Posted by Bratboy on 01/13/73 11:40

"Michael Mason" <an956@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote in message
news:dte0mc$lrg$1@theodyn.ncf.ca...
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have an LG DVD-RW drive. A buddy of mine bought a DVD online that
> turned out to be from the UK. He asked me to copy it for him so he could
> watch it on his DVD player here in Canada.
>
> To my surprise, when I fired up DVD Shrink, it told me that it could read
> the disk if its region setting were changed... something that could only
> be done 4 more times.
>
> Why?
>
> What happens when it's 0 more times? Does it remain "stuck" in that
> region setting?
>
> Is it the program that manages this or does it "flick a switch" in the
> drive's firmware that keeps track of the changes? If so, is there
> something I can do to "reset the counter" if and when the need arises?
>
> I don't think that this is a long-term issue, but I want to make sure that
> if I do end up getting something on EBay or find something interesting on
> amazon.co.uk that isn't available in the US and I want to watch it on a
> NTSC DVD player, that I won't be crippling my equipment in the process.
>
> Thoughts? I can't seem to find anything on this subject using a
> traditional google search.
>
> THanks,
> Mike

Yes, if you dont use an app like AnyDVD most DVD drives allow 5 region
changes and when you get to the last change your stuck with that region.
Apps like AnyDVD and a few others can get around the limitation

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