Good morning,
We use VLC to view all our DVDs including non-North American DVDs and we have not had any issues.
Best,
Rachida
Rachida Salama Primov
Senior Lecturer in French
The Eleonore Graves Tripp Modern Languages Laboratory and Media Center, Director
Virtual Immersion Program Coordinator
University of Miami
Phone: 305-284-8592
Fax: 305-284-2225
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From: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Fitzgerald, Hope (hf6v)
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2017 9:58 AM
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Subject: region-free DVD players on your campuses?
Hello all!
The recent question re: videogame systems got me wondering: do your language centers (or classrooms) continue to offer region-free DVD players? Do
they get much use? What alternatives are out there (is there such a thing as an external, region-free DVD drive?) for the occasional screening of a non-North American DVD?
Thanks very much!
Hope Fitzgerald
UVA
From: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum
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On Behalf Of Arthur Orme
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2017 9:01 AM
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Subject: Re: Video games set up
Audrey: This is a tricky area- Most video games consoles have regional encoding. The main regions are: Japan and Asia- NTSC-J, North and South America- NTSC-U, Europe, New Zealans and Australia-Pal, and China- NTSC-C.
Some Regional lockouts have also been achieved with software authentication, slot/pin changes, Cartridge/case differences, and IP blocking. According to wikipedia, All playstation 3 games are region free- but some individual
publishers have chosen to region lock certain games. Microsoft Xbox and Xbox360 are region locked BUT the Xbox one is not region blocked- but again individual games may be encoded. Your best bet would probably be Xbox one or playstation-3. That being said-
my son regularly plays japanese games before they are made available here using computer proxy sites- that takes up a lot of computer space and he regularly deletes to make more room. Many of the international games do have different characters, content and
locations so it would no doubt be a good learning experience
On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Sartiaux, Audrey <[log in to unmask]> wrote: