Nicolas Santini wrote:

> "Sachi Noma" <snoma01@bigfoot.com> wrote in message news:<birokt$coo9k$1@ID-149597.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> 
>>I am beginining to consider buying a region 1 DVD player in the US and bring
>>it to Japan. This way it is guranteed that I can view The Sopranos.
>>
>>Does anyone know whether a US DVD player would work in Japan provided I
>>purchase the proper voltage converter. I assume there is no problem with
>>frequencies difference like that of TV.
>>
> 
> 
> A DVD player bought in the USA (region 1) will work perfectly well in
> Japan, as long as you play region 1 discs on it. A power transformer
> is cheap (around 2500 yens).
> 
> Points to consider:
> - cost to carry back as luggage, or ship as parcel
> - your US warranty most likely won't be honoured in Japan
> - parts might be hard to find in Japan, unless the same model exists
> on sale domestically (as a region 2)
> 
> The first day you want to play a region 2 DVD, you'll regret having
> imported this region 1 deck. 
I don't quite follow this. I have a region 2 DVD Japanese player and a 
US region 1 player here in the US. The region 2 player happily runs on 
US electricity, and I presume my region 1 player would like Japanese 
electricity just fine. My video switcher has inputs from my US 
DVD/LD/VCD player, my Japanese DVD/VCD player, the cable box, the VCR 
connected to the A-cable analog feed and the VCR connected to the 
B-cable analog feed. Adding the region 2 player to the mix cost me $80 
bucks. What am I supposed to regret?

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