco's Japan Town that sell multi-regional DVD players.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Tom C < > Because they don't sell non-region 1 DVD players at retail outlets in a > country where 999,999,999 DVD's out of every 1,000,000,000 DVD's sold are > region 1, does not make it illegal. In fact it makes perfect sense. > > My, now defunct, region-free PAL/NTSC DVD player, was purchased from and > shipped from a Canadian business address, which last time I looked, was in > North America. > > > 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
