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Thread ID: 64473	2005-12-16 03:35:00	DVD QUERY	dotparsons (1117)	Press F1

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413149	2005-12-16 03:35:00	I have an Acer laptop which plays DVD's, as PC World published. I want to get a DVD from the USA about Dog training, this will be in their format, not our PAL. Will I be able to play this on my computer, not the TV. Have no DVD player anyway. Thanks for any info. Dot P.	dotparsons (1117)
413150	2005-12-16 03:42:00	The issue isn't PAL versus NTSC when playing a US DVD. Its Region 1 versus Region 4. NZ is Region 4 and the US is Region 1. Most DVD drives in PCs come with a system whereby you can change what "zone" the DVD drive is set for 4 times. On the 4th time it becomes locked for good, many you can only play video DVDs that match that zone. It is a right pain. The way around it, if you are willing to take a risk is to search out a firmware "hack" for your brand and model of DVD drive that disables this region locking feature, so you can change the zone as many times as you want. Buyt there is always the risk that such a firmware update might mess up the drive (since they are not "official" updates). I'm assumign from your post we are talkign a video DVD, not a data DVD here.	Biggles (121)
413151	2005-12-16 03:43:00	Should be able to. The PAL vs NTSC formats don't really affect computer DVD drives/software. I'm assuming that the DVD won't be region encoded (e.g. Zone 1 for US and Zone 4 for NZ region).	gibler (49)
413152	2005-12-16 03:45:00	rip it with DVD Shrink to get rid of the region lock.....	Metla (12)
413153	2005-12-16 06:53:00	You can also get the program VLC media player (www.videolan.org/vlc) which features a region free DVD player for computers.	bob_doe_nz (92)
413154	2005-12-16 16:48:00	Thank you for your replies. I will try and get some more info. from Clean Run and look into downloading the VLC Media Player. Thanks again Dot Parsons	dotparsons (1117)
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