Rating: - It is fully multi-region!
I bought this DVD player a couple of months ago from pioneerav (an Amazon seller) and asked them, via the contact seller link, to make it multi-region for me. It arrived a couple of days later - fully multi-region with no limitations at all.
I used to live in the US so half my DVDs are Region 1 and half are Region 2 - it plays either perfectly and my xvid files written to DVD or CD as well. Once it is set to multi region, there is no need to change it again. So even if there is ... Read More
Rating: - MULTI-REGION? - I DON'T THINK SO!
BEFORE WE START: BE WARNED - This DVD player is NOT, I repeat, NOT a genuine multi-region player: nor can it be reprogrammed with a simple software fix. It might be accurately described as being multi-region CAPABLE, but this only means that you can set the region via a set-up menu and special code. That's OK you might think, but I have also been warned by Pioneer's technical boffins that this can ONLY be done up to around 5 times - at which point the player will LOCK YOU OUT and you will be stuck ... Read More
Binding: Electronics Brand: Pioneer EAN: 4977729809534 Label: Pioneer Manufacturer: Pioneer Model: DV-490V-S Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Pioneer Release Date: March 23, 2006 Sales Rank: 66547 Studio: Pioneer