Citizen77
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« on: 03-01-2002 12:55 »
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Does anybody know if the Oritron DVD100 is region free? I want to buy a region free player so I can buy Futurama Season 1 DVDs. If not this player, any other suggestions? I have about $125.00 to spend
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Otis P Jivefunk
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Sorry I don't, if you are from the UK then I would sugest that you check out a shop called Richer Sounds, there are plenty nationally and if you don't know of any near you then go onto their website http://www.richersounds.com
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Nixorbo
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If he's from the UK why would he need a region-free player for the Futurama DVD's?
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Helpy McHelphelp
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Originally posted by SpacemanSpiff: and maybe there are other dvds too... Bah, that's just an urban legend.
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PainoMan
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Go to www.vcdhelp.com They have user reviews for just about every DVD player under the sun and what they do and do not play.
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Helpy McHelphelp
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That's not a spoon, this is a spoon!!
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Priz
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If you want a standalone dvd player for cheap that converts PAL -> NTSC and does all region right out of the box, get the Daewoo 3000n, 5000n, 5700n, etc. for $99 or so from Sam's Club. (all those models do it, I don't know which your local sam's club currently stocks. They also have slightly different features.) If you buy it, also spend $5 to get a full 1 year extended warranty. There's a great message board on these players at http://www.nerd-out.com/forum/ (I bought one after reading the forum for info. A friend bought a Apex AD-1500 after reading their Apex forum and can play his R2 PAL discs just fine too.) The nice thing about playing dvd's on your computer is it doesn't care about the difference between PAL and NTSC. There's 2 types of settings you have to worry about. The first newer operating systems take advantage of (in the firmware) which can be patched. Normally, this sets the firmware so after you've switched it 5 times, no matter where you move the drive to (another machine or reinstall the OS), it's locked into whatever region you set it the 5th time. This lets you change that infinite times to whatever region you choose. You can find firmware patches at http://perso.club-internet.fr/farzeno/firmware/ For certain programs like PowerDVD, they also have a limit they set (software) on changing the region. I assume since it's the same # as the firmware(5), they might assume everything just gets changed at once. If you go to google, search for dvd genie. That program will circumvent the software # of region changes. Unless you own a mac. Then you're screwed. (j/k) I hope that helps. ^_^
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Priz
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I bought a 5000n because I wanted all region, but it doesn't stack up to my $399 Toshiba. It's still good, though. ^_^ I assume they're the same as far as menus. All you have to do is in the menu where it says "PAL/NTSC/Auto" is set it to NTSC. voila, all discs play automagically. (You could try auto, in case they fixed it...) That's all I had to do to get my SPACED dvd running. I haven't tried the Futurama discs yet. Speaking of the Futurama discs from the UK, I scanned in the covers of the first two: http://www.acs-teens.org/dvd/ (I couldn't get my site to come up and my work domain is faster.)
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