[SEL] OT...DVD,playable in the US

[peter ogborne]

That's what i am afraid of Arnie[ stuffing up the DVD player] .I rang the 
help line for the player NEC ,advice I got was to open the disc drawer and 
hit the 0 button 7 times .....that would give me a universal format.
I wonder if my friend in MO can get it transposed in the the US?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arnie Fero" <fero_ah at city-net.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 2:50 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] OT...DVD,playable in the US


> G'day Peter,
>
> The most probable source of trouble is the stupid DVD region code.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code
>
> A large number of DVD players ignore the code, but an equally large number
> observe it and won't play an "out of region" DVD.
>
> There are a lot of web sites that provide instructions on how to use your
> DVD player remote control to "re-program" (i.e. hack) your player to
> either ignore the codes or accept a specific code.  Naturally, there's a
> high probablity of totally stuffing your player.
>
> I've had really good success playing out of region DVDs on my computer.  I
> think the DVD player software tends to be much more "region code
> friendly" than the DVD players themselves.
>
> Good luck!!
>
> See ya,  Arnie
>
> On Thu, 5 Apr 2007, peter ogborne wrote:
>
>> I have sent a DVD recorded here in Australia to a friend in the US .He is
>> unable to play it ,the message being that it is the wrong format.Any help
>> would be appreciated!
>
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