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DVD region code problem

I rented a DVD here in Medellin, but my friend's DVD player wouldn´t play, giving some sort of "region error." The DVD says it´s region 4, and according to the girl at the store, Colombia is region 4. My friend doesn´t know anything about these things, and a quick look at the dvd player (brand Coby) i don´t see any mention of a region. I found a supposed hack to change the region code for the DVD player that reads like a Nintendo cheat code, but these things rarely seem to work.

Is there a place where i can rent non-region-encoded DVDs? (and are they still decent quality)? If i can´t find such a place i´m gonna try this hack, or i´ll have to download films and encode and burn them myself which looks really tedious. thanks.

By wabbits on Mar 28, 2009, 10:00 in Friendly Talkzone.

tannedincali says on Mar 28, 2009, 11:09:

Just rent at blockbuster you won't have this kind of problems. Also you should buy a DVD player which can play both region 1 and 4, if it's a pirate disc you can't trust what region the label says it is.

Take the red pill and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes

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sloopskipper says on Mar 28, 2009, 11:11:

Patrick says on Feb 17, 2008, 10:12: flag

DVD's and CD are recorded with a Zone Code to unlock your DVD or CD player go to this site and follow the directions. Then your player will become an All-Zone player.
http://www.alldvdcodes.com/
Hope this helps you.
Patrick

Seems that some people think "everybody's outa step but me".

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sloopskipper says on Mar 28, 2009, 11:13:

tannedincali says on Mar 28, 2009, 11:09 (today): flag

"Just rent at blockbuster you won't have this kind of problems. Also you should buy a DVD player which can play both region 1 and 4, if it's a pirate disc you can't trust what region the label says it is.

Take the red pill and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes"

If it's like Blockbuster here, you still must check they are multi region, as most are 4, but they sell region 1 gringo machines, go figure.

Seems that some people think "everybody's outa step but me".

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Paisa/Calena/Luver says on Mar 28, 2009, 11:30:

"Just rent at blockbuster you won't have this kind of problems."

Me and my girl used to rent at BB all the time and watch movies on my laptop UNTIL i had to constantly change the region code and it wont let me change it anymore so this is incorrect!

NOW, i need to RIP ANY region 4 DVD'S from Colombia in Mac The Ripper and then watch it on VLC PLAYER or Burn a DVD on POPCORN and watch it that way... NOW though we have just bought a cheap Colombian DVD player that plays all regions and we watch on the big screen.

"PAY ATTENTION! I wonder if that person knows that when we push the FUNNY button, its because we are reading something outrageous, trying to be cynical, derogatory, sarcastic and/or obnoxious!"

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sloopskipper says on Mar 28, 2009, 12:10:

I had that caution in one comment, but must have edited it out.

You can only change region 4 times. But the Blockbuster here in Panamá does have some DVDs marked as regions 1&4, and they work on my Gringo machine, which I bought here.

Seems that some people think "everybody's outa step but me".

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tannedincali says on Mar 28, 2009, 12:42:

As I said if your DVD plays both regions 1 and 4 , you don't have to change region, most if not all the DVDs at BB are region 4 or 1&4. I have an LG DVD player bought here in Colombia and I've never have any problem with regions. If you buy a gringo DVD player that's different, you should only play region 1 DVDs, that happened to me when I used my playstation to watch movies.

Take the red pill and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes

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corporalgator says on Mar 28, 2009, 14:31:

This is the way they get you with the pirated DVDs. I always suggest to travelers to just leave any dvds they buy here unless they really know what they're doing when they get back home. There are a lot of technical things you can do to get around all of this, but for most people, it's just not worth it.

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jutersorky says on Mar 30, 2009, 20:21:

Just buy another dvd they are around 25.000 pesos

Juter

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