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Posted by John Doue on August 17, 2005, 6:24 pm
Please log in for more thread options Barry Watzman wrote:
> Generally, it's still the same -- you can select and change the region,
> but after a few changes, it becomes locked forever.
>
> There are some drives and some players (software) for which "hacked
> firmware" is available that makes them "region free". The question,
> which will take some research to answer, is whether or not the specific
> drive in your laptop is a model that can be hacked to become "region
> free". Some can, some can't. But from the factory, they are almost
> never region free, and making it region free will void the warranty.
>
>
> wolfgson wrote:
>
>> I live in the US, but travel to Europe quite often, and would like to
>> use the DVD player of my new laptop in both continents.
>>
>> Is it possible these days to play European and/or US DVDs on the laptop
>> without changing any setting?
>>
>> If I'm not wrong, a few years ago you were allowed to modify the region
>> on your laptop, but just a few times (around five or so) before it was
>> locked. Is it still the same?
>>
Although the firmware approach is theoratically preferable, it is
definitely not without risks. After trying both routes, I finally prefer
to run DVD Region Killer which has never failed me and is trouble-free
once installed.
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John Doue
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