Region 7 DVD Has anyone ever came across a Region 7 DVD? That is Region 7 is reserved for Unspecified Special Use. Would that be Government? If so an example of one (name)? Years ago I remember being at a friends who worked for a cruise ship and while I was at her house she had a bunch of newer DVD's and I asked if I could borrow one and she said "no because it won't work on a regular player" yet they worked on hers. So I'm guessing they were Region 7. Region 7 DVD Has anyone ever came across a Region 7 DVD? That is Region 7 is reserved for Unspecified Special Use. Would that be Government? If so an example of one (name)? Years ago... » Read More Region 7 DVD Has anyone ever came across a Region 7 DVD? That is Region 7 is reserved for Unspecified Special Use. Would that be Government? If so an example of one (name)? Years ago I remember being at a friends who worked for a cruise ship and while I was at her house she had a bunch of newer DVD's and I asked if I could borrow one and she said "no because it won't work on a regular player" yet they worked on hers. So I'm guessing they were Region 7. « Show Less
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So, is there a "special" DVD player just to play region 7 DVDs? What a bout the multiregion DVD players?
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oh brother. you don't want to know what region 7 dvds are. YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW!!!!!!Just walk away and don't ask questions.
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http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/term.cfm/region_7_dvdThen... http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/term.cfm/screener
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If you're looking for a multi-region dvd player. Search online for "multi-region dvd player codes" then look for that player. I think they are becoming more difficult to find. Also going back say ten years I remember the american market was accidentally flooded with them. A major company (I forget who) unloaded a large shipment in the USA with the multi-region open. Reason was there were only supposed to be a couple made that way for "trials" of dvd's. However something happened.
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FYI:It's been a while since I posted that question, and since I've found out the answer. Region 7 are typically for MPAA DVD movies (screeners, raters, etc.) and some Gov. training DVD's.
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This mostly means there is region restriction, though NTSC/PAL does not deal with the region.But usually, USA uses the NTSC picture format and Asian countries use PAL picture format. If you try the CD/DVD/picture CD from outside USA that is not NTSC format, it will either show you black and white picture or the audio will be gone. From my experience, Sony does not bring out multi-region devices as they support most of the blood sucking money thirsty enterprises who want to make sure you get the product for a specific usage while they charge you for the so called 'quality' and provide just the standard features. This mostly means there is region restriction, though NTSC/PAL does not deal with the region.But usually, USA uses the NTSC picture format and Asian countries use PAL picture format. If you try the CD/DVD/picture CD from outside USA that is not NTSC format, it will either show you black and white picture or the audio will be gone. From my experience, Sony does not bring out multi-region devices as they support most of the blood sucking money thirsty enterprises who want to make sure you get the product for a specific usage while they charge you for the so called 'quality' and provide... » Read More This mostly means there is region restriction, though NTSC/PAL does not deal with the region.But usually, USA uses the NTSC picture format and Asian countries use PAL picture format. If you try the CD/DVD/picture CD from outside USA that is not NTSC format, it will either show you black and white picture or the audio will be gone. From my experience, Sony does not bring out multi-region devices as they support most of the blood sucking money thirsty enterprises who want to make sure you get the product for a specific usage while they charge you for the so called 'quality' and provide just the standard features. « Show Less
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Hi Rebecca -- I'm an owner, but not an expert. A quick Google search on "region 1 DVDs" took me to the following page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code It looks like this Panasonic player will play Region 1 DVDs, assuming you purchased it in the USA, Canada, Bermuda, the Caribbean, or US Territories. I do not know if Panasonic (or anyone else) offers codes for playing other regions. Hope this helps!
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It means that you can watch any DVD, no matter what region (country) it came from. There are four regions. For example DVD's produced in North America are region 1, DVD's produced in Europe are region 2.
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There is no such thing as a region on a blank disc they are made for everyone that needs to store data or personal stuff. so the answer is yes, they can be played everywhere, the only other thing is make sure your dvd burner can burn +/- depending which ever dvd's you buy
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1. Don't put DVD in player. 2. Press "Setup" on remote. 3. Press "&gt;" to "Preferances" menu. (If DVD is in player, the "Preferances" menu will be skipped over.) 4. At that screen enter 138931 on remote. 5. Region code screen is displayed. Press "^" to "0". 6. Press "Setup" on remote. 7. Press "OK" on remote.
