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Posted by Stan Brown on 03/31/06 15:04
Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:54:52 +1000 from Ken <muffin@labyrinth.net.au>:
> I'm a movie buff (in Australia, which is Region 4) and get sent DVDs,
> including commercial ones, from friends around the world.
>
> But my new Acer laptop computer tells me that I must nominate just one
> Region for it to play DVDs from. (As a sop, I guess, it allows me 5
> initial plays from anywhere, but after that I must settle for whichever
> Region I finally select.)
Sounds like maybe it was done with the US market in mind. My Acer
laptop has the same restriction -- limit of 5 changes and then you're
"stuck like it". IIRC, this is a matter of US law for any equipment
manufactured after a certain date and sold here. Of course it was
done at the behest of the Hollywood industry.
> Can this unfair restriction be circumvented?
Yes, there are numerous software products.
"Region free" and "DVD software"
should be a good Google search, if someone doesn't reply in this
thread. (I've actually never played anything but Region 1, so the
getting around the restriction isn't a big priority for me.)
> Replies direct to my email address (<muffin@labyrinth.net.au>) are fine.
Fine with you, maybe, but they deprive others of the answers. It's
not just the current readers, but future folks searching the archives
who benefit from public answers.
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Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
DVD FAQ: http://dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html
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