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  1. Member
    Join Date: Nov 2009
    Location: United States
    Hi I'm new and pretty much a technophobe I just bought the player and I am from overseas, so a lot of my DVD's are from there. Is there any way to watch them?

    If I can't, I wondered if there was a way of hooking my laptop up to the home theater system and playing them that way.. or is that just me being dumb? lol

    Thanks in advance for any help
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  2. Member hech54's Avatar
    Join Date: Jul 2001
    Location: Yank in Europe
    Not sure about the computer method....but as far as a DVD player in America you will need a player that can be made "Region Free"....and one that will convert your overseas DVDs to America's NTSC video format.
    Don't let anyone tell you that "region free" is all you need. They are lying or stupid. Region Free and Video Format are NOT the same. Philips players are the best for the money....inexpensive and many(NOT ALL) of them can be modified to play your DVDs.
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    Join Date: Nov 2009
    Location: United States
    Thanks for the advice hech54. I've actually already got the DVD player but just can't seem to find anything anywhere about making it region free.
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  4. Member hech54's Avatar
    Join Date: Jul 2001
    Location: Yank in Europe
    Originally Posted by cheekychic
    Thanks for the advice hech54. I've actually already got the DVD player but just can't seem to find anything anywhere about making it region free.
    The one you bought might not be "hack-able". Not all players can be made region free...and even fewer
    are confirmed to be able to convert PAL to American NTSC video format. You need to do some homework
    before buying a player that you intend to play overseas DVDs with.
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