At 12:44 AM 10/01/2009, you wrote: I was told there isn't such a thing as a region-free DVD player. We have had this problem forever and were told we needed to buy players in the various formats.
Commercial recordings of DVDs have regions set by the movie distributors for marketing reasons. Most current DVD players can be set to play DVDs from any region. The owner's manual may have a code for you to enter using the remote control. If not do a search with the terms: DVD Region Code Unlocks [machine name] Set your machine to 0 for all regions. PAL vs NSTC is a different problem. These are standards for the picture. Japan, US and Canada use NSTC. Israel and Europe use PAL. Machines exist that will produce both kinds of signals. They are sold by stores that cater to the international market or sell electronics for export. You should have no trouble finding these players online. Daniel Stuhlman Chicago, IL ddstuhlman at earthlink.net Blog: http://kol-safran.blogspot.com/ --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
