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| Thread ID: 142124 | 2016-05-01 00:02:00 | DVD Region Settings on Laptop | Neil F (14248) | Press F1 |
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| 1419869 | 2016-05-01 00:02:00 | I have an HP610 Laptop Win7 Professional 64 Bit. I watch DVDs on this. I learned some time ago that the Default Setting is Region 4 (NZ). Occasionally I find a DVD which is another Region e.g. 1. I have seen warnings (I can't remember where) that changing the Region Setting on a Pc can only occur a maximum of 4 or 5 times and then one is stuck with the last setting. Does anyone know of a way to overcome this restriction? I was prompted on this yesterday when the Librarian spotted on their Book out scanner that the DVD I wanted to borrow was Region 1 and alerted me so I did not take the DVD. Neil |
Neil F (14248) | ||
| 1419870 | 2016-05-01 00:51:00 | Install a 3rd party program that doesnt care about region based dvds | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1419871 | 2016-05-01 00:59:00 | Install a 3rd party program that doesnt care about region based dvds ...............Such as VLC player, which I use. It plays some region 1 and region 2 DVDs I have. |
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| 1419872 | 2016-05-01 01:41:00 | I use VLC too. Works well. | R.M. (561) | ||
| 1419873 | 2016-05-01 03:20:00 | I think the restriction is built into the optical drives firmware, though there are ways around this | feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 1419874 | 2016-05-01 23:08:00 | Thanks for the tips. I already have VLC Player V 2.2.2 installed so I shall try that. Cheers |
Neil F (14248) | ||
| 1419875 | 2016-05-01 23:31:00 | It is the optical drive firmware that locks after 5 changes. I think VLC ignores region or there are utilities designed to get around it but they can also be used for piracy so I don't think we can discuss them in any detail without breaking forum rules. Of course you could just watch the DVD on a regular DVD player... Most sold here have been region free for many years, something the suppliers/retailers just quietly started doing after the first year or so. And almost all that are region locked have a hidden "all regions" or region free setting you can activate with a bit of research. |
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