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Region-free DVD players -- does everybody know this but me?

Posted by David Spear on July 29, 2000 at 23:11:15:
I live in Japan and just purchased a "Kones DVD-3000" from an outfit in California for about $500. This DVD player is both region-free and Macrovision-disabled, meaning that not only can I play DVDs that I order from the US as well as ones I buy locally in Japan, but I can also copy my DVDs to videotape (for personal use, of course) via an S-VHS output. It also supports SECAM, PAL, and NTSC. This is not a modified or "cracked" unit, but built that way by Samsung and shipped in a factory-sealed box. Makes me feel kind of dumb for buying a Japanese Toshiba SD-1200 DVD player less than 3 weeks ago. What's up with all this region-coding and Macrovision copy protection stuff if units like this one are readily available from a major electronics manufacturer? Is there some kind of loophole that Samsung is exploiting here?