Many of us have had this problem: our DVD Players not recognizing or refusing to play certain DVDs from different regions. Personally, I had many Korean and Chinese drama shows that refused to play on a Sony DVD player. However, I was able to play them perfectly on my computer or some other cheap DVD player. The reason for this is simple: major DVD Player companies add world wide regional codes based compatibilities for their players. If your DVD does not match with the compatibility code of the player, then the player will simply refuse to play the video. DVD region code [Wikipedia] Therefore, since there are locks constraining our freedom in watching movies or shows, we must also hack them. Read more to see how to unlock your DVD player for free.

There are various websites and blogs that give multiple ways and keystrokes of unlocking DVD players. The most popular free ones include videohelp.com’s DVD Hacks section and dvdcodes.net. These websites present us with forums in which people from around the world with various players share their different methods of unlocking them. Most of the unlocking procedure composes of certain keystrokes pressed on the remote. Therefore, make sure you have your remote before you attempt anything!

videohelp.com’s DVD Hacks section [Video Help]
dvdcodes.net [DVD Codes]