Macs have this "feature". VLC (http://www.videolan.org/) plays DVDs, ignores the region code and runs on Windows. Some people out there also seem to be replacing the firmware on their DVD drives with a patched version that makes the drive ignore region codes.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Bob Scofield <[email protected]> wrote: > My son has spent a lot of time in New Zealand the last few years, and is > getting ready to go back. His laptop is a Toshiba purchased in the U.S. > When he rents DVD's in New Zealand, Windows Media Player warns him that the > DVD he is about to play was made to be played in a different part of the > world. (I.e., Windows is telling him that his computer distributed in the > U.S. is about to play a DVD distributed in New Zealand.) > > Windows then gives him a chance to change the DVD type on his computer so that > he can play the New Zealand DVD. But there's a catch. > > The catch is that he is only allowed to change the DVD type so many times. > After the limit is reached his computer will be frozen so that he can only > play one type. Thus as strange as it sounds, he may end up in California > with a computer that can only play DVD's distributed in the New Zealand, > Australia, et. al. area. > > He says he downloaded a program that would play DVDs with no DRM hassle. But > that program messed up his computer. > > So the question is: Can anyone recommend DVD playing software that runs on > Windows 7, and that will play DVD's without freezing a computer to one type > of DVD? > > (It certainly seems to me that world travelers who can't break from Windows > ought to be dual booting. Do Mac's have this problem?) > > Thank you. > > Bob > > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
