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Unlock your reader's region lock

andyflo1207 -  
 andyflo1207 -
Hello,
I bought a Zone 1 DVD and I would like to region-free my DVD player; it’s an LG HT462SZ
or else transform it on my PC, even though I prefer the first solution but I’m not very knowledgeable in home cinema
thanks in advance
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    lio.mar Posted messages 438 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   20
     
    Hello,

    It isn’t possible to unlock a DVD player, as this is precisely a security measure to prevent people from buying their DVDs anywhere.

    If you’re on a MAC (which I hope you are!), you have the option to change the region on your DVD player, but if you’re on another “Computer,” you can’t do anything.

    See you soon
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  2. stewartia Posted messages 12469 Status Member 2 936
     
    Ask LG directly; I did it for a Scott and I got the answer. Technically, all DVD players are region-free. For example, with Pioneer, officially their players are not region-free, but the manual indicates how to change the region.
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  3. lio.mar Posted messages 438 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   20
     
    Hello,

    Let me remind you that the purpose of the zones is precisely to prevent it from being un-zoned, so stop trying to do it, this too is a kind of hacking.

    See you soon
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  4. stewartia Posted messages 12469 Status Member 2 936
     
    This isn’t hacking, it’s a violation of liberties. You can legally buy Region 1 DVDs in France, import DVD players from another region, and you wouldn’t have the right to use them?
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  6. stewartia Posted messages 12469 Status Member 2 936
     
    Go here: http://www.dezoner.com/?c=marques&m=145
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    1. andyflo1207
       
      thank you very much.
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      2. andyflo1207 > stewartia Posted messages 12469 Status Member
         
        I went to look at your link, my model isn’t there and the rest is gobbledygook for me. I’m a girl not very versed in all that is too technical, so I opted for the option to ask LG, hoping they will respond. Thanks, and fortunately there are people like you with a mind less narrow than some.
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  7. stewartia Posted messages 12469 Status Member 2 936
     
    This is not guaranteed; for Scott, the first time I said I was an individual, no response. The second time I said I was a professional (I gave a fake company name) and I got the answer in 2 minutes.
    The answer might be in the manual
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  8. Bernorenard Posted messages 7776 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   2 589
     
    Hi everyone,
    in general manufacturers aren’t shy about indicating whether their DVD players are region-free or not, and you just have to ask them politely "how do we do it?"; it’s often a code with the remote control. The kid who talks about rights violations hasn’t understood everything: there was an international agreement among the "rights holders" who manage copyright, and they created so-called "unbreakable" zones; some manufacturers with narrow eyes (chip-on-shoulder) responded by making region-free players, and that’s that. Others made their players fragile to region-unlocking (no more than five times on some Philips models, after which the device stays locked), and there you have the result, so you have to deal with it. On this forum I frequent regularly I’ve read that some Koreans easily gave codes provided you ask, especially when their home cinema systems sold in Paris were originally Zone 1 (joke)
    Hi
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  9. stewartia Posted messages 12469 Status Member 2 936
     
    I’m talking about freedoms being limited in the sense that you can’t watch whatever you want whenever you want so easily. Personal note: I didn’t waste time with it, 2 Blu-ray players, region A and B. No tinkering under the hood; with Panasonic the Blu-ray player is region-free only for DVDs, buying a region-free one already is more expensive than two players, and let’s skip the kits. I cited Pioneer, because on their site you can read the manual and it states plainly, a setting in the menu, no codes for this or that... You also mention Philips; there, I solved the problem. I no longer buy that budget brand. It’s expensive and of poor quality.
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    1. samgunsjovirow Posted messages 26895 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   3 047
       
      Personally, I bought a DVD player at Darty (Luxembourg) and it was the salesman himself who went to a website to find the region-free code for me. Did you Google to see if you could find yours?
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      1. stewartia Posted messages 12469 Status Member 2 936 > samgunsjovirow Posted messages 26895 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention  
         
        In Blu-ray the code is done with a One For All, but it only dezones the DVD part for Panasonic: http://www.dcevolution.net/panasonic/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=54
        For a normal DVD player, Pioneer has it planned in the menu.
        For a Scott DMX20 the code is 16719 it opens a window you just have to choose your region. the simplest thing is to ask the manufacturer.
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      2. andyflo1207 > samgunsjovirow Posted messages 26895 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention  
         
        yes but I didn't find anything
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  10. Bernorenard Posted messages 7776 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   2 589
     
    Nice work, all that zoning stuff isn’t complicated most of the time, after that I’ve understood Stewartia’s message, we’re allowed to treat ourselves and we’re not doing anything wrong
    hi
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    1. stewartia Posted messages 12469 Status Member 2 936
       
      For a Blu-Ray region A, you have to buy it in Canada via Ebay and Paypal, the device is cheaper but is offset by shipping (UPS in 72 hours) and customs. This is why I say that we can watch DVDs from other countries (especially since some are unobtainable in France); I have the equipment and the customs declaration + duty. If we have the right to do that, we have the right to watch whatever we want.
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