a rip-off site?

[hxclespaulplayer]

The entire series of these would cost at least $200 on amazon, and AFAIK nobody sells region-free commercial dvd movies... http://www.tvshowmonster.com/product.php?productid=190485&cat=0&page=1

Does this retailer seem shady to you?

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Yeah, it's shady. Lots of sites like this set up and offer prices too good to be true in order to get your money, and then they never send you the product. Stick with reliable retailers like Amazon and their trusted vendors, and even if you don't get the item delivered you will be reimbursed.

http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/398/RipOff0398282.htm

 

[Miss Chicken]

Though I cannot answer the question, there is something I would like to ask

Can't you buy region-free DVD players in the USA?

In Australia the High Court of Australia ruled that region lockouts breached fair trade and market competition practices and as a result of this nearly all DVD players sold in Australia now are region-free. This is good because it means that I can buy movies from all over the world.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Can't you buy region-free DVD players in the USA?

You can buy them online, but they're not for sale inside major retail stores, which all just carry Region 1 DVD players because of the region code enforcement. There are ways around it though, like finding the unlock code online and entering via the remote control. Or you can simply watch them on your computer with a software DVD player that ignores the region codes altogether.

 

[Kryton]

I have two older DVD players I replaced the EEPROM chips on to unlock them. I don't think my recently-acquired Blu-Ray unit has been successfully hacked yet but I haven't checked for an update in a while.

If worse comes to worst, I can always output my computer to the TV monitor (AnyDVD makes that a piece of cake).

 

[Mr. B]

A quick google search picked up multiple reports to avoid this dealer...

http://www.google.com/search?q=tvshowmonster.com

 

[hxclespaulplayer]

Though I cannot answer the question, there is something I would like to ask

Can't you buy region-free DVD players in the USA?

What Regifter of Toys said. Though where I am ATM, there is still region 2 - in fact, I noticed some europe/middle east box sets have more additional content than our U.S stuff! Not that regions really matter where I am atm (seriously, that's not a joke display picture, camels really are parked in parking lots in Saudi a lot!) - but, anything containing even vageue sexual or non-Islamic religious material gets the cut (of course, there is a very black market for all this stuff) - funny enough though, any amount of violence is allowed in a film, far beyond anything that would be NC-17 or R in the 'states.

In Australia the High Court of Australia ruled that region lockouts breached fair trade and market competition practices and as a result of this nearly all DVD players sold in Australia now are region-free.

- nice one, actually quite a good argument in support of getting rid of regions, though i hear its not much of an issue with blue ray.