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Posted by Ken on 04/01/06 03:43
Stan Brown wrote:
> 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.
>
My thanks to Stan and other respondents to my post. I have found a free
product called DVD43 (version 3.7.0) which has worked a treat!
Thanks - Ken
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