Here's the region hack (maybe no help but no harm aswell):
1. Turn on player with no disc in the tray. "No disk" appears on screen.
2. Press the "Repeat" key on the remote.
3. Press "57538" on the remote. A number should appear on screen, indicating your player's current region (e.g. "2").
4. Press the number for your required region (e.g. "1") or "9" for region-free/all-regions. The number will appear on screen, replacing the previous number (from step 3).
5. Press "Open/Close Tray" and leave the tray open for a few seconds.
6. Press "Power On/Off". The tray closes automatically and the player turns off. Next time you turn it on, it is region free (or whatever Region you selected in step 4).
Firmware:
burn the unzipped files onto a CD and insert it... menü goes up after a few seconds.
zip file here:
http://support.samsung.de/modelselect.aspx?modelcode=DVD-HD745&fileType=FM&language=