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| 418686 | 2006-01-06 08:46:00 | Tazz: This program (dhc014.rpc1.org) can disable the RPC encoding in all Liteon DVD drives apparently. It works on my Sony DRU-800A. /me waits for the ban to kick in. :rolleyes: |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 418687 | 2006-01-06 09:02:00 | Region locks need to be wiped out, Its got nothing to do with piracy and everything to do with the big fish trying to force price structures on different markets. I get around it by ripping the damn dvd AND BURNING MY OWN COPY. Go to hell Sony. Anyhow, mindless violence and destruction aside, I just flashed my 1673s drive with the firmware from a 1693s drive, now it thinks its a 1693, yet still can't read DVD-Ram..... "Shakes fist at Sony, kicks chair through wall, Sets house on fire and throws out a mean Haka" |
Metla (12) | ||
| 418688 | 2006-01-06 09:03:00 | Erm, why are you blaming Sony for your Liteon drive... Edit: Ohhh right the whole encoding issue |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 418689 | 2006-01-06 09:06:00 | I've just found that Samsung make DVD-RAM read/write capable drives so that sounds quite attractive. I've had a Samsung CD writer for a couple of years now and it seems to be very reliable, so is there any adverse information out there in PF1 land about Samsung DVD writers that I really need to know? Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 418690 | 2006-01-06 09:08:00 | Yep, it's a half-arsed effort at best. I just got new a DVD recorder for the big TV and there in the top of the box was a pink slip with the code to make the player region-free. Idiocy that the manufacturers have to 'cow-tow' to the film merchants like that and only pisses off Joe public that they have to unlock the recoder themselves. |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 418691 | 2006-01-06 09:10:00 | Can't tell you about Samsung DVD's Billy, but I have a Samsung TV and Samsung LCD screen, both excellent quality/design. (I wish I'd bought a Samsung DVD for the TV now!) | Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 418692 | 2006-01-06 20:12:00 | I have installed a number of LG DVD writers and haven't had a lemon yet Billy , they are fine with DVD Ram also and there was a very positive review in a PC World a while back , as well as web reviews I agree with Metla wrt the regional coding issue , the LG drive I have at home is well up to the job of allowing me to make region free backups of my legally purchased DVDs for research purposes , and also means I don't have to worry about the kids fingerprints / scratches making my legally purchased discs unreadable Ascent has them for around $100 or so with the highly useable Nero express which works well with other widely available free software Mike |
KatiMike (242) | ||
| 418693 | 2006-01-06 20:38:00 | Thanx bob_doe_nz Have bookmarked and will use when I get the hardware :) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 418694 | 2006-01-06 21:49:00 | I just bought one a couple of days ago from Ascent. I decided it was time to update my old DVD writer. I can't believe I paid $220 for my LDW-851S only a year & a half ago. How does the region free hack work? Will it void the warranty? |
Greven (91) | ||
| 418695 | 2006-01-06 21:51:00 | That region free program was apparently made BY liteon, and at the above site they have a working javascript demo of it which you can try out to see how it works. I'm not sure about the warranty voiding though. | bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
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