Now that digital tv has arrived, and our ancient vcr has been retired,
we've been looking into buying a dvd player - multi-region, because we
want to be able to play both US and UK discs.
I looked at Amazon where this item

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0041CE7AW/ref=s9_bbs_gw_d2_g23_ir04?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&p f_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=0TRQSSP0QY0GQY5HH8GT&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p =467128473&pf_rd_i=468294

is described as multi-region, but there is a note to the effect that it
only plays region 2. I've seen the same thing for a number of other units.

I'm confused.

Can someone explain this to me? Is there a code to enter to allow the
machine to play other regions?