Region 1

[500e]

Friend sent me a DVD from US wont run it is a region 1 only any ideas ?

 

[Kayos]

Needs a region one coded player or one that ignores regions. Pc might do it

 

[Fazerruss]

You may be lucky and be able to find a hack for your DVD player. I have a few region 1 DVDs and I have always been able to find a hack for the last 3 or 4 DVD players I have owned. My current one is a Philips HTS65 I unlocked years ago that is now region free so will play any.

 

[Rig Pig]

Google your DVD players region unlock code, a lot of machines can be made multi region if you keyless the code in.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Rip it onto your pc with handbrake or similar.
Seem to recall with handbrake just ignore (not close or cancel) the region warning that flashes up and rip.

Been a few years since I ripped a dvd though.

Other software is available.
https://handbrake.fr/downloads.php

 

[gaz1]

ripped from dvd to avi then watched the avi

there was no way i was letting the kids near the original dvd to watch films

best ones was anydvd, clone dvd and dvd shrink

you can also convert region dvds to all regions

 

[DaveB]

Reset you DVD player hardware to be region ALL or 8
All is what it you think.
8 is aircraft, cruise ships and spacecraft.

 

[500e]

Few to try then

 

[zx9]

Needs a region one coded player or one that ignores regions. Pc might do it

Be careful if changing the region on a PC DVD player, some only allow a very limited number of region changes before they lock to the last selected region. You will be in Regedit trying to sort it out before long.

 

[Seadog]

I used to repair and sell on Panasonic DVD/VHS combos. I bought a hack remote from eBay for £10 so I could sell them on as all-region players.

 

[Kayos]

Be careful if changing the region on a PC DVD player, some only allow a very limited number of region changes before they lock to the last selected region. You will be in Regedit trying to sort it out before long.

Tbh I’ve not had a DVD player for years, used a PS3 as my media centre until last year when it was replaced with an Xbox one but when I did it was unlocked.
Ripped all my dvds to my nas when I set up the PS3

 

[gaz1]

I will admit ive done same with my dvds or managed to find the avi file online

I dont want my originals damaged

 

[colnerov]

Hi, Is the DVD marked up as PAL or NTSC?

Will any of the above suggestions overcome or remedy that?

Colin

 

[Burdekin]

Normally cheapo DVD players will play any region.

 

[gt6s]

Get a cheap multi region one.

Laurence

 

[zx9]

Hi, Is the DVD marked up as PAL or NTSC?

Will any of the above suggestions overcome or remedy that?

Colin

NTSC / PAL was not normally a problem but SECAM (used in France) could be, having said that we installed a number of Sharp TVs in Lille which were shipped from the UK and worked with out any problems earlier this year, I can only assume the signal was detected and accommodated for without any user input. All the tVs were set to UK for us to read the menus then switched back to France for the end users, it did not affect the operation.

 

[colnerov]

NTSC / PAL was not normally a problem but SECAM (used in France) could be, having said that we installed a number of Sharp TVs in Lille which were shipped from the UK and worked with out any problems earlier this year, I can only assume the signal was detected and accommodated for without any user input. All the tVs were set to UK for us to read the menus then switched back to France for the end users, it did not affect the operation.

Thanks. Colin

 

[Olderisbetter]

Try looking here https://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks and you should find your dvd player listed.

 

[500e]

Did not have a DVD player to hand so gave it to my SIL, her Mac book ran it or so she said.
Sent Email with your suggestions to her She wanted to know why I was talking about handbrakes!! suggested I sobered up before I sent silly Emails

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Lol. Yeah odd choice for a bit of software but served me well ripping my dvd collection