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Asia / Australia model DVD 951,UK / Europe model DVD957 with on-board DTS surround sound decoding.
Below is what i experience from playing numbers of discs,some of them plays smoothly,some with hiccups(freezes for a short while during the change of chapter),some do not play at all.This is probably due to the firmware that comes with the player-8.xx.

OK=smooth playback,HICCUPS=picture freeze during chapter change

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FOX DVD,
R1-OK

PARAMOUNT DVD,
R1-OK

CTHV DVD,
R1-OK,R4-HICCUPS

UNIVERSAL DVD,
R1-HICCUPS-minor

BUENA VISTA DVD,
R1-HICCUPS,R2-OK

DREAMWORKS DVD,
R1-OK with GLADIATOR doesn`t playable at all

MGM DVD,
R1-OK

WARNER DVD,
R1-not tried yet,R4-OK

CRITERION DVD,
R1-HICCUPS

POLYGRAM DVD,
R1-not tried yet

ARTISANT DVD,
R1-not tried yet

TRIMARK DVD,
R1-OK

ANCHOR BAY DVD,
R1-OK

VILLAGE ROADSHOW DVD,
R4-HICCUPS

HONGKONG DVD releases,
R0-OK

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My DVD951 was hacked to be multi region compatible by the retailer using a non-supplied remote,possibly the RC6 hack with "222 222 005 255 play".
I will continue to update to you with my latest finding on other disc playbacks.

This item was edited on Saturday, 17th February 2001, 04:58