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Viewing Region-Free Hack and Review: Philips DVP642 DVD PlayerRegion-Free Hack and Review: Philips DVP642 DVD Player
By Kathy Steinemann
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Learning a foreign language is so much easier if you can purchase DVDs in your language of choice and play them on your DVD player. However, modern technology makes that impossible if you don't own a unit that can play DVDs from other regions. Learning a foreign language is so much easier if you can purchase DVDs in your language of choice and play them on your DVD player. However, modern technology makes that impossible if you don't own a unit that can play (or be altered to cope with) foreign regions. The Phillips DVP-642 player has been reported 'region-free' by many users right out of the box. The unit I purchased at Wal Mart in January of 2007 wasn't initially regionless. However, a few clicks on the remote control quickly fixed that. Region-Free Hack: The '0' in the sequence above refers to the region number; '0' makes your DVD player region-free. You may also select a specific region from 1 to 6 - but the zero setting should work for just about everything. Now you should be able to play DVD titles from other regions! More Information: For the purposes of this review, I did not check the other capabilities of the player. However, the box provides the following information: Superb audio and video performance: Plays practically any disc format: The unit is an attractive silver-grey machine measuring a sleek 17 inches wide by 10 inches deep and 1 3/4 inches high. The package contains a user manual, quick start guide, video cable, audio cables, remote control, and 2 AA batteries. The picture it produces is good, as is the audio, and the physical spin mechanism is very quiet. The Philips will automatically sense NTSC/PAL signals to provide the proper display for your television. The purchase price was just under $60 Canadian at the local Wal-Mart store. This Philips DVD player is also sold by other outlets - but Wal-Mart has a good history of offering low prices with in-store exchanges for defective merchandise. Philips has a website where you can download free software upgrades for future DVD technology enhancements. The USA site is located at www.philips.com/usasupport. There is also more information on this player at videohelp.com. Now ... go to ebay, Amazon, or another favorite source of DVDs, and buy what you want - confident that everything will be playable on your machine. (c) Copyright Kathy Steinemann: This article is free to publish only if this copyright notice, the byline, and the author's note below (with active links) are included. About the Author: Kathy Steinemann is a busy webmaster and author who enjoys writing German-English stories in parallel translation. She works behind the scenes at several websites, including A-Language-Guide dot com. Article Source: A Language Guide - http://www.a-language-guide.com More free articles: 1st Rate Articles - 1stRateArticles.com |
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