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cozmicmel
Joined: 19 Feb 2004
Location: Gimhae
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 Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:29 am Post subject: How much for a DVD Player??? |
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Hey I was just wondering if anyone can tell me how much a DVD Player costs roughly in Korea??
Also can you get many english movie DVDS and do you think they would play DVDS I brought over from Australia???
Just curious to know as it sounds like I wont have much options on the televison!!
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:47 am Post subject: |
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1. You get them as cheap as 100 000 won(110 dollars)
2. There are heaps of English language DVD's here, however Australia and Sth. korea are different regional codes so the DVD's there won't work here(however you can get around this by buying an all regional DVD chip from Yongsan)
3.TV is not as bad as you would think(however other posters may not think so but Dream team rules  ). |
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cozmicmel
Joined: 19 Feb 2004
Location: Gimhae
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| Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:55 am Post subject: |
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So you cant buy all regional DVD players like you can over here?
And is Yongsan in Seoul?? Haha cant you just tell Im a newbie....
But thanks for your help "Just Because" you have been a great help to me... |
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Gollum
Joined: 04 Sep 2003
Location: Japan
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| Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 2:34 am Post subject: |
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Walter Mitty had a post on here somewhere about a DVD Player that's for sale in Seoul. Someone said it was for sale at Carrefour in Bundang for maybe 130,000 won?
It was region-free, walter said, after you typed in some code or something. |
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Walter Mitty
Joined: 27 Mar 2003
Location: Tokyo! ^.^
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| Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 3:00 am Post subject: |
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| Gollum wrote: |
Walter Mitty had a post on here somewhere about a DVD Player that's for sale in Seoul. Someone said it was for sale at Carrefour in Bundang for maybe 130,000 won?
It was region-free, walter said, after you typed in some code or something. |
That would be this topic.
I got mine at the Carrefour in Ansan for 135,000, but they've since been marked up to 159,000. Wal-Mart (in Yongin) has them for 149,000. Great little unit. |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 3:30 am Post subject: |
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| I bought the display model at Walmart for 40,000. It works like new! |
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merrilee
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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| The link to "this topic" in Walter Mitty's post no longer exists. I'm looking for info on the DVD player mentioned in that thread. Where did it go? |
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Walter Mitty
Joined: 27 Mar 2003
Location: Tokyo! ^.^
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| Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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| merrilee wrote: |
| The link to "this topic" in Walter Mitty's post no longer exists. I'm looking for info on the DVD player mentioned in that thread. Where did it go? |
That topic got culled, though I've no idea why. It was pretty handy info. Oh well. Here it is again:
Philips DVP 320. Carrefour and Walmart both carry it here, but Walmart should be cheaper.
Here's how to hack it if you get one:
1.Switch it on - with no disc in it and the lid closed.
2.Open lid
3.Key in 9,9,9,9,0. 9999 is the defualt password, 0 is to set the DVD player to all-region.
4.After you should see a region free message.
5.Close tray
6.Switch off
7.Switch on again
Enjoy! |
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The Lemon
Joined: 11 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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| cozmicmel wrote: |
So you cant buy all regional DVD players like you can over here?
And is Yongsan in Seoul?? Haha cant you just tell Im a newbie.... |
Yes. See the "Guide to Yongsan" thread up top.
100,000w is the going rate for the no-name just-off-the-boat Chinese DVD player in Yongsan. Guys are selling stacks of them on the sidewalk. If you happen to be coming from the US, buy there instead. Only $45US there, at Walmart.
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| That topic got culled, though I've no idea why. It was pretty handy info. |
That's weird. Had to have been accidental, when we were moving posts from other threads to this one last month. Or it got lost when the board was shut down two weeks ago and the database got corrupted. Shouldn't have happened. |
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merrilee
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 8:49 pm Post subject: $45 |
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| Yes, the $45 Walmart one. Does anyone know the model and brand of this one? And does anyone actually have it? (Recommendations- yes or no?) |
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Walter Mitty
Joined: 27 Mar 2003
Location: Tokyo! ^.^
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| Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 9:04 pm Post subject: Re: $45 |
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| merrilee wrote: |
| Yes, the $45 Walmart one. Does anyone know the model and brand of this one? And does anyone actually have it? (Recommendations- yes or no?) |
I believe Kangnamdragon bought the display model of the Philips DVP-320 from Wal-mart, which is why he got it so cheaply. Last I saw, the same player was 159k at Carrefour and 128k at Wal-mart.
I know of at least 5 people who have this one (myself included) and it's a great little machine. The region-free hack works great and it plays VCDs very well too. (Perfect for downloaded movies.  ) |
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The Lemon
Joined: 11 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 9:12 pm Post subject: Re: $45 |
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| merrilee wrote: |
| Yes, the $45 Walmart one. Does anyone know the model and brand of this one? And does anyone actually have it? (Recommendations- yes or no?) |
It looks like this.
My cheapie Wal-mart DVD player was easily made permanently region-free by entering a code in through the remote. The Walmart one I linked to above can also be hacked in the same method. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 3:29 am Post subject: |
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Got the DVP-320 from Target in the US for $56 (or $59, I forget).
Yes, very happy with it, and thanks again to WM for the heads up on it. |
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Dalton
Joined: 26 Mar 2003
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I payed 100,000 at Carrefour for an "Ethnic". The language on the case and remote is English. Nothing special otherwise except it takes 110 or 220 but I think they all do.
Later I saw two that were just a little bigger than portable cd players for about 150,000 and up. They look great for travelling. I'm going to get one of those before I leave. |
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Walter Mitty
Joined: 27 Mar 2003
Location: Tokyo! ^.^
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| Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 7:03 am Post subject: |
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| Bulsajo wrote: |
Got the DVP-320 from Target in the US for $56 (or $59, I forget).
Yes, very happy with it, and thanks again to WM for the heads up on it. |
I've always been a little (more than a little, actually) that it costs twice (or more) the US price in Korea. Even so, I'm happy with it, and wouldn't trade it for anything else I've seen in the price range here. |
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