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Recently, then, a former colleague of mine shared the story of her attempts to have an Amazon-free Christmas, so concerned was she about the erosion of choice, and the dominance of one retailer. It got me wondering how easy would that be for those of us who want to buy DVDs, Blu-rays and Ultra HD 4K Blu-rays.
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While I was working in the UK for two years I bought and paid for -- yes, legitimately! -- quite an extensive DVD collection. Now I'm back in the US I find that I can't play these DVDs either on a DVD player or a PC.
Congratulations, you've just run into the problems caused by the entertainment industry's insistence on encumbering DVDs with a DRM (Digital Rights Management) 'feature' called Region Encoding. Support for this feature is baked into DVD players worldwide and limits the areas of the world where DVDs can be played.
The bottom line is that DVDs -- and DVD playback hardware -- bought in the UK are set to region 2, while in the US everything is set to region 1. This means that you can't play a DVD bought in the UK in a US-bought player (or vice-versa).
If you want to play DVDs from a different region on your PC then the easiest way to do this is to grab yourself a copy of SlySoft's AnyDVD. This will make all your region encoding problems go away. It's not free -- it starts at $51 -- but it's a lot cheaper than buying all your favorite DVDs again.
You might be lucky and find that your existing player can be make region-free with a few remote control codes. Head over to DVD Hacks to see if there's a code for your DVD player. If not, then the easiest thing to do is to do a bit of research and find a DVD player that can be switched to 'region-free ' with a code and buy that.
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If you're serious about watching some of the less-common British shows, you'll need to get yourself a region-free DVD player. You will not find these DVD players in normal electronics stores, but once you have one you'll never have to worry about DVD format again.
If you don't need anything fancy and you don't want to spend a fortune, I'd recommend the Panasonic DVD player in number two above. I have a very similar model, and I've been using it happily for years. If you need some ideas for rarer British TV shows you might want to watch, check out the British TV Field Guide. This post highlights some of our favourite British TV shows not currently available on streaming services (at time of writing).
One of the best things about owning a region-free (also known as multi-region) DVD player is that it frees you up to order whichever version of a DVD is cheaper, even if there IS a US-compatible version. For many shows, the price difference is significant.
You can also order from Amazon UK and take advantage of the DVD sales they often have. If you're serious about your British TV, you'll save quite a bit of money in the long-run. You don't have to be from the UK to create and order on an Amazon UK account. They give you the option to convert currency at checkout or have it processed in GBP by your credit card company (be aware that some cards will charge extra for foreign currency transactions).
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Hi, I enjoyed reading all of the reviews for the DVD Players, but there is one vital feature I always look for with dvd player: The ability to go Backwards One Frame at a time or even Slow Motion Backwards(?) It is very difficult to glean this information. Please will you make it a priority when you review DVD Players? I am trying to find which models of Standard DVD Players actually have these features? They are invaluable to analysing scenes critically!
DVD region codes are a digital rights management technique introduced in 1997.[1] It is designed to allow rights holders to control the international distribution of a DVD release, including its content, release date, and price, all according to the appropriate region.
This is achieved by way of region-locked DVD players, which will play back only DVDs encoded to their region (plus those without any region code). The American DVD Copy Control Association also requires that DVD player manufacturers incorporate the regional-playback control (RPC) system. However, region-free DVD players, which ignore region coding, are also commercially available,[2] and many DVD players can be modified to be region-free, allowing playback of all discs.[3]
DVDs sold in the Baltic states use both region 2 and 5 codes, having previously been in region 5 (because of their history as part of the USSR), but EU single market law concerning the free movement of goods caused a switch to region 2. European region 2 DVDs may be sub-coded "D1" to "D4". "D1" are the UK only releases; "D2" and "D3" are not sold in the UK and Ireland; "D4" are distributed throughout Europe. Overseas territories of the United Kingdom and France (both in region 2) often have other regions (4 or 5, depending on geographical situation) than their homelands. 041b061a72