From: Adam 

Don Hills wrote:

> In article ,
> "Robert Comer"  wrote:
>
>>Not here, it's pretty hard to get a region free player here.
>
>
> Most of the "name brand" region locked players sold here
have hidden menu
> options for unlocking. A few have a Macrovision switch too, but that is much
> less common. Shops started doing the unlocking if asked to by customers
> either at point of sale or afterward, now they unlock them all. The Chinese
> players sold in supermarkets etc aren't locked at all. The Government's view
> is that the players are legal, they do play Region 4 discs and are thus
> fit for the purpose for which they were sold. I used to think that the
> actual DVDs had to be Region 4 to be legally sold in NZ, but I notice that
> Region 2 (and Region 1 NTSC) discs are now for sale in shops that are large
> enough to do parallel importing (what you call "grey market").
>
> It's also easy here to buy multi-voltage, multi-standard TVs, VCRs and DVD
> players. Hence my recommendation to George to buy a multi-everything system
> in Germany, then either sell it at a handsome profit when returning to the
> USA or bring it home. At least buying it in Germany it won't be so far to go
> if it needs warranty service...
>

Transit Duubai & pop iinto the Duty free there. A DVD is an easy piece
of hand luggage as is a 15" flat screen TV monitor.


Adam

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