Laptop DVD - region free?

[dilli-theclaw]

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

[Paul K]

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

[dilli-theclaw]

Originally Posted by Paul

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

I'll have a look thanks

[Dave Stones]

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

works like a treat

[Paul K]

Originally Posted by Dave Stones

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

works like a treat

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

[Jon M]

Originally Posted by Paul

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

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

[dilli-theclaw]

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.....

[Lord Nikon]

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

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by Jon M

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

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


It *is* very good though

[dilli-theclaw]

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

[Jon M]

Originally Posted by Matt D

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


It *is* very good though

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

[Lord Nikon]

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. *