REGION FOR ST DVD ON THE HD-A35 Does the HD-A35 is free zone for the standard DVD?I have a lot of region 4 DVD'sThis is the only thing that its keeping me out of getting the toshiba hd Players. REGION FOR ST DVD ON THE HD-A35 Does the HD-A35 is free zone for the standard DVD?I have a lot of region 4 DVD'sThis is the only thing that its keeping me out of getting the toshiba... » Read More REGION FOR ST DVD ON THE HD-A35 Does the HD-A35 is free zone for the standard DVD?I have a lot of region 4 DVD'sThis is the only thing that its keeping me out of getting the toshiba hd Players. « Show Less
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Jorge .. I almost forgot. If you have some Region 1 DVDs, play this on the HD-A35 and be surprised at just how good the HD-A35 is at upscaling your standard Region 1 NTSC DVDs. I particularly recommend you try Star Wars 2 & 3. I think you will like what you see. =) Now, if you like what you see and want to do the same with your Region 4 DVDs, consider adding the Oppo DV-980H or Oppo DV-981HD to your list of DVD players. The HD-A35 will play only Region 1 DVDs and Region Free DVDs. My DVD collection consist of Region 1 NTSC, Region 2 PAL, and Region 3 NTSC DVDs. This is why I have the Oppo DVD player in addition to my Toshiba HD DVD player. Jorge .. I almost forgot. If you have some Region 1 DVDs, play this on the HD-A35 and be surprised at just how good the HD-A35 is at upscaling your standard Region 1 NTSC DVDs. I particularly recommend you try Star Wars 2 & 3. I think you will like what you see. =) Now, if you like what you see and want to do the same with your Region 4 DVDs, consider adding the Oppo DV-980H or Oppo DV-981HD to your list of DVD players. The HD-A35 will play only Region 1 DVDs and Region Free DVDs. My DVD collection consist of Region 1 NTSC, Region 2 PAL, and Region 3 NTSC DVDs. This is why I... » Read More Jorge .. I almost forgot. If you have some Region 1 DVDs, play this on the HD-A35 and be surprised at just how good the HD-A35 is at upscaling your standard Region 1 NTSC DVDs. I particularly recommend you try Star Wars 2 & 3. I think you will like what you see. =) Now, if you like what you see and want to do the same with your Region 4 DVDs, consider adding the Oppo DV-980H or Oppo DV-981HD to your list of DVD players. The HD-A35 will play only Region 1 DVDs and Region Free DVDs. My DVD collection consist of Region 1 NTSC, Region 2 PAL, and Region 3 NTSC DVDs. This is why I have the Oppo DVD player in addition to my Toshiba HD DVD player. « Show Less
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D. Trac, I agree with Minase. If your TV is 1080p compatible, then go with the HD-A35. If not, you may one day want one and your A35 will be ready to go. Also, if you do want surround sound eventually, the A35 will provide the ability for you to hear it through the 5.1 analog outs that the A30 doesn't have. You'll be able to get a much less expensive receiver to hear the wonderful hd audio options on the discs. In short, the HD-A35 does everything the A30 does and more and offers more options for the future. If you can afford the extra, the A35 is worth it. Oh, last time I checked, Amazon is offering 10 free movies with the player, so it's a good time to go for it. D. Trac, I agree with Minase. If your TV is 1080p compatible, then go with the HD-A35. If not, you may one day want one and your A35 will be ready to go. Also, if you do want surround sound eventually, the A35 will provide the ability for you to hear it through the 5.1 analog outs that the A30 doesn't have. You'll be able to get a much less expensive receiver to hear the wonderful hd audio options on the discs. In short, the HD-A35 does everything the A30 does and more and offers more options for the future. If you can afford the extra, the A35 is worth it. Oh, last time I checked, Amazon... » Read More D. Trac, I agree with Minase. If your TV is 1080p compatible, then go with the HD-A35. If not, you may one day want one and your A35 will be ready to go. Also, if you do want surround sound eventually, the A35 will provide the ability for you to hear it through the 5.1 analog outs that the A30 doesn't have. You'll be able to get a much less expensive receiver to hear the wonderful hd audio options on the discs. In short, the HD-A35 does everything the A30 does and more and offers more options for the future. If you can afford the extra, the A35 is worth it. Oh, last time I checked, Amazon is offering 10 free movies with the player, so it's a good time to go for it. « Show Less
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should be a no brainer , A30=1080i A35=1080p, your sharp aquos = 1080p, worry bout sound later, when you get the A35, connect it to internet, do the update, then go to settings, display, clik on 1080p24
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Hi Jorge,HD DVD is region free (unlike Blu-Ray which may be region restricted).But for standard DVDs, the HD-A35 from Amazon will play only Region 1 DVDs and Region Free DVDs. The HD-A35 will not play DVDs with other Region settings, e.g., Region 2, 3, 4, etc.
