I was just wondering if anyone could give me some advice. Im looking at a dvd receiver thats a japanese model and the region coding has to be changed in order for me to play american dvds


anyone?

 

forget it, not possible.

 

crap

 

cr@p

 

was it that eclipse on ebay?

 

yeah

 

that sucks man, check out this forum and talk to some of the members to see if it may be possible.

 

yea, i saw that piece and started drooling. Looks like he sold it for less than $500 too. Were u the one that one it? For the price, its worth the LCD/TV Tuner/CD Player alone. You could buy a seperate DVD player and you're good to go. That's what I was thinking of doing myself. Or you could just by this...http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=14946 and that'd be money.

 

its possible - cant tell you how just yet, but its definitely possible. ill PM you if I can find something; remind me if I dont get back to you in the next day or so

 

Methods for changing region codes vary from model to model, brand to brand. There are several web sites that publish hacks for some DVDs, for example:
http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdhacks.php

Neither the sites nor I have tested the hacks. I, personally do not recommend their use because, even if they are found to be legal some day, they are getting into a level of tinkering that can't be undone in some cases. Also, many DVD's will automatically reset to the original region code when power is removed, resulting in a less than convenient consumer device. Finally, changing the code is no guarantee that you can play a region 1 DVD, since one of choices available on some DVDs is simply "all regions" instead of individual regions.

In other words, are apparently saved dollars worth the hassel of changing the code over the life of the device?

 

too true