OT: Region Free DVD Players

[Ivan Avery Frey]

In a thread earlier this month there was a discussion about region free 
DVD players.

I bought a "hackable" Philips DVP642/37 DVD player for a friend of mine 
(U of T graduate student, needed to play region 2 dvds) from Best Buy 
for around $70 (refurbished).

After the hack said player was reported to have played region 2 dvds. I 
was probably too hasty in applying the hack. Should have tested whether 
said DVDs would have played before the adjustment.

Copied and pasted from this site:
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks.php?select=Philips+DVP+642

Region code hack posted by Joe Moe, April 30 2004:
The hack published by Mats-Åke Larsson works perfectly on my DVP642. I'm 
copying it here for your viewing pleasure:

1. Turn on the player.
2. Open the tray.
3. Press the following sequence on the remote:
7 8 9 OK 0
4. The number 0 will appear on the lower left side of your screen.
5. Your player is now region free! Put in a DVD and enjoy! :)

NOTE: The 0 in the sequence above represents the region code. 0 = region 
free. If you want to change your player to just a specific region code, 
replace the 0 with the region number you want.

The hack should be perfectly safe, but USE IT ON YOUR OWN RISK!
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Possibly Philips has updated the firmware and this may no longer be 
possible to do.

Ivan.
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