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Old 08-03-2004, 18:19   #1
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Region Free DVD drive?
A while ago, I think I can remember www.overclockers.co.uk offering DVD ROM drives with a region free modification for a fiver but I can't find any details of it anymore.

Is it possible to modify a drive myself by using special software that runs in the system tray?
Ideally, I just want to be able to put a disk in and use Media Player 9 to watch US DVDs without having to use another player program.

Or, does anyone know of any online hardware shop like OCUK that will sell me a region 1 or region free DVD ROM?
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Re: Region Free DVD drive?
First look here for software solutions under 'Region Free'...http://www.doom9.org/ or look around here ...www.rpc1.com for firmware upgrades to make a drive region free, carefull though, doing an unauthorised firmware upgrades probably invalidates any warranty.
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Re: Region Free DVD drive?
If you buy a drive with a firmware upgrade at rpc1 you should be ok. I would also recommend you get AnyDVD, which will sit in your system tray.
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Re: Region Free DVD drive?
Problem solved: http://www.sharereactor.com/release.php?id=6951
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Old 08-03-2004, 18:57   #5
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If you buy a drive with a firmware upgrade at rpc1 you should be ok. I would also recommend you get AnyDVD, which will sit in your system tray.
one caveat to that, in my experience later versions of the ATI MMC DVD player (v8.1 in my case) don't seem to like RPC1 drives. To cure the problem I use 'DVDidle Pro' (which is the 'full' version of the 'DVD Region Free' that Richard M has found).

Only a problem with playing DVD via an ATI card, though, AFAIK.
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