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[Boodleheimer]

my korean dvd player is being fussy and won't play the Wallace & Gromit i bought in Hong Kong. what gives? any crackers here?

[JongnoGuru]

Hong Kongkers is Region 6, Korea's Region 3.

You may have to pay to get your DVD player "chipped" (rendered "pree-jone" or "zone-free") by murky characters who live in the shadows of this society.

But in the meantime, you can try this:

1. Put a Region 2 Korean DVD, one that you know the DVD player will play, into the DVD player.

2. Let it run through to the "FBI Warning" or equivalent, then hit EJECT.

3. Put your Region 6 Chinese DVD in and hit PLAY.

This fools the DVD player into thinking it's already verifiedy the correct region. Doesn't always work, but it's worth a try until you have to deal with the thugs & criminals.

[wormholes101]

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[Boodleheimer]

sounds dodgy. done it?

[Thunndarr]

[wormholes101]