Here's some info I discovered on the sub $40 Desay 501 DVD players:

Reply to John Mark on Desay 501 - if you mean the DS 5701 desay I recently bought this from Radio Shack on a trip to the States. Tried it out over there and seemed to work fine on R1&2 discs but got it home and didnt like R2 so assume it somehow reset itself!?
Have found the hack and have tried it and works fine
1. Open tray
2. Press setup
2. Go across to 'preferences'
3. key in 1, 3, 8 then 9
4. Choose your code using arrow keys (up/down) - choose '0' for multi region.
Hope this works if you have the 5701 desay

These players would be even cheaper, but the IP licensing fees for the player products are in excess of $30.

Which gives you some idea of the margins in this business.

Also this on the Desay web site:

Reply: Lost DS 501 Remote Poster: Dr. Nagasaki Portubi support_usa@desaygroup.net www.desay.com 4059684782
Hi, I'm an admin for DESAY website.
Your claim is important to us!
however, our DS-501 dvd players are the cheapest pieces of crap that we make, and there is no support available for them whatsoever. You received an instruction manual with the player, so be thankful for that.


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