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English subtitles on Korean DVDs dOn'T wOrK!

 
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lief



Joined: 13 Sep 2004

PostPosted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 12:12 am    Post subject: English subtitles on Korean DVDs dOn'T wOrK! Reply with quote

I got a Korean DVD player and I want to watch Korean movies. Some DVD's English subtitles work, others don't - they're in Korean instead. I watch a Korean comedy and I want to cry because I can't understand it. I lend the same DVDs to others and they can get the English subtitles on their DVD players. Should I take it back to the shop and try and change the region? Please help me.
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itaewonguy



Joined: 25 Mar 2003

PostPosted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 12:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

take the player in and get it chipped multi region.
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gajackson1



Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: Casa Chil, Sungai Besar, Sultanate of Brunei

PostPosted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 5:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

try a google search for your DVD make & model, + region-free

it may pull up a code/directions you can just punch into the remote to enable region-free playback. Samsung & LG this is very common!

Regards,

G.
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Derrek



Joined: 15 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 4:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's weird. Sounds like some kind of setting. What is the make/model?
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bucheon bum



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 11:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

itaewonguy wrote:
take the player in and get it chipped multi region.


that isn't the problem. If it were the region factor, he wouldn't get much of a picture, instead it would show nothing at all or a really messed up picture.

Like derrek said, it probably has something to do with the settings.
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Tiberious aka Sparkles



Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!

PostPosted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 6:22 pm    Post subject: Re: English subtitles on Korean DVDs dOn'T wOrK! Reply with quote

lief wrote:
I watch a Korean comedy and I want to cry because I can't understand it.


You might cry still when you can understand it.

If you're unable to see English subtitles, that's messed up. Maybe try the TV remote control. Sounds weird, but last Friday Wifey was watching Spider-Man 2, and the DVD's English close-captioning subtitles were appearing over the Korean subtitles. I was able to switch off the close-captioning subtitles with the TV remote. I guess it depends what kind of TV you have, but it's worth a shot. Or just chuck the player out the window and get a new one (not recommended).

Sparkles*_*
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Hollywoodaction



Joined: 02 Jul 2004

PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 6:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Look on the backside of the DVD case for the language info. Some Korean DVDs don't have English subtitles.
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philinkorea



Joined: 27 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 4:26 pm    Post subject: same with me!! Reply with quote

i found this same phenomenon, it was really odd. i bought Old Boy from one of those street stalls. I got them to test it on there's and it had English subtitles. I get it home and press the button for English subtitles but they didnt come on although they do on my other non korean films.

Ive heard some korean films are really cool. My DVD player here is really cheap but I have one in England which is better. I was thinking of testing it out on a friends then buying a few more to take back. There must be some way to sort it
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