GCab Posted September 26, 2005 Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 Can you get round the DVD region protection on a laptop or is Bill Gates too devious for that ? I haven't played one in my new machine yet but I recall it gives you 5 goes before locking the system to one region only; can this be bypassed ? Also, if you get it to play region 1, does a laptop handle NTSC ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpongpo Posted September 26, 2005 Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 Not sure about the NTSC thingy but I'm sure you can download some firmware/software that will enable you to 'hack' your DVD player so it can play any DVD's you want it to. Perhaps do a google for your drive model and 'hack' and see what it comes up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby_simon Posted September 26, 2005 Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 try Anydvd (google it for link to site as I'm in a bit of a hurry) - got an appointment with Concorde Some PC DVD drives are being hardware set for region encoding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCab Posted September 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 Thanks very much, both Concorde??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regulator Posted September 26, 2005 Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 Yep, defo use anydvd or a prog called dvd region free, somehow it manages 2 fool the dvd player into thinking that the dvd drive is set to the region of the dvd ... both progs r good, so download em both! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpongpo Posted September 26, 2005 Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 Here is another one... www.dvd43.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 Firmware change was dead easy for my Powerbook - now I can watch whatever I want... Of course, after doing this I discovered VideoLan's VLC media player - which just reads the files off the discs, and have probably one of the best MPEG codecs going - so it ended up being an interesting exercise in changing fimware for me... My advice - before flashing any firmware -go to http://www.videolan.org/ and grab the VLC software for your O/S. Then - all you need to do it set your O/S to NOT automatically play DVDs when they are inserted in the drive. Reset the preference to VLC. A much neater solution if it works - and no hassles later with hardware/firmware being "non standard". To view - select "open disc"... It'll do VCD and SVCDs too which most DVD software doesn't do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCab Posted September 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 Thanks for all the tips, guys (& gal ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby_simon Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Thanks very much, both Concorde??? [/ QUOTE ] We have a 1 of 500 copy of a line drawing "into the Air" that I am finally getting framed. Should have it next weekend.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustynuts Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 [ QUOTE ] We have a 1 of 500 copy of a line drawing "into the Air" that I am finally getting framed. [/ QUOTE ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 LMFAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby_simon Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] We have a 1 of 500 copy of a line drawing "into the Air" that I am finally getting framed. [/ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] Try a large version of this : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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