On Monday 18 December 2006 10:48, Vihan Pandey wrote: > > Speaking of which my latest Sony DVD writer has a region setting > > which can be reprogrammed 5 times. After which it will stay stuck > > on the 5th. Now u have the possibilty of bricking your hardware > > (particularly with closed drivers) or purchasing your content > > from the last region. > > Is it a hardware level lock? This REALLY stinks.
Not sure. U can reflash the cdrom bios, but dont know if it will reset the region counter. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

