Cd / DVd Drive Multizone

[ian]

I have a Samsung CD / DVD drive which is set to Zone 4 for DVD reading. I
can see in the device properties I can change this to any zone I wish up to
5 times after this it becomes locked and it says I would have to remove the
drive and send it to Samsung to be unlocked. Is there any way I can make
this Multizone with out the stress with Samsung? I am running Xp Pro...

Ian

 

[Josiah Jenkins]

I have a Samsung CD / DVD drive which is set to Zone 4 for DVD reading. I
can see in the device properties I can change this to any zone I wish up to
5 times after this it becomes locked and it says I would have to remove the
drive and send it to Samsung to be unlocked. Is there any way I can make
this Multizone with out the stress with Samsung? I am running Xp Pro...

Search on Google for "DVD region hack" !
Some players are software encoded (which often can be "broken"),
others need a small program which resets the options to "5 changes".
Depends on make and model.

Just for the record, I don't normally subscribe to the "hacking and
cracking" school of thought but I strongly object to a hardware
manufacturer restricting the playing of legally purchased DVDs.

-- JJ

 

[Susan Bugher]

Search on Google for "DVD region hack" !
Some players are software encoded (which often can be "broken"),
others need a small program which resets the options to "5 changes".
Depends on make and model.

Just for the record, I don't normally subscribe to the "hacking and
cracking" school of thought but I strongly object to a hardware
manufacturer restricting the playing of legally purchased DVDs.

Perhaps: DVD Region Killer

No longer on the author's site (Elaborate Bytes) - LFW version 2.7.0.2,
December 4 2002

Some info (v 2.5.0.2) here:

http://www.softpedia.com/public/cat/3/7/3-7-18.shtml

Info and pointer to v 2.7.0.2 DL here:

http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=485

DL (184 KB):

http://212.162.49.204/downloads/311...9c43ce-C-6001f09095588f27949e2b15a140eb8a.exe

Susan

 

[Henry The Mole]

Hello, Susan!
You wrote on Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:16:33 -0400:

DL (184 KB):

Susan

Or here:
http://digilander.libero.it/rareware/SetupRegKill.zip

Best regards.

 

[Susan Bugher]

Hello, Susan!
You wrote on Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:16:33 -0400:



Or here:
http://digilander.libero.it/rareware/SetupRegKill.zip

Much better! Thank you *again*.

Susan

 

[Henry The Mole]

Hello, Susan!
You wrote on Mon, 26 Apr 2004 11:18:11 -0400:

??>> Or here:
??>> http://digilander.libero.it/rareware/SetupRegKill.zip

Much better! Thank you *again*.

You are always welcome, Susan...

Kindly regards.

 

[ian]

Will this reset the amount of times I have changed the DVD zone on the DVD
player? I would hate to try it a few times and end up having to buy a whole
new one.....

 

[Josiah Jenkins]

Will this reset the amount of times I have changed the DVD zone on the DVD
player? I would hate to try it a few times and end up having to buy a whole
new one.....

Realistically, how often are you likely to need to change the region ?

The hack I have for my old T21 Thinkpad, I forget what make of DVD it
is, resets the number of choices to "5" from whatever is showing prior
to running the program. I think I've only used it twice in 3 years.

You'll need to make sure that any program you use is suitable for the
Make and Model of your DVD player or risk locking everything up !!

 

[Matt]

Perhaps: DVD Region Killer

No longer on the author's site (Elaborate Bytes) - LFW version 2.7.0.2,
December 4 2002

Some info (v 2.5.0.2) here:

http://www.softpedia.com/public/cat/3/7/3-7-18.shtml

Info and pointer to v 2.7.0.2 DL here:

http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=485

DL (184 KB):

http://212.162.49.204/downloads/311...9c43ce-C-6001f09095588f27949e2b15a140eb8a.exe

Region killer is only useful if the drive can be hacked to RPC1
(unprotected), to prevent software region control from taking over.

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_result.php?kaj=1&isces - See Samsung there,
some drives are hackable to RPC1, some are not.

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_rippers/dvd43.cfm
Or this.. region-free on an RPC2 drive - not as easy as the $-ware,
and some mixed results.

You pays your money (or NOT), and takes your choice - if it works for
you, it saves the risky firmware updates.