Page 1 of Panasonic RV31 multimod disc query

I recently had a Panasonic RV31 DVD player as part of a package from Comet, and am disappointed to find it is not multi-region hackable without a multimod upgrade from the likes of Techtronics. But I`ve now noticed that Techtronics offer a multimod upgrade disc - has anyone any experience of this, and what exactly will it allow me to do? I can`t fins any info on it from the Techtronics website. Help! I want to play region 1 and 4 mainly.

it`s cheaper (slightly) to rent the disk

Steve

This item was edited on Saturday, 2nd February 2002, 09:05

Thanks - rent it from where? And do you know of any drwabacks to the disc itself I should be aware of? e.g. is RCE still a problem?

cheers,
Steve

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RCE1 will be okay and macro will be off

Steve

This item was edited on Saturday, 2nd February 2002, 09:05

For the address of a place to rent have a look at Steves sig and ask yourself "Do you want CHIPS with that?" ;-)

(Me helping Steve out whatever next :-))

This item was edited on Monday, 28th January 2002, 17:47

Thanks for that Chris W ... you obviously want the customer to get the best value for money or you dont care for Mr KK (and you wouldnt be the only one )

Steve Hoyle

This item was edited on Saturday, 2nd February 2002, 09:05

Think your pushing it there a bit Steve ;-) (Haven`t spoken to KK for a good few years - not part of the KK clan)

BTW the discs that don`t want to work now include the original Psycho R2 (yep - the Alfred Hitchcock one)

Thanks guys, even though I don`t understand half of what you`ve said!!! ;-)

The "BTW the discs that don`t want to work now include..." seems to imply that there are discs out there that won`t work with this disc mod - is this correct?

Steve was having a bit of a dig (light heartedly) at the fact I know Karl King - owner of Techtronics, and I`ve written software for another multiregion dealer.

The disc works but there are a few things it doesn`t do:
1. It doesn`t activate the MP3 playback that the player is capable of, you will need a chip mod in conjunction with the disc mod to do that.

2. It doesn`t play branched region discs other than region 1 - there are a few discs that will not play on a modded player (Scent of a woman, Psycho and a few Japanese releases). Shouldn`t be a problem in 99.99% of cases.

Actually I didnt know that you knew KK ...

Steve

This item was edited on Monday, 28th January 2002, 23:14