Laptop DVD - region free?
 

Is there anyway to make my laptop drive...

QSI CDRW/DVD SBW242U

Region free?

On my main system I have a little util that resets the region counter on my dvd drives, but that only works on liteon drives.

I'm just trying to find a way to watch my american dvd's on my laptop.

Cheers for the help in advance,

Dilli :)

Re: Laptop DVD - region free?
 

Could try this for 21 days, only £13 to buy
http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvd.html
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Or
http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.ph...&manufactor=33

Re: Laptop DVD - region free?
 

I'll have a look thanks :)

Re: Laptop DVD - region free?
 

i use the RPC1.org firmware on my drive, exactly the same make/model :)

works like a treat

Re: Laptop DVD - region free?
 

Cool, always good to get feedback, at least Dilli will know who to ask details from before he tries it lol

Re: Laptop DVD - region free?
 

Also, for those that are wary of messing with firmware, here is a freeware region tool: http://www.dvdidle.com/download.htm?s=region

Re: Laptop DVD - region free?
 

Thanks all, I've got AnyDVD installed now and it seems to be working just fine.

I'm not sure about updating the firmware on my drive, but I'll look into that a bit more.

Thanks again :)

edit - it even skips all the copyright stuff, nice.....

Re: Laptop DVD - region free?
 

I use DVD Region + CSS Free, it allows me more control, like the ability to disable macrovision etc.

There is still no substitute for RPC1 firmware though, and The Dangerous Brothers do an excellent job of providing it. Just remember that XP also has a region lock in it, so something like DVD Region or AnyDVD will be needed to give you full compatibility

Re: Laptop DVD - region free?
 

AFAIK, "DVD Region & CSS Free" (used to be called "DVD Region Free") isn't freeware.


It *is* very good though :)

Re: Laptop DVD - region free?
 

I'm still using anydvd. I watched a couple of american dvd's at work today without problems :)

Re: Laptop DVD - region free?
 

Long time since I used it, it was definately freeware during the early releases... oh well, good software is worth paying for IMO.

Re: Laptop DVD - region free?
 

You COULD always backup your DVDs (assuming they are not copyrighted that is) using a tool such as DVD Shrink which will remove the region protection for you...

*Please note that I do not advocate or suggest the use of this freeware tool for DVD backup creation to copy any copyrighted works as this would not be a legal use of the tool. DVD Region protection is there so that the relevant country's governments can skim off a nice little profit for themselves in the form of sales tax and we shouldn't interfere with that. *