Question about DVD Zoning

Larry_OHF · 05-31-2005, 11:29 AM

I have an Hispanic friend wanting to buy a DVD player here and send it home to his brother with a DVD+R that I make for him from a VHS of his wedding. I know that most of the stores around here only sell DVD players that play media from Region 1. A couple are sold around here however that are multi-zone formats.

They are:

Cyberhome, CH-DVD300S for about $40 ¿¿¿ (Plays PAL and DTSC) ???
Sony, DVP-NS530, for about $120

There are a few others, but I don't need to mention them all. Anyway, with the Cyberhome for example, one can program the thing to play any region from what I read online by a guy that wanted to brag about how much he knew regarding how to do this, and the Sony can be set to one of the six regions as well. That guy said that the Cyberhome could be set to zone "0" in order to play all formats, but I am afraid of the price being an indication that the quality is poor in that player. Therefore, I want to persuade my friend to go with the Sony, but I have to know what Zone to set it for. All I know is tht Zone 1 is USA and Canada.

What is Mexico's Zone? And will it be able to play my DVD+R that I make if it is set to Mexico's zone? Do I have to record in that zone format?

[ 05-31-2005, 11:32 AM: Message edited by: Larry_OHF ]

Jorath Calar · 05-31-2005, 12:21 PM

more here

Larry_OHF · 05-31-2005, 12:48 PM

Thank you señor!
I learned more from this than I was expecting!

I did not know that the TVs have to align with this crap too!

Cloudbringer · 05-31-2005, 02:29 PM

Best Buy out here had dvd players that could be set for various zones not too long ago. I don't think they were very expensive, either.

Aragorn1 · 05-31-2005, 03:30 PM

Yeah, you can get all-regions ones now.

Vaskez · 05-31-2005, 04:13 PM

so much for anti-piracy

Aragorn1 · 05-31-2005, 05:03 PM

I think the internet and dvd burners destroyed that.

Jorath Calar · 05-31-2005, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Vaskez:
so much for anti-piracy

Anti Piracy? how does this region bullshit prevent piracy? its just a hassle to control money flow for the companies. For instance SeinFeld season 4 dvd was out in the US on 16th may, I have to wait for the region 2 version until 14th june.

One way to get around it is to use a dvd player in a computer, soem of them ignore completly the region system... but watching it on the computerscreen can be boring.

RoSs_bg2_rox · 05-31-2005, 07:48 PM

Jorath, to clear things up re: watching on the computer. You get a certain number of "changes". I.e you can change the region, normally 6 times, however this is easy reset. There is a way to do it with DVD players too, but it is harder, and can knacker the DVD player if you aren't careful. Best just to get a multi region, they are common these days.

Vaskez · 05-31-2005, 08:01 PM

I read that the regioning thing was also to slow down piracy, by making DVDs that work in one place in the world and not in another. It makes sense. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

05-31-2005, 11:29 AM	#1
Larry_OHF Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Midlands, South Carolina Age: 48 Posts: 14,759	I have an Hispanic friend wanting to buy a DVD player here and send it home to his brother with a DVD+R that I make for him from a VHS of his wedding. I know that most of the stores around here only sell DVD players that play media from Region 1. A couple are sold around here however that are multi-zone formats. They are: Cyberhome, CH-DVD300S for about $40 ¿¿¿ (Plays PAL and DTSC) ??? Sony, DVP-NS530, for about $120 There are a few others, but I don't need to mention them all. Anyway, with the Cyberhome for example, one can program the thing to play any region from what I read online by a guy that wanted to brag about how much he knew regarding how to do this, and the Sony can be set to one of the six regions as well. That guy said that the Cyberhome could be set to zone "0" in order to play all formats, but I am afraid of the price being an indication that the quality is poor in that player. Therefore, I want to persuade my friend to go with the Sony, but I have to know what Zone to set it for. All I know is tht Zone 1 is USA and Canada. What is Mexico's Zone? And will it be able to play my DVD+R that I make if it is set to Mexico's zone? Do I have to record in that zone format? [ 05-31-2005, 11:32 AM: Message edited by: Larry_OHF ] __________________

05-31-2005, 12:48 PM	#3
Larry_OHF Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Midlands, South Carolina Age: 48 Posts: 14,759	Thank you señor! I learned more from this than I was expecting! I did not know that the TVs have to align with this crap too! __________________

05-31-2005, 02:29 PM	#4
Cloudbringer Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Upstate NY USA Posts: 19,737	Best Buy out here had dvd players that could be set for various zones not too long ago. I don't think they were very expensive, either. __________________ "Don't take life for granted." Animal (may he rest in peace)

05-31-2005, 04:13 PM	#6
Vaskez Takhisis Follower Join Date: April 30, 2001 Location: szép Magyarország (well not right now) Posts: 5,089	so much for anti-piracy __________________ Too set in his ways to ever relate If he could set that aside, there'd be heaven to pay But weathered and aged, time swept him to grave Love conquers all? Damn, I'd say that area's gray

05-31-2005, 07:48 PM	#9
RoSs_bg2_rox Zartan Join Date: May 20, 2003 Location: Near Aberdeen, Scotland Age: 34 Posts: 5,225	Jorath, to clear things up re: watching on the computer. You get a certain number of "changes". I.e you can change the region, normally 6 times, however this is easy reset. There is a way to do it with DVD players too, but it is harder, and can knacker the DVD player if you aren't careful. Best just to get a multi region, they are common these days. __________________ [img]\"http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/ladyzekke/dragonwater2.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

05-31-2005, 12:21 PM	#2
Jorath Calar Harper Join Date: October 6, 2001 Location: Iceland Posts: 4,706	more here

05-31-2005, 03:30 PM	#5
Aragorn1 Symbol of Cyric Join Date: July 3, 2001 Location: Cornwall England Age: 36 Posts: 1,197	Yeah, you can get all-regions ones now.

05-31-2005, 05:03 PM	#7
Aragorn1 Symbol of Cyric Join Date: July 3, 2001 Location: Cornwall England Age: 36 Posts: 1,197	I think the internet and dvd burners destroyed that.

05-31-2005, 08:01 PM	#10
Vaskez Takhisis Follower Join Date: April 30, 2001 Location: szép Magyarország (well not right now) Posts: 5,089	I read that the regioning thing was also to slow down piracy, by making DVDs that work in one place in the world and not in another. It makes sense. [img]tongue.gif[/img] __________________ Too set in his ways to ever relate If he could set that aside, there'd be heaven to pay But weathered and aged, time swept him to grave Love conquers all? Damn, I'd say that area's gray

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