Is Philips PET729/37 truly region free? Specifications for this player say it plays NTSC and PAL DVDs -- can someone please confirm if this is really true? And also what needs to be done to change the format? Is Philips PET729/37 truly region free? Specifications for this player say it plays NTSC and PAL DVDs -- can someone please confirm if this is really true? And also what needs to be done to change... » Read More Is Philips PET729/37 truly region free? Specifications for this player say it plays NTSC and PAL DVDs -- can someone please confirm if this is really true? And also what needs to be done to change the format? « Show Less
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An All Regions PAL DVD played in this. Two Region 2 PAL DVDs did not play - after insertion, the screen displayed a "Wrong Region" warning. Both of these Region 2 DVDs play in my Philips DVP3982 since I changed the region coding to 0 on the player.
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Can anyone please advice PET729 model receive cable channels in India?Thanks in advance.
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It's a digital ONLY tuner, so you will need to find out from your cable company what kind of signal they provide.
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All DVD players will play PAL and NTSC. That's not the same as "region free." Generally, you select either NTSC or PAL output in the setup. A PAL DVD would have to be region free for you to be able to play it.
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Thanks for your reply. I had equated NTSC or PAL with the region. So, if I want to play both PAL and NTSC DVDs, regardless of what region these discs are, I would need a player that can be set to region 0 = region free?
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ALL DVD players play PAL DVD?????? While this does not address your main comments dedicated to region-free play, it is absolutely NOT true that ALL DVD players play both NTSC and PAL! I even recently bought a relatively expensive Panasonic DVD-Burner/multi-format Player that is pretty high end in everything and yet that does not handle PAL, so I must take exception to your glib declaration that may lead some folks who are interested in PAL DVD viewing to stop double-checking for that specification before making an unfortunate purchase.
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The Philips All Region Multi Region Code Free Zone Free Hi-Def 1080p that I received would not open to allow me to insert a DVD. Also, even if it did open, according to Philips, it would only play region 1 DVD's.
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Where do you find the code to make a Philips dvd player region-free? And yes, the region coding angers me too as I can get my British comedies cheaper from AmazonUK (even with postage). Then there are the comedies that have never been put in Region 1. For everyone's info I read that Microsoft has a free download that will make your computer region free.
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I bought the NTSC version and I can confirm that it works on a PAL tv. There is an option in settings where you can select PAL or NTSC. I can only assume that a PAL version also works on an NTSC tv...
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Did you ever find out if it would play PAL format DVDs? I wonder it as well, i have one and i want to buy something on PAL format but i am afraid that once i buy it the player will not play them. Anyone know?
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Mine plays any type DVD I've put in it. I didn't have to change any thing. Perhaps you screwed something up by changing to PAL. Did it come with instructions? I'd advise reading them. I had no problem, I took it out of the box, plugged it in and it's been working ever since. I've played region 2, 3 and others without having to change any settings or do anything.
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Dasa.Your information about changing region code setting is very helpful. I just bought Philips PET1030. Do you have any chance to know the steps for that model?Thanks a lot.Mich
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No It is not region free at least if purchased in USA. Inserting different region DVD will Say "CAN NOT PLAY" on TV and DVD Screen. If you want to make it region free, you must purchase a firmware upgrade that does that. Search Google for player model and region free firmware. The group of people that offer that don't do that for free though. I accidently stumbled on their site discussion researching this player before purchasing it. It takes lots of testing to develop firmware, so I guess if you are interested you can pay for that. But keep in mind, "Region Free" will output PAL TV signal (different frame rate and frame size) to your TV. It (TV) also must be able to handle that, not just DVD player. Player will not convert PAL DVDs for example into NTSC signal. You can also find this player with region free firmware on ebay.
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I don't know. Wish I did. I bought this DVD player just so that I could play PAL DVDs. So far I haven't been able to figure out how to get this player to play my PAL DVDs. There's a white sticker on the front of the box that says, "CODEFREE DVD 012345678 PAL/NTSC." However, there's nothing on the box or in the instructions, that says the player will play PAL. It only says this on the sticker that's been added to the box. Also, the supposedly new player came with a beaten-up Disney DVD already in it. I definitely feel ripped off, Eileen O'Sullivan
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I think it shouldn´t matter since you are downloading into a PC. Then if you burn a DVD, a lot of DVD players in Europe play both NTSC and PAL
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I did some homework before I purchased the unit. Pioneer markets at least two versions of the BDP-150. An inexpensive version for the US market only and a more expensive one that plays all regions. If you do a google "shopping" search for the Pioneer BDP-150 you'll see what I mean. At the time, I suspected and the other responses confirm that Pioneer markets a PAL version as well. They probably market in all regions of the world. Why they use the same model number is anyone's guess. Seems to me it's causes unnecessary confusion.
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It's an international player, that means it can play ever region dvd's (setting 0) but you can set it to just one region also. I switched to setting 2 (description how-to below) after it won't run some dvd's (first issues after about 6 month on setting 0, some dvds might change the software and then several dvds started to stop/jump/don't run at all - it depends so much which dvd - some run some don't and you never know which one starts making trouble ... I changed the setting to region 2 just recently, so I cannot say, if this is a solution for that annoying issue: How-to change the setting: 1. NO dvd indside/ 2. Press setup (remote)/ 3. Press the down arrow three times until you see the "preference" page/ 4. Press 1,3,8,9,3,1/ 5. Press up/down key to select region (0= all regions - trouble?/ 1 USA/2 Europe, Japan, South Africa ...)/ 6. Turn off the player DONE!
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Hi Justin, I did not get to play my region 2 dvd's from the UK on it. I played region 4 , Australia, and USA regions and it was fine for those. If yours isn't playing region 2, or any region for that matter, I would call Samsung and find out why due to it being a multi region player. There # is 1800-726-7864. Hope your able to get better help that I did. Cheers Lesley.
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I bought two of these as christmas presents for my children and I have the same problem with one of them. I checked NTSC, but that should not have anything to do with the problem. NTSC/PAL is a regional setting when it comes to the video format. I am going to file a complaint and request either a new replacement or a refund for the bad item.
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I'm not an expert, but I'm 99% sure the answer is "no". PAL and NTSC models appear to always be separate and numbered separately and sold in their respective markets. This is a "search the Internet" type question, looking for maybe some kind of converter than takes an NTSC signal and modifies it for PAL playback (if that's possible).
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I believe that PAL and NTSC does not apply to digital source data - only when it is converted to analogue (which is becoming obsolete) . That is why DVD makers put in the wretched region codes - to continue to prevent folks in Europe and the US from trading discs. HD it seems is code free.
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Has anybody actually tried this on the 5960 to see whether it works? I'd like to hear some success stories before I try it. I plan to go to the UK next year. Are most of the DVD's sold in the UK PAL Region 2 or "All Regions" ? Several of the British Railway ones I've ordered are Pal and "All".