Region Free DVD Players.

The Sim Audio DVD players use a region free transport (Not advertised in the site though) for those who want a quality DVD player.

philips dvp642 - $60.00 at circuit city. great player.

I bought a Cambridge Audio, model Azur-540D. It has played all the dvds I have used. USA NTSC and PAL(all regions) that I have bought from Europe, Australia & Japan.

Sony players sold in the US are hardwired for NTSC Region 1 only.

My Samsung HD841 Universal player is Region Free.

I wholeheartedly recommend this machine to anyone, especially audiophiles, looking for a Region Free player. It is a good looking, well built, flexible component that will play WHATEVER CD, MP3, SACD, DVD-V, or DVD-A disc you put it in. I paid $99 for mine at BestBuy. My wife and daughter use it for their Chinese DVDs, and comment on how much better the picture and sound are than our last player.

As a bonus, check the threads to see how $400 of mods allowed it to go step for step with an $11K Linn Unidisk. This is an absolute no brainer of a DVD player.