http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/japanese-websites-buying-a-region-free-dvd-player How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:09:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/japanese-websites-buying-a-region-free-dvd-player#comment-9366 Stephen Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:50:39 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=267#comment-9366 This might save people a few bucks: Most DVD players can be made region-free using certain key combinations on the remote. Search for your DVD player model and 'region free unlock' or something like that. I just unlocked my Philips DVD-622 last night. I don't have any other-region DVDs to test with yet, but the knowledge that I <em>could</em> watch them is thrilling! This might save people a few bucks: Most DVD players can be made region-free using certain key combinations on the remote. Search for your DVD player model and ‘region free unlock’ or something like that. I just unlocked my Philips DVD-622 last night. I don’t have any other-region DVDs to test with yet, but the knowledge that I could watch them is thrilling!

]]> http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/japanese-websites-buying-a-region-free-dvd-player#comment-9276 ryan andrews Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:07:26 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=267#comment-9276 You probably already know this, but for those who don't, VLC media player (free downloadable software) will let you play Japanese dvds on your laptop. You probably already know this, but for those who don’t, VLC media player (free downloadable software) will let you play Japanese dvds on your laptop.

]]> http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/japanese-websites-buying-a-region-free-dvd-player#comment-9274 jhr Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:53:56 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=267#comment-9274 It's not in Japanese and for those in Japan it may be less useful if model numbers are different, but I always just go to http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers to look up models I'm considering. It will have an entry if there is a known trick to get it to be region free. Last time I bought a dvd player, I got one that was $30 at best buy and it turned out that it could be made region free with a code on the remote and it could also play PAL dvds on an NTSC tv. Unless it has become much harder to become similar players I wouldn't recommend buying some really expensive one from sites that sell them. Also, on computers you just need the right software to be able to play disks from any region. It’s not in Japanese and for those in Japan it may be less useful if model numbers are different, but I always just go to http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers to look up models I’m considering. It will have an entry if there is a known trick to get it to be region free. Last time I bought a dvd player, I got one that was $30 at best buy and it turned out that it could be made region free with a code on the remote and it could also play PAL dvds on an NTSC tv. Unless it has become much harder to become similar players I wouldn’t recommend buying some really expensive one from sites that sell them. Also, on computers you just need the right software to be able to play disks from any region.

]]> http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/japanese-websites-buying-a-region-free-dvd-player#comment-9269 saleem Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:12:12 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=267#comment-9269 I know your way all over this web thing, but I just found a nice page o' links that might come in handy for your Japanese websites roundup: http://japan.alltop.com/ (lists sites in both English and Japanese) I know your way all over this web thing, but I just found a nice page o’ links that might come in handy for your Japanese websites roundup:
http://japan.alltop.com/
(lists sites in both English and Japanese)

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