Commander McBride Posted April 18, 2005 Posted April 18, 2005 If anyone doesn't have a region free DVD player, now's the time to check out Fry's. They currently have the Terapin 2600DVD for $60, with a $20 mail-in rebate, making it only $40. It's a pretty decent player, too, it was able to play some region 1 discs that even my PS2 refused, as well as Region 2 Japanese DVDs. Only downside is a crappy remote. It says it's R1 only, but a simple code makes it all region. It's also Progressive Scan capable, for those with HDTVs. Just givin' the heads up to anyone interested. PM me for details about the unlock, if you need them. Quote
sktchrtst2002 Posted April 18, 2005 Posted April 18, 2005 Heh, thanks for the info! Tho what I'm looking for is the burning software to burn movies to play later on a dvd player, all region or not. So by imputing a code you turn it all region?? Quote
Commander McBride Posted April 18, 2005 Author Posted April 18, 2005 Yeah, you enter a code in the menu and it pops up a box that allows you to set the region. Quote
Mechmaster Posted April 18, 2005 Posted April 18, 2005 If you want to make your DVD player region free, check out this webpage, they have unlock codes for a vast number of different players. http://www.dvd365.net/?hacks Quote
Commander McBride Posted April 18, 2005 Author Posted April 18, 2005 vcdhelp.com is also quite good, and has a more managable interface, too. That's where I got my info. Quote
eriku Posted April 18, 2005 Posted April 18, 2005 I might have to check that out since my beloved Sampo player, only 2 years old, just took a poo. Poor thing can't even play audio CD's anymore. Quote
Solscud007 Posted April 18, 2005 Posted April 18, 2005 (edited) bah forget all that. Sorry to piss all over your thread Mcbride. But there is a better choice. Granted 40 dollars is nice. But anyway there is a Phillips DVD player called DVP-642 at Best Buy for like 70 bucks. Plays Divx!!!!! and if you open the cd tray and hit 7,8,9,OK,0,OK it unlocks the region on teh DVD player. Also the 10.2" screen portable Mintek DVD player at Costco for $350 is region hackable and plays divx. Edited April 18, 2005 by Solscud007 Quote
soulDistortion Posted April 18, 2005 Posted April 18, 2005 (edited) bah forget all that. Sorry to piss all over your thread Mcbride. But there is a better choice. Granted 40 dollars is nice. But anyway there is a Phillips DVD player called DVP-642 at Best Buy for like 70 bucks. Plays Divx!!!!! and if you open the cd tray and hit 7,8,9,OK,0,OK it unlocks the region on teh DVD player.Also the 10.2" screen portable Mintek DVD player at Costco for $350 is region hackable and plays divx. I have the DVP-642 myself, and I love it. It can play a fair amount of .avi files, so I use it to watch downloaded anime on the tv. I just burn a regular cd-r as a data disc with the .avi files on it, and I'm good to go. The only files I've had problems with are ones that were QPEL encoded. It can be had at Wal-Mart as well for ~70 bucks. Edited April 18, 2005 by soulDistortion Quote
Godzilla Posted April 18, 2005 Posted April 18, 2005 Sounds like a good deal. I may have to look into it. Quote
Ladic Posted April 18, 2005 Posted April 18, 2005 Why not get the Cyberhome one? you can make it region free with the unlock code. It retails for $40, but most stores have mail in rebates so you can get it in the $20's with the rebates. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...ronics&n=507846 Quote
Noriko Takaya Posted April 19, 2005 Posted April 19, 2005 Heh, thanks for the info!Tho what I'm looking for is the burning software to burn movies to play later on a dvd player, all region or not. So by imputing a code you turn it all region?? Looking for some pretty decent software for copying protected discs as well as wiping out that pesky region coding? Go to: http://www.dvdidle.com/dvd-fab-platinum.htm. I've been using this program for a while now to back up my DVD's and it works pretty well. You can download a 30 trial to evaluate, but after that, it costs you $60.00 to get the key. And out of the hundred or so DVD's I have copied, I've only had two which didn't work. And it also does dual layer. Quote
Solscud007 Posted April 19, 2005 Posted April 19, 2005 Why not get the Cyberhome one? you can make it region free with the unlock code.It retails for $40, but most stores have mail in rebates so you can get it in the $20's with the rebates. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...ronics&n=507846 BUt will it play CDR and DVDR discs burned with Divx files? The DVP-642 does Quote
Valkyrie23 Posted May 30, 2005 Posted May 30, 2005 I just picked up the Phillips DVP-642 at walmart b/c of the comments here. After spending a day with it and tossing every anime, tv episode, movie at it I could find, it works near flawlessly. Sometimes there were slight audio sync issues, who cares when I'm watching anime on my hd tv Thanks for the reccomendation guys. BTW, the DVP-642 $57.98 at walmart nowadays. Quote
JB0 Posted May 30, 2005 Posted May 30, 2005 It's a pretty decent player, too, it was able to play some region 1 discs that even my PS2 refused... Ummm... the PS2 is a notoriously crappy DVD player. Hardly the thing to compare to when determining if something's a "pretty decent" player. Quote
Gunbuster Posted May 30, 2005 Posted May 30, 2005 Also the 10.2" screen portable Mintek DVD player at Costco for $350 is region hackable and plays divx. Do you have a link to how to do this? Quote
Zentrandude Posted May 30, 2005 Posted May 30, 2005 that 10.2" one that comes with the tv tuner built in? lately im been seeing those. bit puts my old 7" one to shame when im tired of watching dvds. Quote
HWR MKII Posted May 31, 2005 Posted May 31, 2005 Check out JWin brand they are all region and both pal and NTSC compatable 40 bucks too. I own 2 of them and have no complaints. Quote
Hoptimus Posted May 31, 2005 Posted May 31, 2005 bah forget all that. Sorry to piss all over your thread Mcbride. But there is a better choice. Granted 40 dollars is nice. But anyway there is a Phillips DVD player called DVP-642 at Best Buy for like 70 bucks. Plays Divx!!!!! and if you open the cd tray and hit 7,8,9,OK,0,OK it unlocks the region on teh DVD player. You can get it at Wal-Mart for 59.97 Quote
EXO Posted May 31, 2005 Posted May 31, 2005 I have the DVP-642 also and it's an awesome player. But sometimes I play a DIVX burned anime file and the image is bigger than the screen. And I can't see the subs. Any fix to that? I already flashed it with the latest firmware. Quote
Otaku-Smeghead Posted May 31, 2005 Posted May 31, 2005 Dumb question but did you mess with the Ratio settings on your player?? 4:3 vs 16:9 it sounds like it might be an aspect problem if the source you burned from shows up letter boxed on your PC there you go =) Quote
EXO Posted May 31, 2005 Posted May 31, 2005 Yeah. I did that. First thing I tried. but it's the same in all settings... Quote
Otaku-Smeghead Posted May 31, 2005 Posted May 31, 2005 is your source 16:9 when you watch it on a PC?? Quote
Commander McBride Posted June 1, 2005 Author Posted June 1, 2005 &$^(@^$(# POS DVD remote. One recommendation about this thing, copy the functions into a universal remote when you get it. My remote got smashed by a falling speaker, and no universal remote has codes that work for this player. Quote
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