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24th August 2007 at 6:08 pm #967liamegan2000MemberA few people have asked me about region free DVD players, and I know the
subject has come up on here a few times, so for those of us in the UK and
Europe (with the possible exception of France and its odd TV system) :Toshiba SD-270E,
I bought mine from Novatech
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?tos-sd270e&P=0 and it is
presently on offer from them at £34.99. A search in Google will no doubt
find other sellers in your area (or if you are outside the UK).You have to re-set or "hack" the region setting. Very easy, the region hack
instructions are here:
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks/toshiba-sd270e/8208I've been using it for about 4 months now. It plays all makes of burned
discs I have, which includes Sony TDK Ritek Datawrite Verbatim BulkPak
Maxell etc as well as Tesco's own brand, and obviously commercial DVDs,
including some a friend bought in New York that were region 1, plus all my
DivX and XvidD discs as well.If you are looking for a cheapish player, it is a good machine –
recommended.Bill.
8th September 2007 at 2:41 pm #968garth3639MemberBill,From your email you seem to have tried out several brands of DVD
blank discs. I have a Sony DVD recorder, a desktop PC fitted with a
Sony DVD writer and a Lite-On writer, and an old IBM notebook with an
IBM-branded DVD writer made by Panasonic. I've had my fingers burned
with a couple of brands of blank discs which haven't worked in some
or all of these. I now use Imation or Verbatim (including double-
layer if needed) and these work OK in everything I've got.I see you mention Tesco discs, and a friend uses these in his DVD
recorder and for his computer with no problems. Have you found any
problems with these?Regards,
Garth
— In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, "Bill"
<william.whittaker1@…> wrote:>
> A few people have asked me about region free DVD players, and I
know the
> subject has come up on here a few times, so for those of us in the
UK and
> Europe (with the possible exception of France and its odd TV
system) :
>
> Toshiba SD-270E,
> I bought mine from Novatech
> http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?tos-sd270e&P=0
and it is
> presently on offer from them at £34.99. A search in Google will no
doubt
> find other sellers in your area (or if you are outside the UK).
>
> You have to re-set or "hack" the region setting. Very easy, the
region hack
> instructions are here:
> http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks/toshiba-sd270e/8208
>
> I've been using it for about 4 months now. It plays all makes of
burned
> discs I have, which includes Sony TDK Ritek Datawrite Verbatim
BulkPak
> Maxell etc as well as Tesco's own brand, and obviously commercial
DVDs,
> including some a friend bought in New York that were region 1, plus
all my
> DivX and XvidD discs as well.
>
> If you are looking for a cheapish player, it is a good machine –
> recommended.
>
> Bill.
>19th September 2007 at 1:01 pm #969liamegan2000MemberI've used Tesco DVD -R, CD-R and some DVD +R. This must run into hundreds
of discs by now as I archive my VHS tapes to disc.I don't honestly remember a failure with one of the discs except where I'd
screwed something up.I'm using a NEC 4550A burner which is a couple of years old in the PC.
Bill.
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From: garth3639
To: shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 1:41 PM
Subject: [shiponedingroup] Re: DVD/DivX player – region freeBill,
From your email you seem to have tried out several brands of DVD
blank discs. I have a Sony DVD recorder, a desktop PC fitted with a
Sony DVD writer and a Lite-On writer, and an old IBM notebook with an
IBM-branded DVD writer made by Panasonic. I've had my fingers burned
with a couple of brands of blank discs which haven't worked in some
or all of these. I now use Imation or Verbatim (including double-
layer if needed) and these work OK in everything I've got.I see you mention Tesco discs, and a friend uses these in his DVD
recorder and for his computer with no problems. Have you found any
problems with these?Regards,
Garth
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