Is my DVD player Region-Free?

Question

As a mad anime fan, I've brought several anime dvds from overseas through Ebay. I've noticed most of them have NTSC, 1-4 or 1 in a circular world symbol on the back of the dvd cover so I assume that they're Region 1?

One dvd has what I think it is, Region 1 at the back and it works perfectly fine on the dvd player. I'm planning on buying Loveless and it's also Region 1, so it will work, right?

Answer 1

If all those discs are actually Region 1, and they all play fine on your player, then you should be able to play any Region 1 disc.

1 in a circular world symbol is supposed to indicate that the disc is coded for region 1 only, but you can't always trust what's printed on the box (especially for non-mainstream DVDs from small companies).

1-4 inside the world symbol means that the disc is coded for regions 1, 2, 3 and 4.

If you have a DVD drive in your computer, there are various utilities that will tell you what regions your discs are actually coded for. DVD Decrypter is one I can think of off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are others.

Answer 2

If any don't work try to get  a region hack from the net.

Just google 'DVD region hack'.

You should be able to find a code for your machine you can input with your remote and the machine to region '0' which will play all regions.