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Multi Region DVD playback gadget

  • 21-04-2006 1:26pm
    #1
    quad_red
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭


    Hey all,
    A guy I work with says he has just bought a dvd remote from ebay that will enable to play region 2 AND region 1 DVDs on his European xbox.

    He says the sensor thing that plugs into the xbox controller port has a switch that can be set to region one or two allowing any disc of the corresponding region to be played perfectly.

    Is he talking rubbish or is this possible?

    Cheers,
    Quad


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  • #2
    quad_red
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭quad_red


    "Update: Multi-Region DVD Playback
    Well not strictly multi-region, but other-region. If you buy a DVD playback kit in a particular region, it will work on any XBox. I purchased a DVD kit in the UK, plugged it into my US XBox, and now I can play Region 2 DVDs! This means one less component video input, and I can retire my old Apex player that I used to use for R2 discs. No NTSC/PAL video conversion required. DVD quality is acceptable, but not brilliant. It is plenty good enough for me to keep up with UK TV programs as they appear on R2 DVD.

    Important note: Once you use a particular region's DVD kit in an XBox, that XBox is forever locked to that region, so for example I cannot ever play Region 1 DVDs on my XBox. This is no loss for me, but be very sure if you plan on using your XBox this way.
    "


  • #3
    JacoStanley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 470 ✭✭JacoStanley


    I tried a region 1 dvd in my 360 today and to my surprise, it worked. Battle of the Buldge!


  • #4
    GrumPy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,566 ✭✭✭GrumPy


    quad_red wrote:
    Hey all,
    A guy I work with says he has just bought a dvd remote from ebay that will enable to play region 2 AND region 1 DVDs on his European xbox.

    He says the sensor thing that plugs into the xbox controller port has a switch that can be set to region one or two allowing any disc of the corresponding region to be played perfectly.

    Is he talking rubbish or is this possible?

    Cheers,
    Quad

    he is not talking rubbish, and there is ALOT more you can do with an xbox than just play diff region dvds, check out the xbox-scene forums.


  • #5
    FrankGrimes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,032 ✭✭✭FrankGrimes


    I tried a region 1 dvd in my 360 and no joy - anything I can do to get it working?


  • #6
    Riesen_Meal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,580 ✭✭✭✭Riesen_Meal


    JacoStanley wrote:
    I tried a region 1 dvd in my 360 today and to my surprise, it worked. Battle of the Buldge!

    I tried my series 3 of 24 and it didnt work, have u got your box connected to your pc?


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