HELP! Retail Monsters Inc. (R1) not playing on Pioneer DV515

[ShadowMan]

Help! I can't believe this is happening!

I bought the original retail Monsters Inc. from an internet store (where I buy all my movies) Region 1 (Canada) and THIS SPECIFIC disc *cannot* be played on the Pioneer DV-515 purchased here in Greece. As soon as I insert the DVD, and the trailers start, the player blocks, the disc spins etc. I can barely access the main menu screen, but I cannot see ANY extras, and the movie+extras bets all macro-blocked.

Note: I added the region-free patch (extra) but this did NOT produce problems, ever (not with Perfect Storm, nor Patriot).

IT'S SO WEIRD. My friend's Sony stand-alone players plays it fine. My PC's Pioneer DVD-ROM U303 (SCSI) plays it OK, but my sister's cheap BlueSky player does not!

I had no other previous problems with Disney titles. What the hell should I buy retail stuff and NOT playing in my home cinema?

Anybody else having this serious problem?

Thanx, ShadowMan

[The_Pioneer]

(the following text is a standard reply that I've been using to post to ALL the people who have ever submitted requests for pioneer region free hacks. I think you may be able to access the actual movie title on your DVD using a technique in the post mentioned below - I hope so).


As far as I know, its not possible to make a Pioneer player region free by using the remote to enter a 'hack'.

HOWEVER

If you check out my post titled:

All PIONEER Owners, want REGION FREE - w/no hardware mods?!?


You should be able to play DVDs from any other region.

PLEASE, PLEASE! Vote on the poll connected to my post, even if this doesn't work - no-one yet has even replied but as far as I can see, there are no other multiple-machine pioneer hacks apart from mine! Where's all my thanks?!? Just kidding!

[The_Pioneer]

IMPORTANT UPDATE!

THE METHOD POSTED A FEW DAYS AGO CONTAINED AN ERROR - I FORGOT TO MENTION ONE MAJOR POINT WHEN WRITING. IF ANYONE HAS ATTEMPTED TO USE THIS METHOD WITHOUT SUCCESS, PLEASE TRY THE DIRECTIONS ON THE REVISED POST WHICH ARE THE CORRECT ONES.