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| 276110 | 2004-09-27 10:03:00 | Dell advertise a dvd writer / player. The zone is locked atfter 5 changes of different zones. Is this normal. Do other computers do the same. also what happens if it locks onto the wrong zone | a.a.harray (6204) | ||
| 276111 | 2004-09-27 10:06:00 | Yup thats normal for XP. If its locked on say Zone 1's after 5 changes, then u can ONLY play Zone 1 DVD's, on the internal DVD player. Unless u use a DVD player that bypasses this. Or u use a flash for the DVD player, which makes it region free. | Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 276112 | 2004-09-27 10:13:00 | . Or u use a flash for the > DVD player, which makes it region free . > Would you be so kind as to elaborate a little for us on this? D . |
drb1 (4492) | ||
| 276113 | 2004-09-27 10:17:00 | To 'flash' a drive means to apply a firmware patch. You can find one specific for your drive on the net. Apparently things can go horribly wrong should you use the wrong patch - so make sure you find the right one. Sometimes you don't need to flash your drive. I have some software for my Dell laptop DVD drive (which is an LG model) that simply resets the region changes left back to 5 whenever I want. Try forum.rpc1.org |
barmypom (6048) | ||
| 276114 | 2004-09-27 10:19:00 | You can also get free software that lets you play any region DVD too. See that website. | barmypom (6048) | ||
| 276115 | 2004-09-27 10:25:00 | Barry, Interesting link, I understand that its a bit like Bios flash normally ok, if your the unlucky one your S---- D. D. |
drb1 (4492) | ||
| 276116 | 2004-09-27 11:39:00 | You can use Players that bypass it too.... Does anybody have a Win32 PC handy that they can try VLC (videolan.org) on with a DVD that's not the current region of their DVD Drive? Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 276117 | 2004-09-27 12:09:00 | Chill, Why? D. |
drb1 (4492) | ||
| 276118 | 2004-09-27 12:34:00 | If its Region-Free then its good for Windows users who dont want to fork out for Dvdidle.com's DVD Region-Free, and I can recommend it when asked. Ive used VLC in Linux no worries like that, just wondering if its same in Doze. Chill. |
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