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THANKS KELLER!!! i got what you said about the audio on the yamaha.about the HD A35 i sent them a mail very angry cuz it was their mistake and the should look the way to fix it not me... so im waiting for their replay HOPE THEY LET ME KEEP THE HD DVD PLAYERS jejejejeje... but as you said its better to come clean about this stuff.tomorrow i will go buy the cables to hook the analog from my hd 35 and to my receiver, still the audio with the HDMI sound INCREIDIBLE... i let you know how all this ends... AND THANKS AGAIN MY FRIEND!
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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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Strange, everywhere I've read states that Toshiba players are region free. I think the thing is with some euro discs is that they require you to use HDMI or they get downscaled to 480p. That's the only problem I've read about yet and it's only on some of them. Maybe that was the case and the T.V. was trying to do 1080i/p and wasn't prepared for it so it didn't allow a picture. Are you using component or HDMI?
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As far as I know they are all region free out of the box. I read it somewhere down the line that they can play all regions from the get go.
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I only buy regions codes for my country, the USA. Any other regions will NOT play. That's why I always double check to see what code the DVD is in. I also do not buy many BluRay DVDs because the formats are sometimes annoyingly slow to function.
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PC DVD and Blu Ray drives sometimes let you change regions a limited number of times, but I don't think that's possible with stand alone players (and you can only change them a limited number of times).If you bought this player from the U.S. Amazon store, it would be region A/1, whereas it looks like Bangladesh is in region C/3 for Blu Ray. Or conversely if you have a region C player and bought Blu Rays from the U.S. Amazon store the discs would be region A and the player region C.I'd assume that's what's going on. DVD and Blu Ray packages usually tell you what region they're for on the back of the package, usually on the back towards the bottom. Hope this helps! PC DVD and Blu Ray drives sometimes let you change regions a limited number of times, but I don't think that's possible with stand alone players (and you can only change them a limited number of times).If you bought this player from the U.S. Amazon store, it would be region A/1, whereas it looks like Bangladesh is in region C/3 for Blu Ray. Or conversely if you have a region C player and bought Blu Rays from the U.S. Amazon store the discs would be region A and the player region C.I'd assume that's what's going on. DVD and Blu Ray packages usually tell you what... » Read More PC DVD and Blu Ray drives sometimes let you change regions a limited number of times, but I don't think that's possible with stand alone players (and you can only change them a limited number of times).If you bought this player from the U.S. Amazon store, it would be region A/1, whereas it looks like Bangladesh is in region C/3 for Blu Ray. Or conversely if you have a region C player and bought Blu Rays from the U.S. Amazon store the discs would be region A and the player region C.I'd assume that's what's going on. DVD and Blu Ray packages usually tell you what region they're for on the back of the package, usually on the back towards the bottom. Hope this helps! « Show Less
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Otto, The answer is yes for most but not all. go this site to check if your player is listed. http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks I think region 0 is the setting for all regions. Good luck. EdCherif
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Region A only, however you can buy an adapter on eBay that will make it region free.
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Thank you Paulo for your inputs.Can you tell me wich is the best brand and model ( in HD format) to upscaling my Standard DVDs??? with the capability to reproduce dvds in free region??Tk you
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HD DVD players can play HD DVDs from any region. When dealing with 1080p or other HD resolutions, there is no pal or NTSC anymore. The only thing you have to be concerned with is SD DVD which is still region coded. ALL HD DVD MADE WILL PLAY ON ALL HD DVD PLAYERS REGARDLESS OF REGION. HD DVD IS REGION FREE
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I believe that has to do with your player and not the DVD player. I've played DVDs from other regions but Windows asked me to switch my regions. I ended up downloading a player that didn't care about the region. Hope that helps.
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"Region free" means you may play DVDs from various regions. That is, rather than playing DVDs from just the USA (as most DVD players sold in the USA do), this unit will play DVDs from other countries as well as those from the USA. I use it to play DVDs of British films/TV shows I can't access in the USA. (Please note that it plays DVDs---but not blu-ray---from other countries.)
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HD DVD has no region codes. Blu-ray has 3, and Australia is in Region B (Europe, Greenland, French territories, Middle East, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand). See Wikipedia. DVD regions remain the same with both formats and because both are trying to curry favor with studios, there are no region-free high def players, and only HDMI outputs carry upconverted signals. For a quality upconverting region-free player consider Oppo.
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Blu-Ray drives ARE NOT set up for regions by the manufacturer in their firmware. Typically Blu-Ray like DVD are controlled by the Region in the software ie. windows or the program that you are using to play the Blu-ray disc. You can also find firmware to burn to the drive to defeat the region control. Read this..............Go to the webpage below: http://www.miraizon.com/support/info_regioncoding.html I don't know what region you are in but I would not worry about this feature as it is easily circumvented. Just google search "Blu-ray region control" or something similar & you will see for yourself. Hope this helps Gene
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I think the question is whether or not is is multi-region not multi zone. The answer is no it is not intended to be but as someone answered it may be possible via a backdoor. I have some DVD players that have hidden functions to turn off copyright protections as well...not advertised of course but there never the less.
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Apparently this unit can't be made region-free.I bought the Philips DCP951/37 (saving some bucks), which, like with any Philips DVD player, can be made region-free by punching a few codes (a once in its lifetime operation). The code is easily searchable.Life's too short to deal with the region-lock BS.
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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.