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I want to help you guys watch Transformers
DVDs no matter where in the world they are released. I see many of
you who express their frustration about foreign releases of
Transformers DVDs that we don't have available here in the States
yet. Well, there's really no reason for it since there's an army of
inexpensive DVD players available just down the street from you that
can easily be modified to play DVDs from anywhere in the world. All
it takes is a little research on the Internet to find out which DVD
players can be modified that are currently available at Best Buy,
Target, Walmart or whatever major retail store is near you.
Keep in mind that the cheaper the DVD player, the easier it is to
"hack". Obviously, you don't want a complete piece of crap, but if
you stick to some brands that you recognize such as Phillips, you
should be all set. The higher end DVD players are far more difficult
to hack (or altogether impossible) so I would stay away from the
Pioneers, Sonys and Toshibas for example.
Australia's Region 4? Not a problem! UK's PAL format? Never worry
about it again. UK's Region 2? Region what?!?! I've been enjoying
DVDs from all over the world for the past 2 years. I own all of
Metrodome's Headmaster, Masterforce, Victory and RiD sets,
Metrodome's "Transformers Movie Reconstructed", as well as all of
Madman's incredibly flawless Beast Wars sets, their very awesome G1
boxset and their version of the animated movie. For those of you who
don't know, Metrodome is based out of the UK and Madman is based out
of Australia.
I'm also able to play DVDs from China or Japan flawlessly. I'm able
to easily just pop-in DVD extras that come with my Japanese
Transformers right into my primary DVD player and watch whatever I
want. Heck, I can even download videos from the Internet, burn them
directly to a DVD-R as their native format (i.e. AVI, MPEG, etc) and
watch the actual raw videos on my home TV without ever having to
convert the video to a DVD format.
Without further ado, here is a message I had posted on these forums
before the big forum crash in January. I had the foresight to save
this message on the Metrodome forums a while back so thanks to that,
I'm able to repost my message here on Seibertron.com. One of our
latest sponsors is none other than our friends at Madman. I promised
I'd help share how you guys can watch these DVDs on your players at
home regardless of where you live in the world. You should be just
as excited about a DVD set from Madman as you are from a company
here in the States or whatever country you live in. Yeah, it's a
little expensive to import the DVDs but it's most definitely worth
it. It certainly beats the alternative of not owning sets like
Headmasters (which Madman will be releasing later this year) or RiD.
If you have any questions, please let me know. I'll do my best to
help you find a region free DVD player so that you can enjoy
watching these Transformers DVDs from other countries while Sony
figures out what they're doing with the license here in America. |
| Ryan in 2005 wrote: |
Hey guys,
Once Metrodome announced the upcoming Headmasters DVD set, I
started doing some research into figuring out a standard way
to play foreign DVDs. I've been anxiously awaiting a
Headmasters DVD set that's not as expensive as the Japanese
version for quite some time so I can assure all of you that
I wasn't going to let a little thing like Region 2 or PAL
video stop me from figuring out a way to play the Metrodome
DVDs here in the States (NTSC video, Region 1). While it was
great news that Metrodome was going to release the Movie and
Headmasters as Region 0 (just like the Robots in Disguise
RiD videos were released unbeknownst to many fans), but that
would only allow most of us American fans the ability to
watch the DVDs on our computer. I wanted to watch the DVDs
on my television with my sound system dammit!
So I talked to a few of my friends at work who are from
Poland. A few of them started pointing me toward the DVD
player that is sold locally at Target, Wal-Mart, Best Buy,
Circuit City or Amazon.com. This DVD player can EASILY be
hacked to play any region AND it automatically converts PAL
formatted videos to NTSC. PLUS IT'S CHEAP and comes with
tons of other features that have totally changed my DVD
experience. I highly recommend this DVD player:
Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000204SWE/ref=pd_sxp_f/002-0964654-9456061?v=glance&s=electronics
http://www.google.com/products?q=phillips+DVP642
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1. Turn on the player.
2. Open the tray.
3. Press the following sequence on the remote: 7 8 9
OK 0
4. The number 0 will appear on the lower left side
of your screen.
5. Your player is now region free! Put in a DVD and
enjoy! :) |
NOTE: The 0 in the sequence above represents the region
code. 0 = region free. If you want to change your player to
just a specific region code, replace the 0 with the region
number you want.
The hack should be perfectly safe, but USE IT ON YOUR OWN
RISK!
It plays my RiD DVDs from the UK perfectly as well as my
various Takara DVDs that came with my Robot Masters figures
and TFC-9 Starscream. I can't say enough great things about
this DVD player.
And no, I do not work for Phillips. I'm just trying to
spread some information about this DVD player out to the
community so that you guys can get your DVD player before
the Headmasters set is released.
Apparently the cheaper the DVD Player, the easier it is to
region hack and to find a player that will convert from PAL
to NTSC. I bought one that was a little more expensive with
a brand that I recognized even though several of my friends
recommended the Cyberhome DVD players. However, I read so
many bad reviews about the Cyberhome DVD player that it
didn't matter that it was only $40 or less ... I wanted a
player that would last and look decent. |
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