DVD Regions - Any Workaround?

Most warranties are only 90 days anyway for labor. But if you buy one that is factory converted like mine you don't have to worry about it. The Sampo is a very low end player and only cost me 149.00 but it does have a full one year warranty on parts and labor.

There are many companies that sell and modify DVD players and some mods are as simple as just flashing the EPROM with a CDR. I have an inexpensive Sampo codefree PAL/NTSC player because there are a lot of DVD music videos that aren't available in the US. I recently purchased from New Zealand The Millenium Bell and Tubular Bells II and III in concert. Both are exceptional. It looked as though there must have been close to a million people at the Millenium Bell show in Berlin. Try these sites; http://www.techtronics.com/uk/shop/index.html
http://www.codefreedvd.com/
http://www.area450.com/

Robt.

You can buy the mod from one of the websites that I gave you and do it yourself or send it to them and let them do it.

The Sampo that I bought has the Pal, NTSC converter built in. They are the same machines that Sharp sells. Of course, Sharp covers up the button to switch between PAL and NTSC on the remote. Some people have drilled a hole in the remote to access the button. You can download and flash the Sharp unit with a CDR and make it codefree also.