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Out of thousands of reviews for 128 products, over 50 people recommended DVD Players specifically for Code. These 7 are the most highly recommended products we found.

No 1 Panasonic DMP-BD30K
Panasonic DMP-BD30K - Blu-Ray disc player $225 - $500 Compare Prices
  • Affordable
  • DVD Type: Blu-Ray Player
  • Playable Disk Types: CD (Audio),CD-R,CD-RW,DVD Video,DVD-R,DVD-R DL,DVD-RAM,DVD-RW,DVD-VR,Picture CD
  • Dolby Digital (Digital out only),DTS (Digital out only),Virtual Surround
  • Released 1 year ago
11 People Recommend
"this is the best stand-alone bd player out right now provided you have an avr that will decode the latest hd audio codecs (like an onkyo 605).…"

- krisjan from Oswego, IL at Circuitcity.com

"the only thing missing on this player is the ability to decode the new dolby and dts codecs.…"

- Reader from Chicago, IL at Circuitcity.com

"no backlight, and somewhat strange layout.but the good news is, if you have an older universal/learning remote, panasonic did not change their code, like all the other players i tried.…"

- Bestbuy.com User


No 2 Oppo Digital DV-980H
Oppo Digital DV-980H DVD Player $170 Compare Prices
  • DVD Player
  • Playable Disk Types: CD (Audio),CD-R,DVD Audio,DVD Video,DVD+R,DVD+RW,DVD-R,DVD-RW,SACD
  • Surround Sound: Dolby Digital (Digital out only),DTS (Digital out only)
  • Released 1 year ago
4 People Recommend
"i was amazed how easy it was to hack into this dvd player with just a few commands on the remote and within three minutes i was able to unlock the region code from 1 to 0.…"

- Amazon.com User

"it also will play other region coded dvds (with an easy hack.) the only issue i have encountered is that some dvds that are 16:9 letterbox are not upconverted to full screen (the letterbox is…"

- Amazon.com User

"some reviewers have noted dissatisfaction with the lack of an oppo remote code to enter into a universal remote control.…"

- Amazon.com User


No 3 LG BH200 HD DVD
LG BH200 HD DVD / Blu-ray hybrid player $348 - $565 Compare Prices
  • DVD Type: Blu-ray and HD-DVD Player
  • Playable Disk Types: Blu-ray,CD (Audio),CD-R,CD-RW,DVD Audio,DVD Video,DVD+R,DVD+RW,DVD-R,DVD-RW,HD-DVD
  • Surround Sound: Dolby Digital (Digital out only),DTS (Digital out only)
  • Released 1 year ago
4 People Recommend
"after lg released a new firmware update in april 2008 it can bitstream advanced audio codecs through hdmi and is bd profile 1.1 compatible.…"

- Bestbuy.com User

"you can also easily change some codes in the player to enable pal playback and change the region of the dvd or bd.…"

- Amazon.com User

"great video quality, great upconversion and decodes the newest audio codecs as well (hdmi only).…"

- Amazon.com User


No 4 Samsung BD-UP5000
Samsung BD-UP5000 $516 - $1,000 Compare Prices
  • DVD Type: Blu-ray and HD-DVD Player
  • Playable Disk Types: Blu-ray,CD (Audio),CD-R,CD-RW,DVD Video,DVD-R,DVD-RW,DVD-VR,HD-DVD
  • Surround Sound: Built-In Dolby Digital Decoder,Built-In DTS Decoder
  • Released 11 months ago
4 People Recommend
"some may be pleased to know that logitech appears to have codes available as i added the bd-up5000 to my harmony 880 without having to "learn" any codes!…"

- SpenceJT at Cnet.com

"it's always had a beautiful picture, for both blu ray and hd dvd, but now handles the latest audio codecs as well.…"

- Amazon.com User

"when it was introduced, it bowed to glowing reviews about its video performance, but general dismay about its limited advanced audio codec performance.…"

- Amazon.com User


No 5 Toshiba HD-A35
Toshiba HD-A35 DVD Player $325 Compare Prices
  • DVD Player
  • Released 1 year ago
3 People Recommend
"amazon, as of now i don't have the player anymore since i had to returned it because they ended up charging full price for it even though i was awarded one of the wining codes from the customer vote.…"

- Amazon.com User

"-the hd dvd audio codec is more strict than blu-ray, so one could assume that hd dvd will produce higher quality truehd audio…"

- Amazon.com User

"if any of you detail freeks too by the way are thinking there might be region code issuse with hd dvd disc think again, since the hd dvd format is region free.…"

- Amazon.com User


No 6 Toshiba HD-A30 1080p HD
Toshiba HD-A30 1080p HD DVD Player $321 - $700 Compare Prices
  • Nice Picture Quality
  • Affordable
  • DVD Type: HD-DVD Player
  • Playable Disk Types: CD (Audio),CD-R,CD-RW,DVD-R,DVD-R DL,DVD-RW
  • Released 1 year ago
2 People Recommend
"i purchased this unit and had issues with it freezing...it gave me a common error code 408bc504 ..after i returned the unit and replaced it with a new one i had the same issues.…"

- Dan from Rochester, MI at Circuitcity.com

"when compared to a ps3, sony falls short of a full hd experience due to the ps3's old codectechnology.…"

- wheela from at Circuitcity.com

"i believe h.264 and mpeg 2 are the other two codecs in use by hd-dvds, but i haven't seen any hd movies using these.…"

- Compuplus.com User


No 7 Pioneer BDP-95FD Blu-ray player
Pioneer BDP-95FD Blu-ray player $800 Compare Prices
  • Affordable
  • DVD Type: Blu-Ray Player
  • Playable Disk Types: BD-RE,CD (Audio),DVD Video,DVD-R,DVD-RW
  • Surround Sound: Dolby Digital (Digital out only)
  • Released 1 year ago
1 People Recommend
"someone on amazon posted the code to change to region free and with that code it took all of 15 seconds to make it region free.…"

- Susan from Oklahoma at Circuitcity.com

"you can change the region codes to play dvd's from other countries.…"

- PatrickL from Bellingham, WA. at Circuitcity.com

"i actually ended up returning it and getting a philips dvp 5140 multi system all region code free dvd player.…"

- Amazon.com User


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