I have a DVD from the UK. Is there a legal way I can watch it on my DVD player here in Canada?

[astro]

@Muffin

A couple of questions of law.

First, is the DVD zone licencing scheme a restraint of trade?

Second, I realize that DVD zone licencing applies to manufacture and sales of DVD players, but does it also apply to the end users of the DVD players? When a person purchases a DVD player, is there anything in the contract that precludes that person from fiddling with the player, its firmware or its software, so as to be able to use it to play DVDs from a different zone? Similarly, is there anything in the end-user’s contract that prohibits that person from carrying his or her own DVD player into another zone and using it there to play DVDs from the first zone?

DVD region code

[blindboyard]

I’ve used North American DVDs on my laptop without having to re-region the DVD drive, but I’m on linux which may work differently.

[Ximenean]

Your DVD player and TV will probably also need to be capable of displaying 576i video (or “PAL”, to use the common, albeit incorrect, term - the disc or the packaging may have “PAL” written on them somewhere). If not, you should still be able to watch the DVD on a computer.

[Lord_Mondegreen]

@Muffin

AC1116, AC1118 and AC1128 are flights from Regina to Toronto that have connections to London, England.

Fantastic. I love the way that those three flight numbers are the first three that appear when you do this search. (That link will expire mid-June)

The equipment is the 93 seat Embraer 190.

[Dewey_Finn]

@Muffin

AC1116, AC1118 and AC1128 are flights from Regina to Toronto that have connections to London, England.

Isn’t the idea around here that you wait for the serious answers before joking around? (As opposed to putting a nonsensical joke in the second post of the thread.)

[blue_infinity]

See if you can find you player hereand follow the instructions.

[Dewey_Finn]

I think the OP said that he uses a stand-alone Blu-Ray player. I don’t know if it’s possible to make a Blu-Ray player region-free. I bought a stand-alone Philips DVD player from Target for about forty dollars, because that brand seems to be particularly easy to unlock (using websites such as ones previously suggested).