"Cari (MS-MVP)" <newsgroups@coribright.com> wrote in message 
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> If the PC is a desktop, simply get another optical drive and use it soley 
> for Region 2 DVDs.
>
> If you'd rather use a standalone player, get one of the numerous models 
> that can be very easily hacked by simply a few keypresses on the remote. 
> www.videohelp.com under the Hacks section.  Once hacked, they can play any 
> region and 'translate' PAL to NTSC so you can watch on your TV.
>
> AFAIK, there is no hack for BluRay - yet.
>
> Hint, the cheapest DVD standalones are usually the easiest to hack.
> -- 
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Windows Technologies  - Printing & Imaging
> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>
>
> "John Sisker" <jsisker@sprynet.com> wrote in message 
> news:vemdnXqaAvRzj_fXnZ2dnUVZ_hmdnZ2d@earthlink.com...
>> Does anyone know of anyway possible to get a PAL (Region 2) DVD to play 
>> on an Region 1 Playstation 3? As an alternative, is there a download for 
>> my PC to play Region 2 DVD's?
>>
>> John
>



For what it is worth, someone suggested AnyDVD, and low and behold, it works 
wonders. In fact, it even works on my original Toshiba DVD Player, the one 
now permanently set to Region 1, so now I can seem to play just about 
everything - well, except Blue-ray of course. Likewise, while it is not 
free, but the price will be well worth it, in the fact that it solved the 
problem. I naturally am trying to 21 day trial version.

In addition, since the VLC Player that I also downloaded would not play 
discs 2 or 3 of this PAL set, but the AnyDVD connection does, I uninstalled 
the VLC Player. In addition, I really don't know what transpired here, what 
was wrong before, what got fixed now, but the bottom line is - it works.

John