JUST RECIEVED MY NEW SAMPO DVD620 YESTERDAY. MANUFACTURED DATE IS 3/3/01. IT PLAYED MINI DVD RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX. THESE MINI DVD'S WERE MADE USING ULEAD 5.0 WITH GODVD PLUGIN RENDERED AT 720X480. THEY ARE BURNED USING THE GODVD PLUNGIN (WHICH IS NTI). THE FIRMWARE IS VERSION 42C32103 2UY AND WOULD NOT LET ME CHANGE THE PROTECTION OR REGION OR MODE. I BURNED THE 3.4B , CHANGED THE PROTECTION, REGION, AND MODE, BURN THE 42C32103 2UY BACK TO THE DVD AND IT PLAYS ALL FORMAT, IS NOT COPY PROTECTED , DONT KNOW ABOUT THE PLAYING OF DIFFERENT REGIONS AND I ONLY HAVE REGION 1 DVD'S. THE DVD IS ON CDRW CD'S AND THE PLAYED BACK IS AWESOME. LOOKS JUST AS GOOD ALMOST AS REGULAR DVD'S . HOPE THIS WILL HELP OUT OTHERS WHO HAVE THE NEW VERSION ON SAMPO DVD620 MADE AFTER 2/1/01.