Is it possible to make my dvd recorder region free?

[fvnesscafe]

Okay, I have the Panasonic DMR-E85H. I live in the US and bought my dvd recorder in the US. My Apex AD1500 was bought hacked so that I could play any region dvd on it, but it finally bit the big one and I can no longer fix it myself. I want to be able to play the European dvd's that I have on my E85H. Can someone helpe me out? I noticed that there was a webiste under the hacks for it, but it's a UK site. Does anyone know if their fix will work on my US recorder?

[handyguy]

Hmm, I thought it was this site youre on right now, has a hack section?

[Synergy]

I want to be able to play the European dvd's that I have on my E85H. Can someone helpe me out?

Even if you can make your E85H region-free, which probably requires either hardware modification or a service remote, it can still only play back NTSC discs, not PAL ones. You are much better off to buy another DVD player which can handle both PAL/NTSC discs and is easy to convert to region-free. Most DVD recorders sold in Europe could play back both PAL/NTSC discs by default, but not the ones sold in the US.

[yg1968]

Many DVD players (and DVD Recorders) can play PAL disk in the US. Some examples are: the Philips-724, Philips 634, Apex-1500, Prima 1500, etc. Look under DVD-hacks to see if a DVD player can be made region free.