[Year 12 IPM] OT - Region 1 DVDs

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Mark Kelly <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au> on Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:00:04 +1100 wrote:
> If you're buying a new DVD player, consider getting one that plays PAL & 
> NTSC, DVD+R and DVD-R, MP3 files and DivX files and also has an SD card 
> slot.
> 
> Mine is an LG model, it's it was pretty cheap too.
> 
> I can get 18 hours of Iron Chef onto a single-layer DVD - just the thing 
> during boring extras!
> 
> Oh, and spend 2 minutes to Google for the region hack.  You just enter a 
> magic number (humorously, it's 314159) with the remote control to 
> permanently make DVDs from all regions playable.  Bliss!
> 
> Nikita Dulics wrote:
> > If your Region 1 DVD won't play on your Region 4 Computer DVD drive you 
> > could try a software called "DVD Genie" to change your drive to Region 
> > Free. DVD Genie is a versatile region selector and tweak utility for 
> > various PC-DVD -players. Remember though that you can only change your 
> > drive's region 5 times. The last change will stay that way for ever. 
> > There is some info about it at;
> > http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_tools/dvd_genie.cfm
> > 
> > Good luck
> > 
> > Nikita Dulics
> > Stotts College
> > 43-53 Elizabeth St
> > Melbourne VIC 3000
> > ph. 9629 9966
> > 
> > */"Bricks J. Winzer" <sarcophagus13 at iprimus.com.au>/* wrote:
> > 
> >     It will play only on a so-called region-free player. I've seen a few
> >     players labelled as such which don't work with many (or any) foreign
> >     discs.
> > 
> >     Australia is Region 4 which corresponds to the PAL format down here;
> >     Region
> >     1 is the USA in NTSC.
> > 
> >     Computers with DVD drives can usually play other regions no problem,
> >     but it
> >     depends on the player software. My friend found that his player
> >     would only
> >     let him change the region a fixed number of times. Others find they can
> >     change it at will.
> > 
> >     B.J.
> > 
> >     Jill Renison wrote:
> >      > Greetings all
> >      > If I buy a DVD from Amazon that is coded Region 1, will I be able to
> >      > play it here? As far as I know it does not have the extra
> >     encoding (have
> >      > forgotten the name of the technology). It's /The Merchant of Venice/
> >      > with Al Pacino, which hasn't been released here as far as I know,
> >     but
> >      > would be really useful for Yr 10 English at our school.
> >      > Cheers
> >      > Jill
> > 
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> Mark Kelly
> Manager - Information Systems
> McKinnon Secondary College
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