Hi, Expatniki. I wanted to thank everyone -- especially Robert Drwila, who is the nicest, most helpful guy on the planet -- for all your help and advice on my computer DVD region problem. Alas, nothing worked. Not the "region killer" programs (I got stop-action frames of pixilated pixels that looked like a work by Picasso on a bad hair day); not the five players I installed; not the 3 codec packs I installed, removed and reinstalled. Finally I called Microsoft, where the guy told me that there was nothing I could do. He says the region lock is not in the program, but somehow in the DVD player itself. He more or less agreed that this was not fair -- about the time I started ranting things like "You're not Interpol! Why do Microsoft and Sony control what I watch on my computer?!" -- and registered my formal, foaming-at-the-mouth complaint.
And then I went out and bought a cheapo 0 region player and TV. Perfect. I can watch House again. Now I have another set of questions. My house finally got handed over to the city (we were "owned" by a Ministry), and we finally have access to the wonders of modern civilization, like cable internet and TV. I'm doing major remont and thinking about cable or sputnik TV, dreaming of watching CNN and the BBC in English. What should I get? And if I have one TV in the kitchen and one in the living room, do I need two magic boxes or just one? Thanks in advance from a technically-challenged Mickey Berdy
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