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NEWS
News
If you have any region free DVD solutions and would like to submit them to me, then please do so! The site would not grow as quick and would not be as accurate if I did not receive solutions and confirmations from people.
Thanks to you, the popularity of this site has went from strength to strength and is now listed as the number one web-page for the search phrase REGION FREE DVD in Yahoo and on the first page of results in Google!
The latest news about the site is detailed below:
17 June, 2004
Bet you thought there wasn't going to be any more updates? It's been a long time, but I've been busy working on my Discharge website, as the band have been rather busy of late. Back to the DVD hacks, and there are lot more to add and I've got more to sort out too, so here's a stop-gap update...
Players this time:
Acoustic Solutions, Aiwa, Akai, Alba, AMW, Apex, Brainwave, Bush, Centrex, Citizen, Coby, CyberCOM, CyberHome, Daewoo, Dansai, Daytek, Denver, Diamond, Digitor, Dual, Durabrand, Esonic, Goodmans, GoVideo, Graetz, Himage, JDB, Kendo, Koss, Lenco, LG, Limit, LiteOn, Lumatron, MBO, Medion, Mitsui, Mustek, MxOnda, NEC, Orion, Philips, Pioneer, Polaroid, Prima, Proline, Roadstar, Samsung, Sansui, Teac, Technika, Technosonic, Telefunken, Thomson, United, Venturer, XMS, Yamada.
February 21, 2004
I'd like to thank all those that have helped add and confirm hacks through the bulletin boards. I have taken out all of the relevant stuff and have also been pruning the forums down to remove the non-relevant stuff etc.
There will be more updates soon, as I still have large amount of updates and confirmations from various sources. I have been somewhat busy with my Discharge website getting it up-to-date, as it is getting more traffic now and has recently been visited by the band themselves.
There will also be a new version of the CD soon, as I have found more firmwares for players. I may expand the CD to include firmwares for DVDROMs but I am not sure if this is a good idea or not, as a lot more can go wrong with them (I was a victim of bad firmware for my Ricoh combo unit), not necessarily immediately after the upgrade - it can take months for a bad firmware upgrade to manifest itself!
Players updated etc this time:
Aiwa, Audiovox, Classic, CyberHome, Cytron, Daewoo, Ellion, Grundig, Himax, Hyundai, JBL, Kawasaki, Kotron, LG, Loomax, Magnavox, Memorex, Mustek, Orion, Oritron, Philips, Pioneer, Polaroid, Ronin, Samsung, Sky, Sony, Technika, Tevion, Thomson, Toshiba, United, Yamaha, Yamakawa.
November 25, 2003
We're not far from having 300 player makes on the site now - many thanks to all of you out there who have contributed over the years to make this site the place to visit for player hack methods. There my be an update to the site before Xmas, but if not, then I wish you a very Happy (if not early!) Holiday season!!!
Players this time:
Alba, Apex, Arcam, A-Trend, Bush, Cambridge Soundworks, CyberHome, Daewoo, Daytek, Decca, Diamond, Dual, Electrohome, Finlux, Goodmans, Grundig, Hitachi, Hiteker, JDB, Lafayette, Lenco, LG, Loomax, Magnasonic, Max Gear, Medion, Mustek, Nintaus, NorthQ, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Ronin, Samsung, Sony, Sunglale, Technika, Technosonic, Tevion, Thomson, Toshiba, United, Xlogic.
October 15 2003
Here's another set of hacks for players again. Thanks to those who have wrote in and also bought stuff from the shop - it's greatly appreciated! Oh, there's a great method for hacking Sony players with a One4All remote now! Another feature added is the Bulletin Board, so you can add hack wishes and confirmations without needing to email me. There will be more hacks soon.
Players this time:
Alba, Atta, Bush, Citizen, Compacks, CyberHome, Daewoo, Dansai, Finlux, Goodmans, GPX, Grundig, Hitachi, JBL, JVC, LG, Limit, Matsui, NEC, Orion, Pacific, Philco, Philips, Roadstar, Ronin, Saivod, Samsung, Sansui, SM, Sony, Tandberg, Technics, Thomson, Yamaha, Yukai, Zenith
22 August 2003
Another set of hacks for you again, with more to follow soon - thanks to everyone that have wrote in to me...I'm sorry I can't answer every mail, but hopefully you'll find some answers here now!
