----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Park" <i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com> To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" <hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 11:35 AM Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Useful utility - regionset
> Stephen Rowles wrote: >> Keith Edmunds wrote: >>> On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:34:16 +0000, step...@rowles.org.uk said: >>> >>> >>>> vendor resets available: 4 >>>> user controlled changes resets available: 4 >>>> >>> Be aware of what this means: you can only change the region five times >>> in >>> total, then that's it, it will stay in the last region set. Rumour has >>> it >>> that the change count can be hacked, but I've no experience of that. >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code#Computer_DVD_drives >>> >> Yeah, I know there are only 4 resets available.. but seeing as I was >> unable to watch the dvd at all, and I only own region 2 dvd's, it seemed >> like a good idea to me :). >> > Given the pretty low cost of DVD drives, this looks like a reason for > having two drives, one of which can be set to region 1 and the other to > region 2... OR see if there's a replacement region free firmware available for your drive: www.rpc1.org -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
