[NYMomToBe]

Hi. I moved from the US and am looking for a dvd player that is compatible with both dvds from the US and Asia. essentially, I want a dvd player w/o regional codes. Where can I find one? (hoping not having to go to ShenZhen) Thank you!

NYMomToBe

[saltwater]

Philips sale at 17/F in the Hopewell Centre at Wan Chai. They have a sale on with multi-region DVD players (that they claim can play everything) for HK$ 598. Open 10-7 daily, call them on 2529 8510 if you need to ask them anything.

[kristof]

Actually most of the players you'll buy anwhere here are gonna be zone free, just pick the one you like

[KnowItAll]

Most if not ALL the players from international and chinese brands, sold in HK, will be region free or will come with instructions on how to switch the regions.

[BenderBends]

pretty much any DVD player is multi code here....or at least ive been told

i just bought an amazing setup from a store in tsuen wan...

for about 1200, i got a TEAC 5.1 surround sound sytem with subwoofer, amp, 6 speakers, and a DVD/VCD/CD/MP3/DIVX player

its multi code so i can play any DVD, and it is really nice

they had a huge sale, so i jumped on it

[dropdedfwed]

if u buy the cheapest, tackiest DVD player, it will play pretty much anything. your average $300 job will play even DVD's from Shenzhen (well, i didn't buy any, just tried some from there )

however, if u want a nice DVD recorder that will also play DVD's from across the border, u have to be careful. as previously stated in this thread, almost every player/recorder is multi-region (so will play HK, US and, say UK DVD's) but not all will play SZ DVD's. i tried 6 DVD recorders in a store b4 i found that pretty much only Sony DVD player/recorders will play SZ DVD's. the only other player in the shop that played them was a $300 hyundai, the panasonics did not, pioneers did not etc etc..

my advice (well, what i did) is to take a DVD from the region you want to play into the store and try it in a player that takes your fancy. i took Aussie, HK and SZ DVD's to a store and played "musical DVD players" till i found one that finally played all (the SZ DVD's were the only "fussy" ones). there are enough staff in most stores to do this, if you go outside lunch times.

[BenderBends]

Originally Posted by dropdedfwed

...but not all will play SZ DVD's. i tried 6 DVD recorders in a store b4 i found that pretty much only Sony DVD player/recorders will play SZ DVD's. the only other player in the shop that played them was a $300 hyundai, the panasonics did not, pioneers did not etc etc..

SZ DVD's? SZ doesnt have its own region....if you mean because they are actually DVD-/+R's (true bootleg DVD's) then you just need to make sure the DVD player can play that format.

I have bought DVD's from Korea, Japan, US, UK, Northern China, Southern China, HK and they have all worked on my DVD player's. I always make sure the DVD player can play back-ups because most pirated movies are recognized as copied movies or backups.

[tangent23]

i bought a philips dvp642 here in australia after doing my research online...

it's region free [or can be made to be], plays avis, mpegs, divx [if you like to back up your movies into computer format or use bittorrent] plus all your standard dvd formats, and best of all it's cheap and a name brand..

[saltwater]

Originally Posted by tangent23

best of all it's cheap and a name brand..

Thats what I thought when I brought my Panasonic (lasted 18 months) and LG (lasted 6 months) ones. I've heard Sony, Samsung and Pioneer make the best dvd players. Anyone know any others?

[KnowItAll]

Saltwater : We have three pioneer players .. one if a cool 6 year old combo DVD/LD player and the other two are 300 DVD Jukeboxes for over 4 years now (yeah, you can tell I'm a movie junkie). Never had a problem with them.

I've looked at the Philips and I suspect it will be more of a throwaway player for me to just copy the TV shows that I download, to watch on the telly as opposed to the computer.

With all you DVD fanatics out there.. I better get my act together and re-launch http://www.dvds.org.