06-18-2003, 07:09 PM
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Plebe
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dvds bought in other countries
i bought a dvd in turkey a couple weeks ago. turkey's in region 2 while we're in region 1. i'm trying to play it on my laptop back in the states. does anyone know if this is a hardware or a software problem. is there a patch or anything i can use to get this dvd to work?
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06-18-2003, 10:06 PM
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What's Da Pho*?
  
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I think most DVD-ROM lets you set the region 5 times so after that you are SOL.
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06-18-2003, 10:39 PM
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Commander
 Join Date: Apr 2000
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Depending on your DVD drive, you may be able to update the firmware and disable the limit on region settings.
Here's a page with info: http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/do.../firmware.html It took about five seconds searching with Google (hint). |
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06-19-2003, 10:31 AM
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You're probably SOL.
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06-19-2003, 11:15 AM
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Vice Admiral
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Sorry guys...I'm slow...what does SOL mean?
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06-19-2003, 11:56 AM
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Chief of Naval Operations
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Poopie Outta Luck
hrm..but that's POL .... 
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06-19-2003, 01:20 PM
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Admiral
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Out of Luck.
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06-19-2003, 03:26 PM
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Chief of Naval Operations
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06-19-2003, 07:36 PM
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Commander
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Omaha, NE, United States
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I've updated the firmware on a Toshiba DVD drive (SD M1402), and I can change the region as many times as I want.
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06-19-2003, 08:55 PM
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Lieutenant
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: SoCal
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There is a program that is called DVDgenie that might help you. It makes the software region free.
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