I know the first DVDs were known as "all ocde" or "code free" because the
codes weren't established when they first arrived, but those are no longer
made, and probably not the best quality.

Scott

On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Jesse Kalin wrote:

> I am surprised to learn that multi-region DVDs are unavailable.  I saw,
> within the last 6 months, advertisements for such, though I'm not sure
> where (in university equipment oriented catalogues, or maybe from Sight and
> Sound in Boston).  Were they on the market and then taken off?  Jesse Kalin
>
>
> >Multi-region DVD is officially unavailable.  An underground grey-market
> >favorite is the Raite 715 AVPhile, which can be bought from online auction
> >sites for US$150-200.  It's a pretty generic box, but it has the unique
> >ability to override the regional codes.  Cheap, too.
> >
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