Comparing DVDs

[Foxbat]

If you have a multiregion player it's sometimes hard to know what version to get. This site allows you to compare differences/cut scenes etc.

Very handy methinks

http://www.dvdcompare.net/

[I, Brian]

Good call.

I know sometimes the studios really insult the fans in a good release for one region, and absolute pap for another. Life of Brian by Monty Python is a good example - region 1 has a lot of extras, but region 2 simply has the film plus trailer.

Setting up your DVD player to play discs from different regions often includes nothing more complex than pressing a few buttons and numbers on your remote control.

[angrybuddhist]

Originally Posted by I, Brian

Setting up your DVD player to play discs from different regions often includes nothing more complex than pressing a few buttons and numbers on your remote control.

To see if your dvd player can be made region free, check out www.regionfreedvd.net/players.html and search for your model.

[Foxbat]

Things are much better than they used to be. I had to attack my first DVD player (a first generation Pioneer DVL 909 which set me back £900) with a soldering iron to make it multi-region. And then you had to go through a convoluted sequence of button stabbing on the remote.

Nowadays there is a great choice. Toshiba do a wonderful little player for about £100 that is multi-region straight out of the box.

[Traveller]

I know I always look at what each Region offers in the way of features sometimes reg 3 have more extras.

My first dvd player which is a Sony had to be dealt with by a speacialist as im no good at chipping it myself cost me enough to do but once it was done I dont have to press any buttons at all my second one is a cheaper one from Amazon which works just as well