WILL IT PLAY PAL DVD'S? Hi, I live in the middle east and have bought it from amazon, then it came to my knowledge that dvd players from the usa will not play pal dvd's bought in the middle east / europe ? Is this true ? I am waiting to try out a dvd from a friend, but the anticipation is killing me. If it does not play pal dvd's, then it would be a huge dissapointment. Is there a way to correct this situation ? Thanks in advance for your responses... WILL IT PLAY PAL DVD'S? Hi, I live in the middle east and have bought it from amazon, then it came to my knowledge that dvd players from the usa will not play pal dvd's bought in the middle... » Read More WILL IT PLAY PAL DVD'S? Hi, I live in the middle east and have bought it from amazon, then it came to my knowledge that dvd players from the usa will not play pal dvd's bought in the middle east / europe ? Is this true ? I am waiting to try out a dvd from a friend, but the anticipation is killing me. If it does not play pal dvd's, then it would be a huge dissapointment. Is there a way to correct this situation ? Thanks in advance for your responses... « Show Less
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The N. American version will NOT play PAL or 50hz DVDs. I'd expect if Sony sold this model in a 50hz country it would play PAL but ones for the US will not play PAL.
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Did you ever find out if it would play PAL format DVDs? I wonder it as well, i have one and i want to buy something on PAL format but i am afraid that once i buy it the player will not play them. Anyone know?
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Mine will play most dvd's. I've noticed that it will not play foreign made dvd's regardless of whether they are region 1 or region 0.
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PAL is European , right? The European DVDs will play, but NOT the blurays. It only plays blurays from the USA.
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This DVD player plays all regions. It gives you a crisp, clear perfect picture. I am very happy with it, I have this DVD on all three of my 55" LED TV's. Though it does play all regions, it will only play one at a time. Perhaps they sell multiple DVD players, I'm sure Amazon will let you know.Debra
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I have played a DVD from France and it worked. The same French video did not work in the other regular regional DVD player that we had.
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I was skeptical, but good news... Dasa's post works! Thank you, Dasa! I was able to play my PAL region 2 DVD's no problem. I also appreciated all the extra accessories that came in the box with the dvd player, e.g. padded case, car adapter, component cables, thin remote. I'm glad I spent a little bit more than I would typically spend on a portable dvd player.
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My Unit never played DVDs from the beginning. Never played DVDs from the box. I thought it was a region code issue but it is not. Then I though it was an Firmware issue so I upgraded from V26 to V29. Still does not play DVDs. I bought it from Amazon LLC directly. If I would have found out this after I purchased the unit, I would have gave Amazon a piece of my mind. But it's too late now as a couple years has gone by. Please learn from my mistake. I bought a VERY EXPENSIVE CD Player (Philips HTS8100/37).
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Yes, you can connect & see DVDs from different regions if your Player is multi- system. For me, I get DVDs even from over seas & played with no problem except few DVD. My other suggestion is, you can directly insert the DVDS & play. The time you posted this question, I tried to connect with two players. One in A/V & the other with HDMI & both works fine. Hope it helps.
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If you're looking for a multi-region dvd player. Search online for "multi-region dvd player codes" then look for that player. I think they are becoming more difficult to find. Also going back say ten years I remember the american market was accidentally flooded with them. A major company (I forget who) unloaded a large shipment in the USA with the multi-region open. Reason was there were only supposed to be a couple made that way for "trials" of dvd's. However something happened.
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This dvd player will not play a Pal BD disk or any Pal DVD for that matter. Gus K is wrong about no Pal Blu-ray. Just check Blu-rays at Amazon UK.
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here is what I found.....*Plays DVD-R**/DVD/DVD-R/DVD-RW***/DVD+R/DVD+RW Compatible, SVCD/VCD/CD/CD-R/CD-RW Compatible, DVD*Plays All-Region DVDs: Region 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 0*Plays PAL and NTSC Region DVDs on all TVs.*Built-in PAL to NTSC Converter*64 MB Video Converter*NTSC/PAL Compatible*USB Input*DivX playback*Compact and slim design*Progressive Scan*Picture Zoom Function*Parental Lock control*Dual Voltage (110/220V) for Worldwide Use
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I have also had that problem but with only one Blu-ray set. An error message pops up saying that the disc can be played only on Region 2 players only. I can only suppose that this set was produced in such a way that it would not work on multi-region players. It is the only disc I have that does this. I have loads of Blu rays from the UK and these and all others from everywhere else play just fine.
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Yes it does. It will play Pal also. I haven't played any other region DVDs. There are instructions for other regions but I haven't used that option. Nice player. Hope this helps !!!
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The one I have plays all the region 2 movies I've tried on it. Most were from England but at least one was from Greece and it played them all in addition to my Region 1 American ones so I don't think you'll have any problem.
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I am not sure about dvd's from other countries. I do know that it plays alot of formats, but am not sure of the format other countries use. Sorry I could not be of more help.
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Unfortunately this won't work with foreign DVDs - it will only play region 1 (USA) discs. I just saw some region-free players available here on Amazon. Consider those as they will play foreign discs. As for CDs, any DVD player will play them, even if you burned them yourself (the only ones that won't play burned CDs are really old players - all newer ones will without issues). Hope this helps - good luck with your selection!
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Description indicates that the unit is region free and one answer to an earlier question indicated the responder played both region 1 and region 4 disks with no problems. I am currently waiting for seller to response to request for verification as to the unit being region free and will post when/if I get a response. I wanted to verify with seller as amazon site has confusing phrasing between a unit being region free (what you want) and units being NTSC/PAL compatible which would mean that the unit could be used with either a US or a UK television set ( US is NTSC and UK is PAL)