IF YOUR DVD player isn't multi-region in this time & age, then its a partly CRIPPLED unit and ought to be return to the seller. During the early 2000s, much of the branded units are restricted like that - Sony being the worse stickler to the "rule." With Denon though, there is a way out to alter the Regional coding, in the early days with a laptop, and afterwards with "secret" numerical hacks right on the remote control. As I personally won't abide with an oppressive Regional-regional diktat, even my Blu Ray player is multi-region (at the very least it welcome Regions A, B and even C). Why what model and brand do you intend to buy? I suggest you choose the model with a Faroudja DCDi or a Reon HQV video chip that helps in the player's upscaling.