29-06-2004 19:14									#31
	Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

Everything sold in the US will be region 1. If there is anything for region 2, then it will be a horribly expensive import, and this will be limited to stuff like Japanese cartoons and "specialist" adult material.

I've heard talk that there may be websites that tell the interested owner how to remove the regional restrictions on their DvD player, but I'm too nice a person to substantiate such rumours.

	29-06-2004 20:03									#32
	Tired of ads?

quote: Originally posted by ZargonX Everyone I know who uses their PS2 as a DVD player can't stand it, and has ended up buying a real DVD player. My brother in law tried it for a while, but after an hour of watching DVDs, the PS2 would overheat every 10 minutes or so. Different people, same story.

mine works fine

never had a problem (Even after horus and horus in a row)

a lot better than the DVD drive on my computer

Jon Miller

	29-06-2004 20:12									#33
	Enter the AD-FREE zone

Australia is region 4, but even then many of our dvds are region 1 encoded. Bastards.

	29-06-2004 20:33									#34
	Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

quote: Originally posted by duke o' york I've heard talk that there may be websites that tell the interested owner how to remove the regional restrictions on their DvD player, but I'm too nice a person to substantiate such rumours.

It depends on the manufacturer. AFAIK Apex were the first to bring out all-region boxes as standard. After they were attacked by those who wish to maintain the bullshit status quo, they hid the controls for all region, then added passwords, then finally removed the possibility of all-region viewing.

You're best chance to get an all region box cheaply is to buy a startup chinese brand (as Apex was) since some of them are all region.

	29-06-2004 20:35									#35
	Put an end to popups!

I didn't even know there was a region 4. Must be a backwater.

	29-06-2004 20:43									#36
	Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

It covers an entire continent.
(and 18 million people)

And yes, basically.