Region 1 DVD in the UK?

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Region 1 DVD in the UK?

« on: March 22, 2010, 04:13:33 AM »

Will my US dvds play in the UK? There are a few we want to take with us, and in the past, we have sent a few dvds and cds as gifts to the family. They never said anything about it, so I am assuming they do work?


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Re: Region 1 DVD in the UK?

« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2010, 09:08:09 AM »

Hi,

Our region 1 US DVDs play fine here in the UK. You might have issues with an older TV or with a DVD player that doesn't want to play region 1, but there are ways to unlock many DVD players (you can find them on the web).

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Re: Region 1 DVD in the UK?

« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2010, 09:16:35 AM »

We have a PS2 and got a special disk that allows us to play Region 1.

A lot of expensive dvd players are more difficult to hack than cheaper ones, but most dvd players will not play Region 1 straight out of the box.


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« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2010, 10:15:00 AM »

Neither our dvd player or our PS3 will play Region 1 dvds, unfortunately. No idea which ones might. But on my iMac, I have an option to switch regions, but it only allows me to do that so many times before it locks one in completely. Undecided


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« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2010, 10:57:42 AM »

We brought our xbox and laptops from the US and use one or the other to watch Region 1 dvds.


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« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2010, 11:00:20 AM »

We were able to find a reasonably cheap regionless dvd player. I think we got the nicer version of it for £45, but we definitely could have bought one for around £25.


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Re: Region 1 DVD in the UK?

« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2010, 02:45:47 PM »

Think outside the box like I did....

I brought US DVD's and I have our computer by the TV ect...
I have an HDMI cable run to the TV and use a different "source" and use the computer speakers to control the volume....

We no longer have a DVD player as the computer works PLUS when I watch anything online - its on the BIG TV ;-)


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« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2010, 02:58:31 PM »

Quote from: Zoyabean on March 22, 2010, 02:45:47 PM

You do have a good set-up. Wink


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