Region-Free
Don’t get me wrong — I think the DVD format is awesome. I just hate the stupid region encoding imposed by big media companies on their DVD releases. I mean, God forbid I should want to broaden my tastes with something produced on another continent!
Fortunately a little research hipped me to this Philips DVD727, a cheap home player with very advanced features and the ability to hack the region hobbling on any DVD. How cheap is it, you ask? Well, I picked one up at Wal-Mart yesterday for seventy-nine bucks!
Jenn and 
Jenn 2:54 PM on April 7, 2004 Permalink |
That sounds like a sweet deal. My PS2 has been giving me serious trouble lately and I might need to get a separate machine for DVDs. The region free ability would definitely make watching anime easier. Thanks for the heads up!
Andrew Currie 3:02 PM on April 7, 2004 Permalink |
Or you might want to check this out, courtesy of birthday boy Al Howell:
http://tinyurl.com/3hbqo
Jenn 5:58 PM on April 7, 2004 Permalink |
Sounds cool. I’ve always been hesitant to mod my systems because the urge to pirate would be strong. Sadly, my PS2 seems to be dying a slow and painful death and it’ll be a while before I can get a new one; hence my glee at this cheaper stand-alone player ^_^
Chris 5:05 AM on April 11, 2004 Permalink |
You just helped me convince my girlfriend we should buy a DVD player on top of our PS2. That and the fact that both movies we just rented this weekend skipped several times (not that it made a difference in Matrix Revolutions). Also earlier we had rented Brotherhood of the Wolf and we where forced to take it to work to watch it. I mentioned this posting and we talked about it, I think it might be a future purchase.
Thanks Andrew and everybody who posted.