Posted by Niall Leonard on 09/07/05 13:55

On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 14:40:41 +0100, "Atropos"
<davewhite122000@spamnoyahoo.com> wrote:

>> You need to do two things: flash the DVD drive firmware so that it
>> becomes region-free, and install a program like Region Killer that
>> will fool XP's region-enforcing software.
>>
>
>You don't need to do both. Just use AnyDVD or DVD Region Killer.
>
>This process runs in the background making the DVD drive think it's region
>free.
>
Region Killer will not work without a region-free DVD drive, which
usually means flashing the firmware.

AnyDVD costs $39, as does DVD Region+CSS Free. I did sort of mention
these paid-for region killers when I said

>"This page also carries details of a program you can buy that will sort all yor problems for $30"

but I can see it would have been easy to miss.

The idea of paying for DVD playback still annoys me though.

nl

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