Dvd player confusion

Traveler

Traveler

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I an confused about all of the various types of DVD players. Yes, I know about the different regions and that some machines play Blue-Ray and some do not.

But is there a difference between machines called ALL-REGION and others called MULTI REGION ?

Also, is there such a thing as a machine that will play ANY AND ALL DVD's ?

 

I know of no machine that will play 'any and all'. But most decent machines, from what I understand, will have a way to switch regions as they are multi-regional players.
You must be traveling around the world with a dvd? If so, you may run into a problem in Austrailia/New Zealand as their dvd's (and TV) use PAL format. Even if your DVD is all region, it won't understand the signal from a PAL encoding.
So, the short answer is all region dvd's are good for most of the world until you get to a small area using PAL format. Perhaps, and I don't know this, there is a machine that has the circuit logic to encode/decode both formats.
 
A Blue-Ray dvd player will play both Blue-Ray and regular dvd's. A regular dvd player will not play Blue-Ray dvd's. A 4-K dvd player will only play 4-K dvd's.
 

No, I do not travel all over the world with my DVD players. I do, however, buy DVD films on-line and I occasionally receive a DVD that is NOT Region #1 but rather is labeled "All Regions" or Multi Regions" . None of those DVD's will play on my USA purchased Region #1 Blue-Ray machines.
All I really need to do is to be able to watch those queer DVD's (Multi-Region" and "All-Regions) And, of course, Region #1 (regular) and Blue-Ray.
 
Traveler said:
No, I do not travel all over the world with my DVD players. I do, however, buy DVD films on-line and I occasionally receive a DVD that is NOT Region #1 but rather is labeled "All Regions" or Multi Regions" . None of those DVD's will play on my USA purchased Region #1 Blue-Ray machines.
All I really need to do is to be able to watch those queer DVD's (Multi-Region" and "All-Regions) And, of course, Region #1 (regular) and Blue-Ray.
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Multi region and all regions DVDs should play on your regular DVD player. But you wrote that you were playing them in your Blue-Ray player. Are those DVDS Blue-Ray?
 
Olivia said:
Multi region and all regions DVDs should play on your regular DVD player. But you wrote that you were playing them in your Blue-Ray player. Are those DVDS Blue-Ray?
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I have 2 DVD players. Both were purchased in the US and therefor are Region # 1. One of the DVD players is a blue-ray player. As I said, I have several, movies (NOT BLUE-RAY) that are incredibly hard to find. One is labeled All Regions. One is labeled Multi-Region. Neither of them will play on either of my machines.
 
If it's important to you to view these different region DVDs, you might consider purchasing a non-region DVD player. I purchased mine 12 years ago, but I also had to purchase a special type TV that works with it. This is the player I bought: Pioneer DV-373 Multi Region Code Free Zone Free DVD Player PAL/NTSC on ANY TV.
However, it didn't work on ANY TV. But that was then. And some of the reviews I read on other brands had some people reporting that theirs didn't work and it could have been their TV didn't work with it. The one I have does somewhat work with my newer TV but comes out only in black and white. But it's an older player already. And there are instructions how to make Region 1 players into a specific Region or non-Region. I wouldn't myself do that.

I purchased the Pioneer to play Region 2 Pal DVDs from Europe and also to play personal DVDs that my relatives made. It also plays my Region 1 DVDS.

I probably just confused matters more. In any case, read the specifics of any you might think of purchasing.
 
Just to be clear. I am not interested in or need to be able to play DVD's from all of the many regions. I just want to be able to play DVD's that are labeled All-Region, Multi Region and Region free
 
I'm sorry it's not working for you. I know I would be very frustrated as well. The only other thing I can suggest is taking the DVDs to a friend's house to see if they work there. It's a long shot, but it could be your TV.

There have been a couple of DVD's that I've purchased on Amazon that only works on players that don't record. I have played them on portable DVD players, and they have worked there. You could also try playing them in your computer.
 
After some research, I have discovered that some Blue Ray DVD players are designed to fail (go bad) after a certain number of hours. Mine is a Samsung and I do not recommend buying Samsung. My Blue Ray discs that played last week will no longer load.
P.S. all other regular DVD's will play but not Blue Ray.

I tried to contact Samsung but they charge to answer any question. They require your bank account number before they will talk to you.
 
