Is the Xbox DVD Movie Playback Kit multiregional ?
Not exactly – when you buy a UK DVD Movie Playback Kit & put the infared receiver into the UK Xbox controller port, the UK Xbox will ONLY ever play Region 2 titles as it places a Region 2 code onto the hard-drive… To my knowledge when you first ever use/ install a DVD Move Playback Kit the Region code is permanently locked onto the HD & cannot be taken off or altered by using another infrared receiver ( i.e. a receiver from US ) However – & i don’t see why you would do this, you can buy a US DVD Movie Playback Kit & use that on a UK Xbox, this will allow you to run Region 1 DVD’s. As i have said above to my knowledge you cannot swap the infrared receivers from other country’s to play different Region DVD’s. Alternative solution – for those of you familiar with the Region X (on the Playstation 2) there is a similar programme coming out for the Xbox sometime in the near future.
Writen March 14th 2002 Not exactly – when you buy a UK DVD Movie Playback Kit & put the infared receaver into the UK Xbox controller port, the UK Xbox will ONLY ever play Region 2 titles as it places a Region 2 code onto the hard-drive… To my knowledge when you first ever use/ install a DVD Move Playback Kit the Region code is perminently locked onto the HD & cannot be taken off or altered by using another infared receaver ( ie a receaver from US ) However – & i dont see why you would do this, you can buy a US DVD Movie Playback Kit & use that on a UK Xbox, this will allow you to run Region 1 DVD’s. As i have said above to my knowledge you cannot swap the infared receavers from other country’s to play different Region DVD’s. Alternative solution – for those of you familar with the Region X (on the Playstation 2) there is a similar programme coming out for the Xbox sometime in the near future.
