Which Region Free DVD Player have you been using? How long have you been using it? Any defects?

 

RCA DRS 720
I have Two RCA drive one for my room and one for living room both no problem for about 4-5 months now.
I had two Apex DVD player for about 3 years and they both broke on me that's why i got the RCA as replacement.

 

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i use philips divx/dvd player.

its the best money can buy cuz it'll play any format and it cost about $60.

 

Original Apex players for quite a few years now, haven't broke down yet. but I heard they break down quite a bit. I've been lucky, I guess.

 

akai DVD3850S.. I have had this one for a few years now.. I love it...
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DVD / CD+G / VCD / SVCD / DVCD / CDR / CDRW / DVD-R / Audio CD / MP3 discs / KODAK Picture CD / HDCD / JPEG Playback
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Multi Region, PAL-NTSC
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Slim DVD Player
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Dual Input Karaoke( for when I am feeling japanese)
* Component Video

 

what is a region free dvd player?

 

play any kind of DVD

japan burnt ect

 

Every legit DVD has region codes. Most standard DVD players are made for specific regions i.e. US, Asia, europe etc...If the DVD is manufactured for Asia, then it will not play in US players or other markets. Some DVD players have certain codes that can be inputed, then it allows the player to play any dvd. These DVD players often also remove encriptions that then allow recording from the dvd to another source and so on.

 

ohhh ok.. thats awesome.. is it legal?

 

Not sure...I'm sure the MPAA (motion picture association of america) or the DVD Forum would say it isn't. Most player manufacturers claim it's a bug in the hardware/software of the equipment. I haven't kept up with all the DVD laws lately. My company doesn't really manufacture DVD's anymore, we are on the gaming side (game cube/Wii) and recordable discs (DVD-Ram/Blu RAY).
Bigger players like Sony, Panasonic etc... shouldn't have this function, but then, I may be wrong.

 

Breaking the law, breaking the law

 

I think we do that every time we turn on our Subies.

 

i have a tatung dvd player. bought it in like 2002? works great still, i watch my SVCD's on it all the time also

 

I use a chipped xbox running XBMC as the dashboard. I highly recomend it.