dvd player hacks

Willow
Willow Posts: 11,060
edited June 2004 in Electronics
has anyone ever tried hacking their dvd players....my marantz is said to have a hack to enable to play vcd and svcd......dunno if I should try
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  • kingtut
    kingtut Posts: 813
    edited June 2004
    I used a firmware downloaded from the net to hack my cheapie Apex to region free. It works like a charm.
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited June 2004
    http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks
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  • Burnzy
    Burnzy Posts: 250
    edited June 2004
    Yeah I'm a newbie and this may be a dumb question but I never heard of this before. I know what the region codes are but can someone enlighten me as to the advantages of doing this, what it does, etc., etc.

    Thanks.
    SYSTEM
    HDTV ..........Sony KP-57WV600
    CD / DVD......Sony DVP-C675D
    AVR ............Denon 2801
    MAINS .........Polk RTi8
    CENTER .......Polk CSi5
    Surrounds ....Polk FXi3
    Sub ............Polk PSW-250
    Cables.........Zebra Cables
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,060
    edited June 2004
    if you are in Northamerica we all share one code wich the dvd's have as well in japan they have their on codes and dvd codes to match. I think its to prevent contries from exporting/importing contraband dvds
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited June 2004
    I have a lot movies from my home country and they have a different region code (or actually they all the regions included in the DVD). Players that are not code free do not play DVD with a different region code. In here we have region 1 discs and players. Buy a DVD from Europe and it will not play on that region 1 player.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,060
    edited June 2004
    to add to sami...unless you hack your dvd player and add that zone
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