Will this play in a region 1 US dvd player?

[Gibson486]

Well, my g/f really wants to see Roswell Season 3, but it is not gonna be release until summer 2005. It has been released in other parts of the world already....so, I was thinking that maybe someone had an advanced copy on ebay. Well, I get to ebay i find a bunch of versions. Some PAL, some NTSC, some claim the DVD is region 0 (most come from China), blah blah blah....How can you really tell if it will play in a region 1 DVD player? I asked, and the guy just answered "Yes".

 

[AdamSnow]

Get a mod chip in a PS2/XBOX and you can play any DVD you want... from anywhere.

 

[RaDragon]

My guess is no. Unless you have a multi-region DVD player.

 

[SuRgEoN]

Need multi region

 

[NuclearNed]

I purchased a Japanese? disc from Amazon that is region 0 - it plays just fine in my American DVD player.

 

[ChinamanatNCSU]

if it's a bootleg then most probably it will play your player. And if you're looking on ebay, chances are good that it's bootleg.

 

[ChinamanatNCSU]

Originally posted by: ChinamanatNCSU
if it's a bootleg then most probably it will play your player. And if you're looking on ebay, chances are good that it's bootleg.

EDIT: If they claim it's region 0 then it'll play on anything since it's all regions.
EDIT2: oops, hit quote instead of edit. sorry for the postcount++

 

[ActuaryTm]

Region-free DVD players are not all that difficult to find, or make from a number of standard DVD players.

 

[Gibson486]

"DVD :Roswell Season 3 DVD Boxset

18 episodes(Complete)

Asia collector's edition (only some Asian characters printed on the packing, contents are exactly same to US version.)
Encoding: NTSC/PAL - U.S., Canada, U.S. Territories, DVD-ROM
Subtitles: English Interactive Menu, Removable English, Chinese Subtitles
Audio: Dolby Digital Surround, original English spoken by the original actors/actresses.
Number of Discs: 8
Display Format: Full Screen
Item Condition: DVD is brand new and factory sealed, in full working mint condition, or your money back!"

how can it be encoded in NTSC AND PAL? Also, the US verison is supposed to have 5 dvd's, or so my g/f says.

 

[torpid]

Region 0's are most likely illegal bootlegs. They will play on any dvd player, but you never know what kind of quality it will be, not only because of poor quality control, but because some bootleg dvds are just poor quality.

 

[AdamSnow]

Originally posted by: torpid
Region 0's are most likely illegal bootlegs. They will play on any dvd player, but you never know what kind of quality it will be, not only because of poor quality control, but because some bootleg dvds are just poor quality.

Yeah, I never even thought about that when I made my comment... haha

 

[Bryophyte]

What make/model of DVD player is it? Pretty much anything made in Asia is readily hackable to make it region-free. Most nowadays are unlocked using a key sequence on the remote control.

 

[Gibson486]

I own a klh 1220 ( i think that is it). I tried looking for an unlock code, I keep getting this code that has a comma in it. I thought it meant use the 10+ button before the first set of numbers, but i was wrong.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: torpid
Region 0's are most likely illegal bootlegs. They will play on any dvd player, but you never know what kind of quality it will be, not only because of poor quality control, but because some bootleg dvds are just poor quality.

do bootleg cd's and dvd's come feactory sealed though? I never bought a bootleg dvd before.....

 

[tk149]

Region 0 means it does not have a region code. It should work in your player. Quality on bootlegs is variable. I've seen stuff that looks perfect, and I've seen camcorder-in-the-movie-theater stuff.

 

[Ranger X]

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: torpid
Region 0's are most likely illegal bootlegs. They will play on any dvd player, but you never know what kind of quality it will be, not only because of poor quality control, but because some bootleg dvds are just poor quality.

do bootleg cd's and dvd's come feactory sealed though? I never bought a bootleg dvd before.....

Yeah they come factory, I mean bedroom, sealed.

Just remember that you get what you pay for. I've purchased bootleg CD's while I was in China and let me tell you, some of the quality on these movies are TERRIBLE. I would suggest you wait for the release here.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: tk149
Region 0 means it does not have a region code. It should work in your player. Quality on bootlegs is variable. I've seen stuff that looks perfect, and I've seen camcorder-in-the-movie-theater stuff.

Not quite:

Regoin 0 or no regional coding only matters when the broadcast format is compatible with your DVD player.

In other words, a region 0 PAL dvd will most likely not play in a North American player, except on your PC.

If you must get a DVD region 0 make sure it is NTSC.