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We are buying a Sony 536 DVD player. It is a Multi-Region system that has Dolby Digital with Mpeg, that supports vcd, Mpeg, Mp3, PAL / NTSC / DVD / VIDEO CD playback. It has 5.1 built in decoder. It says it has a fully functional Automatic all-region play back system. Do we have to enter any special codes or will everything be done automatically when we plug it in?. If we need to do anything to it can some-one tell us what we will need to do and how do we do it in idiot proof jargen ??? We know absolutley nothing about dvd`s. This is our first dvd player and the more we read from you technicall people the more confused we are getting. We did not know there was so much to take in. We have read many reports on this reviewer site and other sites and this Sony seems to have all we will need (unless you tell us different). We were going to buy one of those loverly cheap and nasty £99 systems, but we have been told to avoid buying crap if possible. Please tell us what we may need to know and any advice we may need. THANKS..

Clearly, as Sony do not manufacture their DVD players as multi-region you are buying a version modified by a third party company. Hardware hacks vary as to whether they switch region codes automatically or if you do this yourself (manually set) but it sounds as is yours will be automatic. Probably best to ask the company you are buying it from!

In general Sony do indeed make good quality equipment.


Karl.

How much are you paying for the Sony, and do you need a nuilt in Dolby Digital decoder?

We might be abloe to save you a couple of hundred quid here..!

AIWA 370 (officially) ROCKS!!!!!!!

Oh, and Sony USED to make good quality kit....!

Hi Jimbo. Thanks for replying to my message. We bought the player this evening for £260. We did price them up this evening on the websites for Comet/Dixons and Currys costing between £349 and £379 so we think we got a bargain (we hope). We havnt opened it yet its still in the box. We hope this will be a nice player and it will suit our needs. The 370 would have been our 1st choice but we could not get discount. Our friend works for Sony in their offices and got us discount as he said it was for himself. BigPaulH

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Oritron DVD600, cheap and nasty system, i think NOT!! Bought one day after Boxing Day for £99. No problems yet, plays 2nd disk on Gladiator as manual multi region selection, which defeats RCE and plays VCD`s!!
So in fact cheap and wonderful.

You could have saved a lot more money!!!

ORITRON OFFICIALLY ROCKS!!!!!!!!

KARL... Someone has informed you wrong... The Sony S536D is an automatic Multi-Region system dvd player. Dont listen to everyone because they will misiform you. We have bought one and it is a Muti-Region system.. BigPaulH

BigPaulH,

If the Sony S536D is multi-region out of the box this certainly surprises me. All the Sony players I have ever come across are strictly region locked. Several of the hardware region hack suppliers advertise upgrades for the 536 which would be redundant if the player was made region free. Where did you get yours from? Was it direct from Sony?


Karl.

This item was edited on Thursday, 4th January 2001, 14:44