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madcap
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Location: Gangneung, Korea
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 Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 6:31 pm Post subject: Region Free DVD players |
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| So I guess every DVD player in Korea is region 3, which makes sense, but I know that you can get a region free player in the states. I don't know if it's illegal to sell them over here or what the deal is, but I brought a bunch of movies with me and am tired of watching them on my laptop (I tried hooking it up to my tv, but aparently that is beyond my technical knowhow. Or maybe it has something to do with my video card, regardless, it doesn't work.) Can you get a RFree player here or can you get someone to convert a R3 player to play R1 dvd? |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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| 80,000 won, give or take, in Yongsan. |
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madcap
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Location: Gangneung, Korea
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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| is that for converting an existing one or buying a brand new player? |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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| madcap wrote: |
| is that for converting an existing one or buying a brand new player? |
Brand new no-name Chinese product. |
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madcap
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Location: Gangneung, Korea
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Coolness. Thanks a lot. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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| You can get one for 40 000 to 45 000 won online. |
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rokgryphon
Joined: 12 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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| If you google the name and model number of your DVD player with "region free hack" you will probably find a code that you can use to change your dvd player's region. You will find most DVD players can be cracked in this way. |
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oxfordstu
Joined: 28 Aug 2004
Location: Bangkok
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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| the_beaver wrote: |
| 80,000 won, give or take, in Yongsan. |
What about for those of us who don't live in Seoul? I'm in Busan, and the cheapest I've found is about 135,000 won at Homeplus. I've looked everywhere - Himart doesn't even sell dvd players. And why is it that I can only buy crappy Samsung and LG brands?  |
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harryh
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: south of Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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I bought an Oppo DVD player at Tesco Homeplus, in Hwamyeong Dong, Busan for 100,000 won. More than happy with it. Region free.
www.oppodigital.com |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:31 am Post subject: |
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| oxfordstu wrote: |
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| 80,000 won, give or take, in Yongsan. |
What about for those of us who don't live in Seoul? |
Can't help. It's hard to scour Busan for electronic stuff because I live in Seoul. |
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blackjack
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:45 am Post subject: |
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| So I guess every DVD player in Korea is region 3, which makes sense, but I know that you can get a region free player in the states. I don't know if it's illegal to sell them over here or what the deal is, but I brought a bunch of movies with me and am tired of watching them on my laptop (I tried hooking it up to my tv, but aparently that is beyond my technical knowhow. Or maybe it has something to do with my video card, regardless, it doesn't work.) Can you get a RFree player here or can you get someone to convert a R3 player to play R1 dvd? |
to play from a laptop
look at the tv port on your laptop it will be either a s-vid (4 (normally) small holes with one oblong hole all inside a circle) or an RCA (a hole that has yellow plastic around it) sorry if my descriptions of the ports are bad.
see if the tv has the same port on the back
get the cable and plug in to tv.
if different you need an adaptor cable (can't think of the correct name)
to get the cable take the laptop to a computer shop and (if your korean is as bad as mine) point at your the tv port and say tv
if you can not find the tv port skip everything till last step.
Sometimes it does take abit of playing around but 80,000 for a dvd player or a max of 5,000 for a cable. if you would like further (i.e. better) help pm me I should be able to talk you through it.
it is easier than it sounds |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:58 am Post subject: |
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| the_beaver wrote: |
| 80,000 won, give or take, in Yongsan. |
What about for those of us who don't live in Seoul? I'm in Busan, and the cheapest I've found is about 135,000 won at Homeplus. I've looked everywhere - Himart doesn't even sell dvd players. And why is it that I can only buy crappy Samsung and LG brands? |
gmarket - 35,000-50,000 |
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cmr
Joined: 22 Mar 2006
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If you already have a DVD player, don't buy anything just because it's region free!
I bought 2 region 1 DVD players and one region 3 over the years and set them all to region free without paying anything to anyone. Just like rokgryphon said, Google a little and you should be able to do it for free. If you can't, PM me and I'll see if I can help. |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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| I bought one in Yongsan 2 years ago for 140,000 (I think). It is a Lotte and it is like my baby, I love it. I plays every file I have burned from my computer whether on DVD or CD, except those stupid .mov files, but it does play Mp4. You just have to change the region when watching different movies and the menus are in about 20 languages. It really is an amazing player and I have never had a problem with it. |
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