You need to find an Apex with the secret loopholes menu to be able to view any
DVD.  Try eBay, as current Apex players disable this menu.As for the
combination player, I understand these cannot play the second layer of
dual-layer discs, which often force you to screen the pan and scan version.

Scott

P.S.:  Once I got one of these finding other-region DVDs that I wanted was
difficult.  Most foregin sites mostly focus on American films.  At this point
I have one PAL all code and one PAL VCD that claims on the box to be a DVD.
Other than that, I don't have any.  Aside from _Eyes Wide Shut_ and
_Eraserhead_, does anyone know where any foreign-region-only DVDs worth having
can be found?

saul steier wrote:

> I NEED SOME HELP FROM THE TECHNICALLY SOPHISTICATED out there. i am
> about to purchase my first DVD player.in the $250-$350 range. but
> it's not that simple. my school library's A-V collection has several
> hundred laser discs-some, the only copy of very important films.i
> have no way of viewing them.i know Pioneer makes a combination
> laser-dvd player.What are the reasons for and against purchasing one
> of those?should I? is there a technical fall off? should i just try
> to locate a laser disc player on e-bay?What are the best DVD players
> in the range i am  considering(you can go a little bit above if
> necessary)Finally, can someone clearly explain the "districts"
> phenomenon for DVD's. ,is it like NTSC, PAL and SECAM for video
> cassettes? if so how and where can i purchase a DVD player that
> plays discs from all districts as i am likely to buy discs from
> Europe and Asia.What are the best brands of this kind?By now you can
> see my problems. any help in resolving them would be greatly
> appreciated. thanks in advance.
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> Saul Steier
> Department of Humanities
> San Francisco State University
> 1600 Holloway Avenue
> San Francisco, CA 94132
> (415) 338-3129
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"It's a queer world, and the longer I live in it the queerer I find it.  Once
I thought it would be a good idea to regulate things myself, and run the world
as it ought to be run; but I gave it up long ago.  The world's a stage, they
say; but the show ain't always amusing, by a long chalk, and sometimes I wish
I didn't have a reserved seat."--John Merrick, _Aunt Jane's Nieces_, by L.
Frank Baum

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