Posted by Allan on 01/13/93 11:40

Does it allow for Region 9???

(That's Region Free)

9 Expansion (often used as region free)



On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:27:53 -0700, "Bratboy"
<DontBother@Takeallthisaway.tde.com> wrote:

>
>"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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