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Peter File
from the future!!! Ooooh chase me! on 2002-03-09 15:36 [#00118787]
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When I first bought my new computer a few months ago, I could play any region DVDs using PowerDVD. Now, and I bet one of Windows XP's updates has something to do with this, it tells me to select a region and says I can only change it two more times.
Does anyone know how I can stop this happening? I don't want to commit myself to one region, I'm just not that kind of man!
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Zombiekev
from Ardmore (United States) on 2002-03-09 15:40 [#00118788]
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it sucks to begin with that they put regions on dvds. they are fucking up my experience of good films. they did the same shit to vhs. ntsc and pal.
its bullshit.
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2002-03-09 16:04 [#00118796]
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REVOLUTION!!!
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xlr
from Boston (United States) on 2002-03-09 16:12 [#00118798]
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You could get a multi-region dvd player. They're easy to find outside the united states.
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Peter File
from the future!!! Ooooh chase me! on 2002-03-09 16:23 [#00118802]
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Thanks for the suggestion, but I really don't want to spend any more money right now!
I tried DVD Genie, a region-hacking program, but that didn't work.
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Laserbeak
from Netherlands, The on 2002-03-09 17:03 [#00118825]
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There's probably something on http://dvd.box.sk that might help...
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pachi
from yo momma (United States) on 2002-03-09 17:12 [#00118830]
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good call Marlowe
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2002-03-09 17:25 [#00118841]
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there's always a reason for a REVOLUTION!!!
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jand
from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-09 17:32 [#00118844]
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I'm sure theres a registry entry that controls this Region lark....will try and dig out some details and let you know...
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jand
from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-09 20:24 [#00118954]
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Why no go with one of the better FREE Dvdplaters... see http://www.softlandmark.com/DVDPlayers.htm ... a number of those will ignore regions...
OR....
have a look at these pages....they might help...
http://www.elby.org/RegionKiller/english/index.htm
href="http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/dvdrk.htm l">http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/dvdrk.html ....
href="http://www.bestdownload.com/programs.asp?dcat=Video&d etail=513">http://www.bestdownload.com/programs.asp?dcat=Vi ....
or is there anyway to uninstall POWERDVD and resinstall you orginal working version.?...again, worth a try....
Let us know how you get on & I';; have words with some tech guys and see what we can come up with....will need details of DVD / Disc & Ver of XP .... e me if the above don't help...
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D-Hex
from Blue Springs Missouri (United States) on 2002-03-09 20:26 [#00118957]
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Uhh what do you mean by region?
Im very baffled as to what is going on here?
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aneurySm
from Ypsilanti (United States) on 2002-03-09 20:28 [#00118959]
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hey D-Hex did u get the zombie from Langel 8bit land?
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jand
from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-09 23:18 [#00119244]
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Every DVD code has a region code (i.e. the countires where it can be viewed)...theres one for US, another for Europe, another for Japan etc.....
This is so Movie Companies have some control over when & where things get released.....i.e. US gets DVDs well before UK (in a similar way to films)....
DVD players will only play 1 region...(altho some allow you do bybass the rebion setting altogther)....
Blame the MPAA....
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Resident Evil
from heat some coffee, mmm, mmm (Australia) on 2002-03-10 13:40 [#00119728]
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jand your spinning picture thingy is so damn relaxing... ahhhhh.... :)
I so hate region lock out, gotta get a DVD player that's multi-region.
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