Region Free DVD Players

Region Free DVD Players
By John Dulaney

You are perplexed at being unable to view anything except the message “region error,” while trying to view a set of region-free labeled DVDs on your NTSC player. The reason is simple. The DVD discs have nothing wrong with them and are really region free but the DVD player which you are using has the ability to play only NTSC compatible DVDs and not even a combination of PAL and NTSC DVD. Moreover the disc might be in PAL or SECAM format and your NTSC DVD is incompatible in playing such CDs..

How zonal difference makes the standards different

Different regions in the world use different standards for TV and DVD. While North American and Canadian countries prefer NTSC, European and Asian countries prefer the PAL standards. Then there are a few countries like France that still prefer the older SECAM standards. Some of the countries use combination of standards. All these divergences create real problem for a viewer, since a different device, having the right compatibility with the local standards, is required each time the region changes.

Who requires a region free DVD player most

The people, who are on constant move, may be a businessman on business pursuit, a researcher on different scientific and academic research, a traveler who travels for enjoyment, a pilgrim who travels on religious pursuit, a trekker or explorer who travels for adventure and many others, would need such a DVD player which is region free. Then there is that smaller sector of people who might be shifting from one zone to other with both zones using a different standard for DVD viewing.

The solution

It can never be an adequate solution to go for separate players every time you change your zone for whatever reasons, and even rentals does not seem to be an economically viable solution. Then there is also the problem of availability of real quality items on rental or whatever source it might be.

So what is the solution that would solve the problem of compatibility without being economically strenuous? The real solution to the issue is a region-free DVD player.

What is a region-free DVD Player?