Re: OT: DVDs, a summary

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--- In buffywantswillow@y..., danspector@w... wrote:
> Boy, did I start something with this topic!
> 
> According to Mad-hamlet, the DVD-Rom drives themselves aren't zoned,
so
> if you buy the relevant software you can play whatever you want. 
Buy 4
> versions of software, play 4 regions worth of DVDs
> 


you want to be a little careful there, early pc-dvd drives were not
zoned but a lot of the new ones are, some can only be changed a few
time before they lock themselves permanly to whatever zone they were
on last, you can a lot of info about that
http://www.7thzone.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi?id_page=beg_pcdvd

also links to software players here too.

as far as stand alone players go, a lot of the cheap chinese players
can be region unlocked by the remote, but dearer machines like pioneer
and sony etc, need a mod chip change over to unlock them.

dAz