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Watching US dvd's in the UK

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Watching US dvd's in the UK

Postby Pot Bot » Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:57 pm

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Hey, im sick of waiting for a release of Armada in europe so i was considering importing, now i was just wondering if the codes that unlock dvd players in us work on a similar basis over here, if they do, anyone care to talk me through it. If not does anyone know if you can get one of those action replay things for a 360 to watch universal dvds??
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Re: Watching US dvd's in the UK

Postby Tekka » Thu Jan 01, 2009 5:39 pm

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It depends on the model of your DVD Player, if you give the make and model number we can find out if it can be unlocked.

IMO though, the best option for playing foreign DVDs is always going to be your PC.
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Re: Watching US dvd's in the UK

Postby Pot Bot » Thu Jan 01, 2009 6:06 pm

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its just a cheapo dvd player, make is 'Pacific' model is dvd900.


dvd play back on my pc is pretty poor due to it being old and im really not a fan of watching things on it, would rather get it on my dvd
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Re: Watching US dvd's in the UK

Postby Sledge » Thu Jan 01, 2009 6:24 pm

If it's a cheapie one, it might not be region locked. Few years ago, my dad bought his first DVD player fairly cheap. It annoyed a friend of his no end that the friend's very expensive player would only play UK region DVDs, whereas my dad's cheap one would play anything.
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Re: Watching US dvd's in the UK

Postby Tekka » Thu Jan 01, 2009 6:29 pm

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Pottermus_Prime wrote:its just a cheapo dvd player, make is 'Pacific' model is dvd900.


dvd play back on my pc is pretty poor due to it being old and im really not a fan of watching things on it, would rather get it on my dvd


Instructions to unlock.

USE REMOTE ONLY

Switch off machine.

Switch on machine.

1. Press 'open/close' button (the draw should be left open).
2. Press the 'clear' button.
3. Press '1'.
4. Press '3'.
5. Press '6'.
6. Press '9'.
7. Press '0' (zero for multi-region).
8. Press 'open/close' button.

Switch off machine.

Switch on machine.

1. Press 'open/close' button (the draw should be left open).
2. Press the 'clear' button.
3. Press '4'.
4. Press '5'.
5. Press '6'.
6. Press '1'.
7. Press '0'. (to disable macrovision)
8. Press 'open/close' button.

Switch off machine.

And you're done.
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Re: Watching US dvd's in the UK

Postby Dead Metal » Fri Jan 02, 2009 2:50 am

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I found out that my uncles UK Playstation2 slim can play US DVDs so that would be another potion.
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Re: Watching US dvd's in the UK

Postby ThunderThruster » Fri Jan 02, 2009 7:21 am

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see, I dont have this problem 'cause I bought a multi-region dvd player.
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Re: Watching US dvd's in the UK

Postby Pot Bot » Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:37 am

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cheers all, now to track down the unicron trilogy us stylie
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