Most (well most that I know) DVD players are actually multi region
players. BUT they hide it way, no menu or direct access and usually
different from manufacturer to manufacturer and even model to model.
For example
mine is changed by turning the unit off and then holding down the
numeric key on the remote for several seconds when you turn the unit
back on
my parent's is changed by holding down the numeric keypad on the
remote that corresponds to the region as you press the eject /close
button on the front of the player.
One of my sisters you put it in to standby and hold down the numeric
key on the remote as you take then press the standby/wake button on
the remote.
another sister's one (one of the DVD+VHS models) you hold down the
channel select button on the face when you power it up and then
select the region from a on screen menu.
if you know what model they have you should be able to google for its
multi region key combo.
alternatively use something like "Mac The Ripper"
(http://www.mactheripper.org/ )on your mac to strip the region coding
out, you can also use this to remove UOP's (The user operation
prohibition ) (where you can't forward through the opening pre menu
items) but be careful as I turned a few burnt disks in to drink
coasters where they wouldn't play in component DVD players (even
though they would play in my mac OK) when I turned off some of the
UOP.
I recently bought DVDs to send as presents to UK and I now find that
they can't be played outside Australia. I gather this is old news,
but is there any software that would let my copy DVDs and change
the region code?.
I looked for something called "Shrink" but this seems to be only for
microsoft systems.
I'm not normally into copying things, but this is different - I'd
have been happy to pay for things my friends can use.
Dick Anderson
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