I discovered the region-free code as well. My wife is a big fan of Sally Potter's "The Tango Lesson." (Don't ask me why!) We had a VHS version of this film, which was fine, until the player died. Since this was the only videotape we ever played, it didn't make sense to buy a new unit. I decided instead to look for a DVD. I eventually located one, but it was only available as a Region 2 disk. That's wasn't a problem with the 980H. A couple of button presses and the remote, and we were good to go.