DVDs are simple? Re:var is mysteriously clogged

[Meng Cheah]

Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> 
>>> If there's such a beast that also has the simple UI you described, 
>>> I'd love to see it. Where in Toronto can such things be purchased? 
>>> You certainly won't find them at Sears or FutureShop. The only ones 
>>> I've seen were in Asia.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Well I got mine for $200 a couple of years ago at pacific mall.
>>
> Why doesn't that surprise me? ;-) I've found a lot of interesting things 
> there.
> 
>> It has a european plug on it for power, but they included an adapter 
>> (it runs
>> on 90-240V so that isn't a problem).
>>
> The cheapie region-free player that I brought back a few years ago was 
> the same way; it was a European plug but variable voltage.
> 
>> I think the player I saw advertised was the RJ-700DVX, at least a search
>> for that gives the right features and the right price range.  I can't
>> remember the name of the store that advertised it.  Seems rjtech makes a
>> number of these players.
>>  
>>
> There will probably be a lot of "no-name" brands.
> 
>> Being region free, and usually not
>> telling you what you can't do, the hongkong import players are rather
>> nice though.
>>  
>>
> I agree. Interestingly, the player I got was branded "Hong Kong 
> Electronics", but made and purchased in Malaysia. :-)
> 
> Does anyone know whether there exists a region-free PC DVD drive? Most 
> set a region in firmware, which you can only change a few times before 
> it's permanent. While open source players ignore the region mismatch, 
> Windows players don't; it would be nice to know if there are region-free 
> PC drives just like there's are region-free standalone players.

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