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| 1151937 | 2010-11-11 00:04:00 | Is it b/c of Windows Media Player that kicks up a fuss? Bought a DVD from The Warehouse and it tells me I only have a few times before being locked . Thx |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1151938 | 2010-11-11 00:10:00 | No its windows. If you play a different zoned DVD so many times (4 - 5 times), it'll be changed to that zone, and it'll lock it at that zone | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1151939 | 2010-11-11 00:12:00 | No, it's not windows, it's a hardware thing on the DVD drive, all PC drives are the same afaik. ;) You can use DVD43 (http://www.dvd43.com/)to get around that if you want... |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1151940 | 2010-11-11 00:14:00 | Thanks, will look into it . Not a DVD person but just got these from The Warehouse, will have a look at the weekend . Both my PC and laptop does the same thing . And, the Xbox 360 isn't multi zone, we don't have the extra remote - not sure if that provides multi zone or not . . . :) |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1151941 | 2010-11-11 00:16:00 | You can get around the Zoning this way too: Use something like Imgburn or DVDShrink to rip the DVD to your hard drive (obviously you would own the DVD if you were going to do this...;)) and play the .iso file with VLC. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1151942 | 2010-11-11 00:16:00 | The Xbox wont play any other Zone besides Zone 4 either. It'll say the same thing for XP, Vista and Win7 | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1151943 | 2010-11-11 00:35:00 | to elaborate on what's been said a little: DVD drives for PC's are not typically multizone rather they need to be set to your local Zone and can only be changed 4-5 times before locking to a single zone. Sometimes they can still be unlocked for a few more changes by the manufacturer. (Some software may also have built in Zone restricions). This is built into the firmware of the drive. There are various methods of circumventing this such as hacked firmware for the drive or a software solution such as the suggested DVD43 or perhaps DVD Genie. Use at your own risk. I would be surprised if anything sold in the warehouse wasn't zone 4 though, very little content from other zones is sold locally these days. In the early days of DVD Zone 1 movies were available much earlier than Zone 4 so many retailers and DVD rental stores had them in store. That is no longer the case. |
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