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mysterious700
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
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 Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:48 am Post subject: Do DVD's from North America play in Korean DVD players? |
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| Do DVD's from North America play in Korean DVD players? This might seem like a stupid question. But I may have read something about this a few months back. I would like to bring some of my DVD's with me to Korea from Canada. |
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dulouz
Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: Uranus
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:58 am Post subject: |
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| You likely have some manner of region problem methinks. |
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Corporal
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:02 am Post subject: Re: Do DVD's from North America play in Korean DVD players? |
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| mysterious700 wrote: |
| Do DVD's from North America play in Korean DVD players? This might seem like a stupid question. But I may have read something about this a few months back. I would like to bring some of my DVD's with me to Korea from Canada. |
Western DVD behaviour is enough to freak out any Korean DVD player. |
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mysterious700
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:16 am Post subject: |
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ha ha but seriously. i need an answer.  |
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Natebomb
Joined: 23 May 2006
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:24 am Post subject: |
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| It depends on the dvd player.....some are region free and others you can force to be region free. Just google dvd hack or dvd region free or something like that and you'll find info on how to do it. I'm bringing a few burnt movies, but they're region free anyway.. |
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billybrobby
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 10:01 am Post subject: |
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| It depends on the dvd player.....some are region free and others you can force to be region free. Just google dvd hack or dvd region free or something like that and you'll find info on how to do it. I'm bringing a few burnt movies, but they're region free anyway.. |
what he said. I'd say most players can be hacked. |
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 10:08 am Post subject: |
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| Likewise you can download region-free players for your computer. |
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Cage Kennylz
Joined: 16 Sep 2006
Location: Ottawa, Canada
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Go to Young-san electronics market in Seoul. Buy a region free DVD player for 50 000 - 100 000 won. Play DVD's from Canada, Korea, Europe ect... easy |
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ChuckECheese
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Cage Kennylz wrote: |
| Go to Young-san electronics market in Seoul. Buy a region free DVD player for 50 000 - 100 000 won. Play DVD's from Canada, Korea, Europe ect... easy |
If your DVD player is not region free, you can have it fixed to region free. All you have to do is take your DVD player to Young-san electronics market and switch a little region free chip in your DVD player for far less than that. |
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Missile Command Kid
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Yesasia sells a decent region-free player for $69 USD, free shipping. I've got one and it does the job. |
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betchay
Joined: 23 Aug 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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| my friend ordered some DVDs from amazon and they wouldn't play in her 200,000+ won LG dvd player... but when i popped them in my generic 50,000 won player, they worked... |
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billybrobby
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 2:21 am Post subject: |
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| my friend ordered some DVDs from amazon and they wouldn't play in her 200,000+ won LG dvd player... but when i popped them in my generic 50,000 won player, they worked... |
I think all LG players can be hacked. Take a minute to look on the internet and you'll find it somewhere. I'm guessing the cheap off-brand players are more likely to be region-free because those little companies are less vulnerable to pressure from Hollywood. |
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potblackettle
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
Location: South Korea
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Another alternative is if you have a lap top run an s-video or monster cable to your tv and play the dvd's of that... it's what I did in Mexico and it worked perfectly.
I mean... you lose a slight bit of resolution because you are, in effect, making a second generation and occaisonally the interlacing is affected... but there are compressor programs you can download that will fix that.
Or if you have any type of editing program (even most cheapy programs can do it) import the dvd, convert the codex burn and go. (It kills me my laptop won't carry Avid and I'm gonna have to switch to Final Cut.) |
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dimnd
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: Western USA
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| Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 8:14 pm Post subject: region free dvd player |
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| my new Panasonic dvd player is region free. Of course, it is from the states..but even while I lived in Russia we could watch western dvd's on their portable players...The vhs was PAL so that was different and those only played on a PAL machine. |
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