I bought the above model today, believing it would be multi-region as it was advertised on the seller's website. It wasn't but I managed to make it thanks to a hack I found online. However I am having problems in playing Media Blasters' DVDs- all of them are region 1, NTSC. For some reason there are annoying breaks everytime there is a camera movement or zoom in the movie. Anybody knows what the problem might be? I tried several other discs from many companies and had no problems. thanks!