re: How to Defeat DVD Zone Controls

2002-07-29 Thread mean-green
Most players cannot be hacked. And many hacks do not operate properly. How about just rent or borrow DVDs, reprocess to remove the region controls and reburn to a DVD-R? DVD-Rs are only about $1.25 or less each. Test burn on a DVD-RW to help prevent expensive coasters. See

RE: Degrees of Freedom vs. Hollywood Control Freaks

2002-06-05 Thread mean-green
At 05:06 PM 6/3/2002 -0400, Trei, Peter wrote: Tim, I think you're missing the point here. Valenti and his ilk would like nothing more than to force you to to rebuy your visual media *again*, but they don't have to. I'll bet dollars to donuts that you've rebought some of your VCR tapes as DVDs.

re: Satellite Hacking Article Now Free

2002-05-01 Thread mean-green
Seems to me that oneof the keys to permanently unlocking sat TV is to do away with the vendor's receiver. From my novice perspective, it seems many or most of the attacks against pirate devices are based on the assumption that the pirate must still have a set-top box which is still,

re: Reputable E-Gold Funded Debit Cards?

2002-04-02 Thread mean-green
I've been monitoring the e-gold discussion list for some time and this guy appears to be legit (i.e., a lack of negative comments). I have not purchased from him, but am considering obtaining one of these. Would be most interested in your experience should you decide to go ahead.