DVD Player Hack (again.....)

[ScoobyZoom]

A little help please? Can anyone find a region free hack for a Sanyo SL22 dvd player? My mate is off work with a rugby induced fractured skull and i was going to lend him some DVDs but most of them are Region 1.

Websense keeps me out of all the sites. Bloody firewalls....

Help?

[craigw]

sorry, just had a good look, cant find one. Lots of people asking though.

[ScoobyZoom]

thanks mate, doing my swede in...

[TheGroover]

ScoobyZoom said:

A little help please? Can anyone find a region free hack for a Sanyo SL22 dvd player? My mate is off work with a rugby induced fractured skull and i was going to lend him some DVDs but most of them are Region 1. Websense keeps me out of all the sites. Bloody firewalls.... Help?

Not a hack but you can get a firmware upgrade here :
www.dvdchips.co.uk
I have used them for my DVD recorder and had no problems. If in doubt ask about them here : www.thedvdforums.com
They seem well thought of.

[ScoobyZoom]

Cheers Groover + Everyone who looked, seems to be hack-less...

Bu99er

[206xsi]

I updated the firmware on my DVD player (different brand etc) and it made it multi-region - sure this firmware update doesn't do the same?

[pdV6]

TheGroover said:

Not a hack but you can get a firmware upgrade here : www.dvdchips.co.uk I have used them for my DVD recorder and had no problems.

Did you use their "we'll send you a tool, you use it & send it back" service?

My DVD is covered under this category, but I'm a little worried by the bit that says: "If we don't get the tool back quickly enough, we'll charge extra to your credit card"

[TheGroover]

pdV6 said:

TheGroover said: Not a hack but you can get a firmware upgrade here : <a href="http://www.dvdchips.co.uk">www.dvdchips.co.uk</a> I have used them for my DVD recorder and had no problems. Did you use their "we'll send you a tool, you use it & send it back" service? My DVD is covered under this category, but I'm a little worried by the bit that says: "If we don't get the tool back quickly enough, we'll charge extra to your credit card"

I did - It was a remote control they sent me. You have 28 days to send it back, if they don't get it you get charged for the remote. I sent it back recorded delivery or somesuch thing, which means you get proof of delivery or if it's not delivered the insurance pays out, so it's no real problem.

[TheGroover]

206xsi said:

I updated the firmware on my DVD player (different brand etc) and it made it multi-region - sure this firmware update doesn't do the same?

the firmware update for the sanyo SL22 WILL make the player multi region.

[pdV6]

www.shoyle.f9.co.uk/dvdchipsuk/sanyodisc.htm

[Marshy]

Richer Sounds in Cambridge are selling a cheap (and probably slightly nasty) multi-region DVD player for 35 quid. This might be an easier option. The region 2 only player is 30 quid. I nearly tripped over my jaw as I passed the window...

I'll now go away and mope about the amount of money I paid for my Pioneer DV-717 a few years back.