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Posted by L David Matheny on 02/21/07 20:40
"Gene E. Bloch" <spamfree@nobody.invalid> wrote in message news:mn.92a87d7264ce7b6f.1980@nobody.invalid...
> On 2/18/2007, SA posted this:
> > I'm looking for a new DVD player. I mainly want one that can be hacked so I
> > can push Fast Forward or Menu any time. It really pisses me off when my DVD
> > player tells me I can't do what I want to do - like go right to the menu and
> > skip all the warnings and crap.
> >
> > Any recommendations on a good hackable DVD player and info on the hacks?
>
> Those things are programmed into the content, not the player.
>
> Some software used to rip and reburn the DVD on your computer lets you
> delete the restrictions from the files before copying to the new DVD.
>
But surely the DVD just tells the player what it wishes the player to allow.
If the player wants to allow you to go directly to the menu, surely it can.
With some units, pressing Stop to stop the DVD (after it has auto-played)
will get you out of the supposedly mandatory previews and other garbage.
Then press Menu to restart with the main menu.
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