Who sells new machines which play UK and US discs?
Panasonic A100 DVD Library do a basic modded A100 for £349!!! They will also do a DVD charger type affair for a little more. Link Electronics and Techtronics currently also seem good bets – they offer a DVD-Charger type chip fitted for £399. Upgrade Heaven offer £369 for 3 region, and £419 for an all-six region updateable machine. Richer Sounds in Bristol are also worth contacting direct by phone (0117-973-4397 – ask for Gary) – for an extra £100 they will supply and fit the “all-region 1 and most other discs” eeprom. However, theirs is currently a writable chip – in other words, if you change the player setup, you lose the ability to play region 1 discs! Ring to see if they’ve sorted this – in the meantime it is definitely NOT recommended for those with widescreen sets, but careful 4:3 owners with NTSC compatible TVs should be okay. Panasonic A350 Techtronics are curently the cheapest on this one – a microprocessor modded beauty for £599. Home-Cinema are now offering a board which pla
