Quick question regarding the XBOX

[clanglee]

I know it plays DVDs, and even upconverts them, but does anyone know if it is region free as well? This would solve my problem of having to buy separate machines for the same job.

[SymphonicX]

it doesn't upconvert them. The HD DVD player does, I think. the ps3 upconverts... It's not region free, sorry! I bought There's Always Vanilla region 1 and it didn't work...

[triste realtà]

This is what the net says: Yes You can, Install a region free firmware update such as Ixtreme

[SymphonicX]

and invalidate your warranty....

[Danny]

no it isnt region free, but when you can get a crappy dvd player for 15 quid adn just get the hack code off the net its not too much of a big deal, thats what i did to get cheap ass tv box sets form the u.s

[Andy]

you know i bought a £40 DVD player from ASDA ages ago, an im talking years ago, and i still got it now an the little bastard plays everything that my mates sony's and phillips wont play.. disks from other regions, copies, disks that are scratched to ****.. Best money i ever spent.

[Danny]

you know i bought a £40 DVD player from ASDA ages ago, an im talking years ago, and i still got it now an the little bastard plays everything that my mates sony's and phillips wont play.. disks from other regions, copies, disks that are scratched to ****.. Best money i ever spent. i got one like from tesco's, £20 a few weeks back, even has divx built in, plays damn near everything you can think of.

[MinionZombie]

As this is about the Xbox, just thought I'd mention, I have become on those people who have both had their 360 break, and know more than one person who has had theirs break. A mate just had the Red Rings (simply due to heat), another has gone through two or three normal 360s, and then bought an Elite, and of course I've had to have mine repaired for a total loss of video 9 months after buying it...so yeah, I've become 'one of those people off the internet' so I have. As you were...

[Andy]

As this is about the Xbox, just thought I'd mention, I have become on those people who have both had their 360 break, and know more than one person who has had theirs break. A mate just had the Red Rings (simply due to heat), another has gone through two or three normal 360s, and then bought an Elite, and of course I've had to have mine repaired for a total loss of video 9 months after buying it...so yeah, I've become 'one of those people off the internet' so I have. As you were... Quit your whinging, ive had my xbox 2 years and never had a problem with it.

[MinionZombie]

Quit your whinging, ive had my xbox 2 years and never had a problem with it. And you're one of the other people on the internet that I used to be...for nine months.

[capncnut]

Quit your whinging, ive had my xbox 2 years and never had a problem with it. I'm with Andy, had a Core system since launch for two years from 2005-07 without a single problem. Traded it in for an Elite and now I'm over a year into owning it, still no problem and works like the day I bought it. And no, the 360 is not multi-regional.

[clanglee]

it doesn't upconvert them. The HD DVD player does, I think. the ps3 upconverts... It's not region free, sorry! I bought There's Always Vanilla region 1 and it didn't work... Yeah, it does upconvert them. It allows a HDMI connection, and it looks great on my TV. Sad to see that it's not really region free. I wonder if there are any region free BluRay players? Looks like I'm gonna need one of those anyways eventually.

[SymphonicX]

Yeah, it does upconvert them. It allows a HDMI connection, and it looks great on my TV. Sad to see that it's not really region free. I wonder if there are any region free BluRay players? Looks like I'm gonna need one of those anyways eventually. HDMI doesn't mean it upconverts. Gimmie a day or so and I'll verify this, my telly is smart enough to know what signal it's recieving and it'll tell me. I get 576p images through HDMI all the time when viewing SD pics. In fact I just asked a colleague and he's pretty sure it doesn't upconvert either.

[Danny]

Yeah, it does upconvert them. It allows a HDMI connection, and it looks great on my TV. Sad to see that it's not really region free. I wonder if there are any region free BluRay players? Looks like I'm gonna need one of those anyways eventually. i know this is kinda off topic but my local b and b games (aka blockbuster video, worse than pasta hut name wise) are doing a deal thats £199 fora sony blu ray player and 5 blu-ray movies. i aint got a hd tv but thats a **** hot deal on hd movies you gotta admit, they that cheap in the u.s yet?

[DubiousComforts]

i the ps3 upconverts... Does the PS3 play non-region DVDs?