Thank you Bryan.

Very specifically I am thinking of purchasing "The Sopranos" DVD in US
during my visit there in October. I understand it is in the 4th season so I
plan to purchase Season 1 thru the most currently available DVD series.

From what I understand, there is really no guarantee that a region 1 DVD
disk would actually work on a region free player and the only way to find
out is to try it.

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.




"Bryan Parker" <puntspeedchunk@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Sachi Noma" <snoma01@bigfoot.com> said:
>
> >I have not purchased a DVD player yet.
>
> That makes things easier. I thought you wanted to
> hack a machine that you already own.
>
> >Thanks to your info and URL on multi region DVD player.  The LG
Region-Free
> >Capable DVD Player DVP-700 specs do not state it is multi region. Is
there
> >some complicated procedure I must perform hardware-wise to make it all
> >region compatible?
>
> Put the CD-ROM (included with your purchase) in
> the machine and follow the directions. That's it.
>
>
>
> >"Bryan Parker" <puntspeedchunk@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:fu1skvgvk1boe4e02mks4gfsoh35ipo7ds@4ax.com...
> >> "Sachi Noma" <snoma01@bigfoot.com> said:
> >>
> >> >I live in Japan (region 2). I want to purchase DVD in US (region 1).
Can
> >> >someone suggest a way to view region 1 DVDs purchased in US on a
region 1
> >> >DVD machine in Japan? Thank you.
> >>
> >>
> >> I know you don't want a new machine but...
> >>
> >> Costco sells region free machines for less than
> >> 10,000 yen. The guy at www.theflyingpig.com will
> >> do your shopping for you for 13,000
> >> http://tinyurl.com/lgvc.
> >>
> >>
>