Comments on: Evergreen EG-D2340X: A Versatile Low-End DVD Player http://www.uberreview.com/2007/08/evergreen-eg-d2340x-a-versatile-low-end-dvd-player.htm An Eclectic Mix Of Gadgets & Wired Madness Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:07:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: C. S. Magor http://www.uberreview.com/2007/08/evergreen-eg-d2340x-a-versatile-low-end-dvd-player.htm/comment-page-1#comment-9860 C. S. Magor Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:58:04 +0000 http://www.uberreview.com/2007/08/evergreen-eg-d2340x-a-versatile-low-end-dvd-player.htm#comment-9860 Hi Cannot Regionfree, First of all I am assuming that you have the same model that I do. On the back of my unit it says Region 2, but it will play region free disks and just about anything from Australia. If it has a button that says NTSC / PAL it should work out for you. I have yet to find a disk that won't play in either of my two units and I have played DVDs from several regions. Mine played any disks straight out of the box. It is possible that they tightened up the region protections. I have one relative who found it impossible to buy a region free DVD player in Akihabara recently, so there is a chance that it has happened. If you keep having trouble, in particular if you see region error, you will know that the jig is probably up. Your option then would be to rip your DVDs either to DivX or copy them into a region free format. There are a few tools floating around that make this relatively easy. Do a search for Doom9 is a great site to learn about doing that. DivX should allow you to compress one DVD onto a CD but you will lose a lot of quality. If you want to keep all of the menus intact then you are going to need to make a copy of each DVD in order to remove its region coding. I will be very sad if Evergreen have tightened up their region security. This was by far my favorite low-end player. Do let me know how it works out for you. Hi Cannot Regionfree,

First of all I am assuming that you have the same model that I do. On the back of my unit it says Region 2, but it will play region free disks and just about anything from Australia. If it has a button that says NTSC / PAL it should work out for you. I have yet to find a disk that won’t play in either of my two units and I have played DVDs from several regions. Mine played any disks straight out of the box. It is possible that they tightened up the region protections. I have one relative who found it impossible to buy a region free DVD player in Akihabara recently, so there is a chance that it has happened.

If you keep having trouble, in particular if you see region error, you will know that the jig is probably up. Your option then would be to rip your DVDs either to DivX or copy them into a region free format. There are a few tools floating around that make this relatively easy. Do a search for Doom9 is a great site to learn about doing that. DivX should allow you to compress one DVD onto a CD but you will lose a lot of quality.

If you want to keep all of the menus intact then you are going to need to make a copy of each DVD in order to remove its region coding.

I will be very sad if Evergreen have tightened up their region security. This was by far my favorite low-end player. Do let me know how it works out for you.

]]> By: cannot regionfree http://www.uberreview.com/2007/08/evergreen-eg-d2340x-a-versatile-low-end-dvd-player.htm/comment-page-1#comment-9857 cannot regionfree Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:40:55 +0000 http://www.uberreview.com/2007/08/evergreen-eg-d2340x-a-versatile-low-end-dvd-player.htm#comment-9857 In your article, you mentioned that it is region free, but, when i get it, it is not region free. it is region 2 (Japan). Could you tell me how you make it region free. My kids would really appreciate! In your article, you mentioned that it is region free, but, when i get it, it is not region free. it is region 2 (Japan). Could you tell me how you make it region free.

My kids would really appreciate!

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