Players this time:
Akai, Alba, Ascomtec, Audiosonic, Bose, Bush, Compacks, CyberHome, Daewoo, Decca, Ellion, Elta, Eltax, Ferguson, Finlux, GEDigital, Goodmans, GVG, Gradiente, Graetz, Koss, Lenco, Limit, Lumatron, MBO, Memorex, NEC, Nintaus, Norcent, Oritron, Philco, Philips, PLU2, Polaroid, Proline, RCA, Roadstar, Ronin, Samsung, Sansui, Sanyo, Schaub Lorenz, Schneider, Scott, Sony, Technika, Thomson, Venturer, XLogic, Yamaha, Zenith.
18 July 2003
Another set of hacks for you all, along with news that the Service Disc 2 for the Panasonic RV31 (and others) cannot be easily copied due to the need for using Authoring DVD-Rs rather than the General Purpose discs that are the more common now. As these are hard to come by as well as the high cost, it means that the disc can only be hired out. I will need a hefty deposit in order to help me keep the disc in good condition as well as not getting lost!
Players this time:
Akura, Audiovox, CyberHome, Digitor, Finlux, GPX, Jamba, JVC, LG, Mascom, Mirror, Myryad, Neuston Maestro, NEC, Panasonic, Philips, Ronin, Sansui, Technika, Tevion, Thomson, Tokai,
If anyone wants to take photos of the methods as they are doing hacks, especially if the hack works, then by all means please do so! I will feature them possibly on the site, but definitely on the CD version.
28 June 2003
Here's another big bunch of hacks for you, along with the news that I now have the IronDuke firmware at last, thanks to a very kind site user!
Players this time:
AFK, Aiwa, Akai, Alba, Apex, Aspire Digital, BenQ, Bluesky, Bush, Coby, CyberHome, Daewoo, Dayton, Digitrex, EuroLine, Ferguson, Finlux, Graetz, Harmon Kardon, Hitachi, JDB, Koss, LG, Lennoxx, Limit, Lumatron, Marantz, Matsui, Medion, Monitsu, Mustek, Norcent, Oritron, Pacific, Philco, Philips, Pioneer, Primare, Reoc, Schneider, SEG, Sony, Technika, Venturer, Xoro, Zenith. New Mac DVDROM links have been added too.
31 May 2003
Once again, more updates for you all - hopefully there'll be something there for you! I will be hopefully updating the CD version soon, but if you require any files listed, send me an email. Tere are more FAQs now and a little bit about me too. Various bugs in links have been fixed too - let me know if you find more!
Players added etc this time:
Akai, Alba, Bush, Compacks, Crown, Daewoo, Datawrite, Digitor, Goodmans, Grundig, Janus, Koss, Lasonic, LG, Marantz, Marquant, Medion, Memorex, MxOnda, NEC, Norcent, Omni, Oritron, Prism, Ronin, Rowa, Samsung, Sansui, Sanyo, Schneider, SEG, Tevion, Xenius, Zenith.
7 May 2003
Another set of updates from me via searching and donations from kind people all over. I'm not sure when the next update will be, but be sure there'll be more to follow. Anyone wishing to make their DVDROM region-free, please use the excellent software from Fengtao - DVD Region-Free, which has banner ads all over this site...it is THAT GOOD! Also, if you want to flash player firmware and find that the links in the site do not work anymore, most of them can be found on the CD version of the site, available in the shop section. If anyone got the IronDuke firmware from his site for the Hitachi player, please get in touch.
Players added this time:
Alba, Crown, Daewoo, Datawrite, Digitor, Goodmans, Grundig, Koss, Lasonic, LG, Memorex, MxOnda, NEC, Norcent, Omni, Samsung, Sanyo, Schneider, Tevion, Xenius
5 May 2003
It's been a while since the last update, but here is one, with more to follow very soon! Many thanks to all those who have contacted me with help and new hacks. New hacks haven't been springing up recently, but thanks to you out there, we have old methods being used on new players!
