--- Forwarded Message from Chris Lovett <[log in to unmask]> ---

>In-Reply-To: <v04210100ba1a8d637882@[128.32.80.65]>
>References: <v04210100ba1a8d637882@[128.32.80.65]>
>Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 12:19:37 -0800
>To: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> (by way of Victoria K.  Williams)
>From: Chris Lovett <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #6970 DVD/Region Free

Many thanks for the info, our dept here at UC Berkeley purchased a
Pioneer DV-353 for $159 (free shipping) from world gift center
(www.220giftcenter.com) that was region free.  Please note that while
most of these machines will play a NTSC/ PAL  DVD from anywhere they
will not do scan conversion.
That is to say that if a PAL signal goes in then a PAL signal goes
out and most US televisions only display an NTSC format signal.
However if you are using an LCD projector or something else that will
display a wide range of signals then you'll have no problem.
If the AKAI does scan conversion then it is quite a bargain

Cheers,  Chris Lovett

PS  The Pioneer DV-353 also was easily 'rack' mounted being only
1.75" tall and less than 18" wide.


>--- Forwarded Message from "Read Gilgen" <[log in to unmask]> ---
>
>>Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 08:17:26 -0600
>>From: "Read Gilgen" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject: Re: DVD/Region Free
>
>------------------
>We have two very clever women professors here who needed to play
>some legally purchased DVDs from another region.  They shared the
>following, which I thought might be of (intellectual) interest
><grin>.  The bottom line is that you can buy specially modified DVD
>players for about $200 (such as the Pioneer DV-533 at bhphoto.com),
>or you can take this approach, thus enabling you to play your
>legally purchased DVDs.
>
>>>>12/04/02 10:50PM >>>
>The DVD player we bought is an AKAI DVPS-760 progressive scan.  I found it
>on one website for $109, but they charged $25 shipping, so I bought it at
>another site for $121.95 including cheap shipping. www.overstock.com
>
>The sites listed numerous DVD players, so I looked for one that would play
>any DVD on any TV - both NTSC and PAL, and this one qualified.  Daewoo was
>cheaper, but I didn't want to risk buying something under $100!  [My
>colleague]
>did that, however, and she got the Daewoo to work with my [non-US] DVD.
>
>We went to www.nerd-out.com and posted an inquiry about making it region
>free, and got the following instruction that worked for our model.
>Naturally, you'd had to ask specifically for instructions for each model you
>might purchase.
>
>To make this player region free, do the following:
>1) Open the disc tray
>2) Push SETUP on the remote control
>3) On the remote control push the following buttons:
>
>91010
>step
>shuffle
>next
>
>and that's it!
>
>Good luck