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toshiba 210e, multi region??

squire (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Sunday, 10th February 2002, 23:08

i just sold my phillips 711 and purchased the tosh. i did this after hearing people raving about it on this site. most of my dvds are not region 2, theyre either 1 or 4, however the tosh wont play my region 1 discs but seems to be ok with region 4. whats going on??? have i just flogged my multi region phillips to end up with a player that wont play most of my collection?? advice please.

RE: toshiba 210e, multi region??

clayts (Elite) posted this on Sunday, 10th February 2002, 23:11

The vast majority of R4 discs are usually okay to play on R2 machines. As for your R1 discs, sorry mate you`ll need to get the `210 modified. No known hacks for Tosh machines.

RE: toshiba 210e, multi region??

squire (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Sunday, 10th February 2002, 23:16

how where and how much??? is it worth it or should i get my cash back and buy something thats hackable?

RE: toshiba 210e, multi region??

Mike G (Elite) posted this on Monday, 11th February 2002, 11:30

Get a refund if you can.

It`s far more cost-effective to buy a player that`s already been modified, or one that`s handset hackable, than to get a player "chipped" after you`ve bought it.

Compare prices for region mods versus ready-modified Toshiba players - for example:

http://www.linkonline.co.uk
http://www.multiregionmagic.co.uk
http://www.homecinemaheaven.co.uk
http://www.dvdchips.co.uk

Mike

PS: As Clayts mentioned before, a large percentage of R4 discs are "dual coded" (i.e. they are coded for region 2 as well as region 4), which is why you`ve been able to play them on your R2-only Tosh. If you want to find out which R4 discs are dual coded, check out the reviews on this site: http://www.michaeldvd.com.au

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