Players added, edited, confirmed, etc this time are:
Bose, Bush, Cinevision, CyberHome, Daewoo, Daytek, Denver, DM Tech, EuroLine, Goodmans, Grundig, Hitachi, JVC, Koss, Lasonic, Lenoxx, LG, MBO, Medion, Mishine, Mustek, Oritron, Philips, Provision, Rowa, Samsung, Sanyo, Sony, Technika, Technosonic, Thomson, United, Xwave, Yukai.
11 March 2003
Here's another set of hacks and updates. Thanks to those who are starting to use the shop and especially those that are confirming and donating hacks that are new! There should be more additions to the site soon.
Players added, etc this time are:
Akai, Audiovox, Daewoo, Decca, Esonic, Ferguson, Haaz, Himage, ImageView, JBL, Keymat, Kiss, Koss, LG, Lenco, Magnavox, Marantz, Matsui, MBO, Medion, Monitsu, Mustek, Orion, Oritron, Panasonic, Pacific, Philips, Phonotrend, Primare, Samsung, Sansui, Sanyo, Slimline-2, Sylvania, Technika, Venturer, Wharfedale, Yukai.
18 February 2003
Just a couple of weeks on and there are even more hacks!! There seems to be more of these methods to program PDAs to ping previously unhackable players such as Sony coming out. A some point I will have to review what text I have found and edit it to suit. The Region Free Shop is now open too, so feel free to have a look around. There may not be much in there at present, but I'm hoping this grows.
Players updated and added to this time:
Acoustic Solutions, Alba, Baier, Bose, Brainwave, Bush, CAT, CyberCOM, CyberHome, Dragon Systems, Dual, DuraBrand, FujiLink, Goodmans, Go-Video, Grundig, Harmon Kardon, Himax, JVC, Kennex, LG, Mark, Memorex, NextBase, Orava, Orion, Palladium, Philips, Pioneer, Pyle Audio, Samsung, Sanyo, Scan, Schneider, Sharp, Sony, Technika, Technosonic, United, Universum, Venturer.
7 February 2003
Another update to the site, with a lot more to follow! Some more news is that I have started to sell copies of the Site with a lot of firmwares that can be burned to CD to upgrade your player. There are also some more of those Palm Pilot hacks coming out now, which emulate those special remotes that are available to hire. These remotes can upgrade the likes of Sony players to become region-free! So, now we have the ultimate methods for players that were consdiered unhackable in the past. If you would like a copy, then it can be yours for £3 plus shipping. I will be putting this and more up in the new section at shop.regionfreedvd.net very soon. Other stuff includes custom CDs for upgrading specific players and if people want them, Apex 1100WB DVD players (like mine!) that will be region-free, macro-free and (S)VCD enabled! Let me know if you are interested in any of these offers.
Players updated/added this time are:
Acoustic Solutions, Aiwa, Akai, Alba, Apex, Arcam, AST, Bush, Cavs, Cinevision, Clairtone, Crown, Daytek, Daewoo, Decca, FirstLine, Goodmans, Go-Video, Grundig, Grunkel, Hyundai, Hitachi, Kendo, Koss, Lennoxx, LG, Limit, Medion, Memorex, Mico, Mustek, Oritron, Philips, Provision, Redstar, Saba, Samsung, Schneider, Teac, Technosonic, United, Wharfedale, XMS, Zoom Tech.
6 January 2003
Here is a small update to the site, as we have had many people sending in confirmations and new hacks. There will be another update soon!
Players added to/updated/edited etc this time are:
Apex, Austek, Bluesky, Bush, Coby, Dansai, GVG, Hyundai, JNL, Koss, Lenco, Lenoir, LG, Limit, MBO, Mico, Mitsubishi, MxOnda, NEC, Phonotrend, Radionette, Singer, Teac, Technosonic, Xenius.