will this dvd player play region 2 dvds straight out of the box??
1954797
I believe so. We bought it because I accidentally bought whole set DVD from Australia. Lol. It played fine.
1954798
Yes, I have Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds and it played it without changing anything.
1954799
I have purchased two of these and they both played Region 2 right out of the box
648392
Yes. It plays all DVDs right out of the box no settings need to be set. Blu rays are a little different. You have to choose one area and then it only plays that area. To change to a different region you have to reset the player to that region. Instructions are included with the player. Hope this helps you.
1613061
No, it is Region One restricted. It will play Region 0 discs also, but not other regions.
792127
You have to set a region first (which I don't want to do) because the drive comes region-free (with firmware level RPC-2). As is, I have tried playing a Region 2 DVD from Japan using MPC HC, VLC and Power DVD 10 and only MPC was able to open the disk but the image was heavily pixelized and it eventually crashed.
1169343
as long as ur using region 1 disc you should be fine. You might call clearplay to make sure
48075
My region 2 DVDs play fine. Make sure you have the region-free version of the BDX1400 and not the regular BDX1400.
2181423
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.
564134
So far it has played my region 2 dvds. The picture isn't quiet the quality as my US dvds, but it does work, and worked out of the box. Didn't need to tweak it at all.
722335
Unfortunately no. The other reviews and the description are misleading. I was looking for an inexpensive region free player, that's why I bought this one. It will play DVDs in either format, NTSC or PAL. BUT, it will not play DVDs from other regions. And the review that gives the instructions on how to program it to be region free is completely inaccurate. It will not work. And if you go to the GPX site and look up this model, it tells you clearly that you can not program this unit to be region free. I wish I had checked prior to buying it. It is a decent player...just not region free, which I need.
480980
Yes, I've tested the player and it does play region one and region two. I have not played any other regions (three or four).
703276
Yes, this player will play DVD's from all regions, AND Blu Rays from all zones! Plus, it can connect to the internet wirelessly!
691384
No, this unit is not a region free unit and it will only play region 1 DVDs.
1892019
I haven't actually tried it on a non region 1 DVD player, but when I look at the package, on the back there is the symbol of a globe with "ALL" in it, instead of a globe with just a "1" in it, which seems to indicate that it should work in all regions.
674115
Unfortunately this won't work with foreign DVDs - it will only play region 1 (USA) discs. I just saw some region-free players available here on Amazon. Consider those as they will play foreign discs. As for CDs, any DVD player will play them, even if you burned them yourself (the only ones that won't play burned CDs are really old players - all newer ones will without issues). Hope this helps - good luck with your selection!
348472
It definitely plays Region 2 also, but isn't a 'smart' DVD player to channel Instant videos and Netflix. Our TV does that but we also use a Roku for those services.
1005431
I don't know. The Region 2 DVDs played without any problems. I hacked a previous Yamaha that I still own, but again, only played Region 2 DVDs. I like British detective/mysteries so that' s why I want a Region 2 player. I own some Japanese DVDs but Japan is in Region 2.
1977156
It should. I bought this because it plays multi-regional DVDs. I don't know where my 'foreign' DVDs came from. They do play fine. You could call Orei. I think they're in Brooklyn, NY.