Either I am doing a poor job of explaining myself or it is losing something in translation. Please let me try again.

I have a DVD film entitled "Rachel and The Stranger". On the back of the case it says: Region codes, ALL REGIONS; DVD format DVD-5 ;
Picture format: PAL 1.33:1

I want to watch that DVD. It will NOT play in either my Blue Ray player OR IN MY DVD player. (both players from the U.S.)

Does anyone have any idea what it takes to play this film.
 
I could be wrong..............but I believe it's the PAL format that is killing you. Your TV will not recognize that format. The DVD 'plays', but the TV doesn't recognize the signal.
 
I'm going to stick my nose in this thread one more time. ;)

This is from Amazon regarding the movie Rachel and the Stranger

[FONT=&quot]"Spain released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: "

I'm confused, too, about the Region 0 part. [/FONT]
 
Olivia said:
I'm going to stick my nose in this thread one more time. ;)

This is from Amazon regarding the movie Rachel and the Stranger

"Spain released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: "

I'm confused, too, about the Region 0 part.
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Muchas gracias Senorita.
 
Olivia said:
I'm going to stick my nose in this thread one more time. ;)

This is from Amazon regarding the movie Rachel and the Stranger

"Spain released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: "

I'm confused, too, about the Region 0 part.
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Olivia, thank you very much. That would definitely explain the problem.
 
You're welcome, Traveler. Sometimes I get like a dog with a bone. Just can't stop chewing on it.

But you're still not able to view your movie. I have one suggestion. If you don't view Region 1 U.S. movies on your laptop, you could consider viewing your movie on the laptop. It will change the Region on the laptop and it could be permanent (which is why I asked if you view Region 1 movies on it) although some computers let you do it a few times before making a region permanent. Just a thought.
 
Olivia said:
You're welcome, Traveler. Sometimes I get like a dog with a bone. Just can't stop chewing on it.

But you're still not able to view your movie. I have one suggestion. If you don't view Region 1 U.S. movies on your laptop, you could consider viewing your movie on the laptop. It will change the Region on the laptop and it could be permanent (which is why I asked if you view Region 1 movies on it) although some computers let you do it a few times before making a region permanent. Just a thought.
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I have never tried to play any movie through my laptop. What ever is wrong with that DVD player it can not be the TV. When I try to play those few "ALL-REGION " DVD's, I can see on my TV screen what the player is doing. Examples: loading now, this disc can not be loaded, etc.
In addition to the 1st problem, I have discovered another. The Blue-Ray player has stopped playing any Blue-Ray disc. I have done the following. With the player turned on (but no disc), I have held down the eject button for 10 seconds. This is SUPPOSED to re-set it. Also, with the machine turned on, I have unplugged it from the wall outlet. This is SUPPOSED to fix any "electronic glitches". Neither of these methods work.
I believe I know what the problem is. The player "thinks it is hooked up to the internet. It is NOT hooked up to anything except the TV. Why do I think that ? because the player asks for an "IP" code when I reset it.
 
I'm sorry. I should just shut up. Except that I think of this problem as a challenge.

I noted that you are using a wifi connection to stream Netflix. When Netflix asked you for what devices you'll be using, what where they? I've found that Blu Ray players also can be used for streaming. It appears that your Blu Ray player has had itself connected to your wifi router, so you need to get the wifi router IP address to input it into your Blu Ray player.
 
Olivia said:
I'm sorry. I should just shut up. Except that I think of this problem as a challenge.

I noted that you are using a wifi connection to stream Netflix. When Netflix asked you for what devices you'll be using, what where they? I've found that Blu Ray players also can be used for streaming. It appears that your Blu Ray player has had itself connected to your wifi router, so you need to get the wifi router IP address to input it into your Blu Ray player.
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Hmm. Very, very interesting idea. When Netflix asked me about which device I'd be using, I told them I'd be using my laptop. If you are correct, then by some mysterious method the Blue Ray DVD player has picked up the wifi signal. If so, that means the player "THINKS" it is connected to the net. I wonder if there is any possible way to convince the player it is NOT connected to the net ?

There is another possibility. I have found out that the player has 2 readers. One for regular DVD's and one for Blue Ray discs. Since the REGULAR DVD's will still play, perhaps the reader for Blue Rays as "burned out" or failed in some other fashion.
 

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