well all dvd players are region free, you just have to unlock them from the factory settings. You can't go to a US retailer and buy a region free DVD players, ie. Best Buy, Walmart, ect. Region free discs are just outdated or booted copies. However, in certain places, like, China, even the governmental releases, not the booted DVDs are region free. That is because all of the players are, all cd and dvd drives in Asia are region, computers, players, everything because of the mass of bootlegging.