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John Wayne & Claire Trevor in Stagecoach

Claire Trevor and Humphrey Bogart in Key Largo 

Humphrey Bogart & William Holden in Sabrina

William Holden & Richard Widmark in "Alvarez Kelly"

Richard Widmark and James Stewart in Two Rode Together, possibly the only Jimmy Stewart western not currently available in R1 DVD...darn it!  

Quote from: Rogmeister on August 14, 2010, 06:28:21 PM
Richard Widmark and James Stewart in Two Rode Together, possibly the only Jimmy Stewart western not currently available in R1 DVD...darn it!  

No way to set your dvd player regio-free?

James Stewart & John Wayne in "The Shootist"

I don't know how to do that...it'll probably show up on cable TV soon, though.

John Wayne (my main man!) and Maureen O'Hara in McLintock!

Maureen O'Hara & Edmond O'Brien in The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Quote from: Rogmeister on August 14, 2010, 09:02:41 PM
I don't know how to do that...it'll probably show up on cable TV soon, though.

John Wayne (my main man!) and Maureen O'Hara in McLintock!

Well, that depends on the player. Some players have a hidden/undocumented menu to be activated by pressing some numbers on the remote control. If you have the exact name of your player model you could try google to find a region free setting. I did this with my Philips. With the default manufacturer setting it did only allow R2 dvd's. After the tweak I was able to play R1 dvd's as well.  

Edit: Antares was faster:

Edmond O'Brien & Donald Pleasence in "Fantastic Voyage"

Quote from: kahless on August 14, 2010, 09:14:21 PM

Quote from: Rogmeister on August 14, 2010, 09:02:41 PM
I don't know how to do that...it'll probably show up on cable TV soon, though.

Well, that depends on the player. Some players have a hidden/undocumented menu to be activated by pressing some numbers on the remote control. If you have the exact name of your player model you could try google to find a region free setting. I did this with my Philips. With the default manufacturer setting it did only allow R2 dvd's. After the tweak I was able to play R1 dvd's as well.  

For the typical US-setup changing the region of the player might not suffice. The equipment will have to be able to play PAL too.
While nearly all PAL-capable equipment can play NTSC too, I'm not entirely sure that it works the other way.

Donald Pleasance & Paul Rudd in "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers"

Paul Rudd & Catherine Keener in The 40 Year Old Virgin

Catherine Keener & John Cusack in "Being John Malkovich"

John Cusack & Joan Cusack in "High Fidelity"

Joan Cusack and Julia Roberts in Runaway Bride

Julia Roberts & Albert Finney in  Erin Brockovich