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HD DVD players are region free only if you use HD DVD disks, since the HD DVD standart does not have region limitations. If you play standard DVD disks, it's still locked for one region.
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It's an international player, that means it can play ever region dvd's (setting 0) but you can set it to just one region also. I switched to setting 2 (description how-to below) after it won't run some dvd's (first issues after about 6 month on setting 0, some dvds might change the software and then several dvds started to stop/jump/don't run at all - it depends so much which dvd - some run some don't and you never know which one starts making trouble ... I changed the setting to region 2 just recently, so I cannot say, if this is a solution for that annoying issue: How-to change the setting: 1. NO dvd indside/ 2. Press setup (remote)/ 3. Press the down arrow three times until you see the "preference" page/ 4. Press 1,3,8,9,3,1/ 5. Press up/down key to select region (0= all regions - trouble?/ 1 USA/2 Europe, Japan, South Africa ...)/ 6. Turn off the player DONE!
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Some "evil scientist", divided the world in regions to watch DVD's, I believe there are 7 regions, each one not compatible with the others,... Nice uh?... USA, Canada and Japan are # 1, Europe is # 2, and so on, check google and it will tell you. However there are players such earlier Philips models ( Divx capable ) that by entering a code with your remote, will convert your player to region 0, which is general, and plays everything. Why do it this way, it baffles me, evil, pure evil... Every movie you rent in the USA is supposed to be region # 1. Unless you are part of elite renters that ask for titles not available in the USA, or buy outside our country over the internet, in that case make sure your player can handle all regions... One word of caution, if you use your computer, in my case, Windows XP, home version, you can change your region to another and be able to play two regions but... the big but,,, it can be done only once, lets say you change the original #1 to #2, and then change to #3, you will be able to play 2 & 3, but 1 will not play and is not reversible ! Hope I helped you. Peter
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Burketop, I'd like to know where you found that Samsung players play PAL? Because I have a BDr-D25052 which play all types of DVD & BluRay but NOT PAL and a chat with Samsung support advised ALL their players SOLD IN THE USA are REGION A and will NOT play PAL. So far not much luck trying to unlock it and make it region free. Thanks for any guidance!
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There is an after market hardware mod that will successfully make it region free. It is user installable externally; but would require a tech to install it permanently internally. I paid $29 for the hardware (it's a small circuit board), & it plugs in externally to 2 ports (1 USB port & if I remember right) also the e-sata port.It works perfectly on dvd, I haven't purchased any Blu-rays that aren't region A yet.
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No, it doesnt. The term universal is for formats played and not for region encoding. It is locked to the North America region for Blu Ray and DVD's (A and 1). For region code unlocking you will need to buy a separate hardware or software mod to do so. The hardware mod will make it permanent albeit more expensive. The software mod will need to be re-applied whenever there is a firmware upgrade.
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I really have no idea......where is region 2???......i know it works great for me....that might be a question for the seller
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All DVD's are coded by the manufacture prior to sale for one of several regions. Region 1 is NORTH AMERICA, region 2 is WESTERN EUROPE as examples this has to do with agreements made with various artists organizations to protect their financial interests. Most DVD players are made for one region only. This unit has software in it to bypass this protection for DVD's only, so you should be able to play DVD from anywhere. HOWEVER, when playing Blue ray disks it is region A only. Meaning only Blue Ray disks made for NORTH AMERICA can be played.
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Does anyone know whether it will convert PAL/NTSC DVD when using TV out and connecting to NTSC/PAL TV? The manual says, that the DVD has to match the TVs system, which would mean it won't convert.I need a player I can take oversees and hook up to a TV over there. It also would be nice to be able to do the same with PAL discs over here. So far from high end players I found only Pana LS91/97 which are close to that, but it requires service remote to unlock regions and is stil missing PAL->NTSC conversion.
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JV - Thanks a lot! I could not figure out why my dvds wouldn't play on other dvd players. There is nothing to clue you in that you need to finalize them.
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Description indicates that the unit is region free and one answer to an earlier question indicated the responder played both region 1 and region 4 disks with no problems. I am currently waiting for seller to response to request for verification as to the unit being region free and will post when/if I get a response. I wanted to verify with seller as amazon site has confusing phrasing between a unit being region free (what you want) and units being NTSC/PAL compatible which would mean that the unit could be used with either a US or a UK television set ( US is NTSC and UK is PAL)