Page 1 of HELP! - An Authority on Philips DVDR880

This machine, would appear to be a nightmare to hack, as on this site the hack either doesn`t work on my new player or the 001-002 code does work but only as a toggle and only 25 times before it locks! (this isn`t pointed out on the hack pages).

There must be someone out there with an all conquering(sp) method of making this machine multi-region that isn`t going to mean that I`ll lock it to region 3 with an Asian language setting :-)

If you ask me, and I don`t claim to be an authority on the DVDR880, I just have one and like to know as much as I can about it,

DON`T!

Multiregion hacking this machine, like all Philips machines, is a tortuous job at best. It would appear, from other folk I`ve heard from, that hacking the machine opens up a whole nasty can of worms about system stability, warranty and the suchlike. From my own experience the DVDR880 records great, but isn`t so hot at the playback stakes, so I would buy (and have bought) a good budget player for multiregion playback and I reserve the Philips for recording only. I know it`s not an ideal situation, and I`m sure there are many people who would tell me to take it back to Argos and get a refund, but I`m happy with my setup. The Philips does its job well, and I`m not wearing the laser out playing back regular DVDs.

J Mark Oates

Thanks for your opinion there Mark, much appreciated. I went out last night and got the One-for-all 6, hacked it to multi region and all seems fine, I have tried regions 1,2,3 & 0.

Recording seems okay too. However I rarely record anything it`s an occasional thing.

I have taken the risk and so shall see how things go. One thing I will say though is that hacking it using the 1-5-9 method via the supplied remote (as detailed on this site) is a really bad idea as it will lock your machine after 25 switches.

Once again thanks for your thoughts.

Rgds

Keep me posted. I may take the plunge myself. :D

J Mark Oates