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-----1- --- Forwarded Message from [log in to unmask] --- Doug, I've have the Audiovox D1812 region free portable dvd player. They retail for around 150 US. I've been please with it so far. ----- Original Message ----- From: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 12:48 pm Subject: #8281 Portable region free DVD players To: [log in to unmask] > --- Forwarded Message from "Doug Worsham" <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:07:43 -0500 > >From: "Doug Worsham" <[log in to unmask]> > >To: <[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: Portable region free DVD players > > Hello LLTI, > > Does anyone have experience with portable region free DVD players? > > Several sites mention the Panasonic L series as region free players, > but Panasonic's own tech support staff says that they are not in fact > region free. > > If you have experience or recommendations on the Panasonics or any > other models, please let me know! > > Thanks, > > Doug > > --- > Doug Worsham > Foreign Language Technologist > AV Services Coordinator > L&S Learning Support Services > 246 Van Hise Hall, UW-Madison > Madison, WI 53706 > 608/262-4965 > [log in to unmask] > http://babel.lss.wisc.edu/~doug/ > -----2- from [log in to unmask] It is possible that the tech support says this because region free players are illegal and can't be officially supported (or manufactured) by the company. So far as I know nobody has ever been prosecuted for making, selling, or using such a machine, but the 2003 court ruling suggested that the manufacturers ought to be the first to be prosecuted if anyone wants to test the law. Judy Shoaf -----3- from [log in to unmask] Doug, We purchased 2 of these last year, and they have been working fine for our purposes. Portable DVD Player multi system Polaroid PDV-0700 www.220-electronics.com Julie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Julie Evershed ~ Information Specialist ~ Language Resource Center University of Michigan ~ 812 E. Washington Street ~ Ann Arbor, MI ~ 48109-1275 ~ (734) 615-8575 *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning, and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://consortium.dartmouth.edu). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************