Posted by Thomas G. Marshall on 07/26/07 19:13

"Spurious Response" <SpuriousResponse@cleansignal.org> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:10:28 -0500, "John Carrier" <jxc2@comcast.net>
> wrote:

....[rip]...

>>Yep, its the DVD itself that prevents you from the full viewing of the FBI
>>warning and similar garbage before it will allow navigation to the menu.
>>I
>>doubt most players have the ability to override this function.
>>
>>R / John
>
>
> Such a unit cannot even be legally marketed with the DVD logo on it.
>
> I am quite sure that someone would be able to hack the firmware to
> ignore the flags included on each title, however.

....[rip]...

I'm wondering if we wouldn't someday see a 2nd tier manufacturer (say deep
within korea) market a non-dvd dvd compatible player with such abilities...

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