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Thread: Making PCs region free
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2007-08-15, 09:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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Making PCs region free
Is there a way I can change my laptop to play dvds of all regions? I imagine a software download of some sort.
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2007-08-15, 10:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Making PCs region free
Not sure about making it totally region free but most DVD players will allow you to change the region. The only problem is there's a limit of how many times you can do that, which I think is 5 per DVD player.
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2007-08-15, 10:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Making PCs region free
My DVD drive on my PC is multi-region, and runs on PowerDVD, which is a very good program, IMO.
I can't say for sure that installing PowerDVD will help, but it might. You may have to replace the drive, though.Last edited by Elliot Kane; 2007-08-15 at 10:36 AM.
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2007-08-15, 10:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Making PCs region free
If you are comfortable with reflashing the firmware of your laptop DVD-Drive, then you can find the correct firmwares on this forum: http://forum.rpc1.org
Warning: A wrong firmware / bad flashing or mistake will break your drive.
To find which one to use, you need the exact model of your drive (Example: MATSH_ITA DVD-RAM UJ-822S on my T43 IBM Thinkpad) and search for that on the forum. The model name is available in Windows in the "Device Manager" under DVD/CD-Rom drives.
Edit: MATSH_ITA because without the _ it gets censored.Last edited by Ashtar; 2007-08-15 at 10:42 AM.
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2007-08-15, 12:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Making PCs region free
VLC Media Player can play any region, as far as I know. I don't much care for WinMP.
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2007-08-15, 12:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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2007-08-15, 02:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Making PCs region free
I thought this was a problem when I got my first DVD drive. Then I got some little program called DVD Region Free, and with that and PowerDVD it works just fine. I didn't have to use any special software in my new machine though.
I still don't know why manufacturers bother with that kind of stuff...It's just to annoy their customers, and little else
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2007-08-15, 04:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Making PCs region free
it is to appease the license fairys of course, do you know ANYTHING!?
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2007-08-15, 05:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Making PCs region free
If I recall correctly PowerDVD alone didn't allow me to watch all the regions I wanted. But then I never delved too deeply into it so its more than possible that I missed things.