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Noureli
Joined: 14 Oct 2005
Location: Nowhere but Here
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 Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:53 pm Post subject: DVD's from North America |
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| I just wanted to know if DVD's from Canada work in Korea because I heard different stories about all this. So if you could please answer me . Thanks a bunch. |
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SarcasmKills
Joined: 07 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Unless you have a multi-region player, the answer is no, you can't play DVDs from Canada here... |
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PaperTiger
Joined: 31 May 2005
Location: Ulaanbataar
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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Try this. I've heard people ask the same question time after time here but I've never needed to use this. Just saw it at this site.
PowerDVD Tweaker - [2003-05-29 | Shareware $19.99 | 501 Kb | Win All | 11505 | 3.88 ]
Designed to allow region free dvd playback on your PC.
www.majorgeeks.com |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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This was posted on the Job discussion forum. You should probably review the different forum topics before you post. This would be more appropriate on the tech forum.
But to answer your question because you seem to be unable to understand forum topics and how to use google...
Canada/USA is region 1. Korea is region 3. (Oddly Korea is lumped in with SE Asia ... SE refers to South East. South East Asia means Thailand, Indonesia, etc. Korea is in East Asia. North of Japan even.) So no. However, a program called Videolan will let you watch DVDs from any region on your computer. Where do you get Videolan? Well, I encourage you to investigate that tech forum on Dave's and see the sticky faq on laptops in Korea. Or investigate google.com.
I'm curious now what stories you've heard where region 1 dvds actually work on region 3 players? |
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Jeonnam Jinx
Joined: 06 Oct 2005
Location: Jeonnam
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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| You can try getting a divx player. I've seen them online for as little as 70,000 won. They're much more versatile than DVD players, as you can use CDs, VCDs, DVDs, .avi and .mpeg files, and even .mp3 files. My Canadian DVDs work in it no problem. |
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Giant
Joined: 14 May 2003
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:11 am Post subject: |
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Solution:
If you have a computer with a DVD reader/writer you can watch them. If you have a standalone DVD player then most likely you cant unless its region free.
If you have a computer you can use something like DVD Decrypter to strip the region protection off the DVD and make an ISO file that can be burnt back to DVD anytime and it will be region free. Or just strip the .vob files to the HD and you can play them from there as well. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:05 am Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| I'm curious now what stories you've heard where region 1 dvds actually work on region 3 players? |
The Philips DVD player that Walter Mitty recommended here. They were sold at the Carrefour but I got a relative to pick one up in the US for a song. Inputted the region hack and it works like a charm. But I don't think that's what you were driving at, but anyway there you go. |
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