Playing DVDs on my PC

[ríomhaire]

I do it alot. But I have a question: Do regions matter? I want to buy Invader Zim DVDs but I can only find them in region 1 and if I buy them and then can't play them I'll have to kill myself.

 

[Stigmata]

AFAIK regions only have to do with standalone DVD players that connect to your TV, not with desktop PCs.

 

[Asus]

Some DVD drives are set to a region others can be unlocked. Check your drive model online. If it is set to a region there might be firmware update to unlock it. I believe software like AnyDVD also lets you play DVDs of any region.

 

[Shasta]

AFAIK regions only have to do with standalone DVD players that connect to your TV, not with desktop PCs.

No. Regions affect PC DVD drives as well. Right-click on your drive in My Computer, click properties, hardware, select the drive, properties, DVD region. It will show you what region it is set to, and how many times left you can change it. You usually are allowed to change the region code 5 times only, unless you find some special firmware to flash the drive with.

The region codes are just a sad attempt to try and control what countries are allowed to see what movies and when. Another way to try and take choices away from people.

Try software that gets around the region settings, or use DVD decrypter (if you own the disk) and set it to burn the disk onto your HDD, and remove the region settings (and how you can't skip past the stupid studio advertising while you're at it) and then burn it back onto a blank disk. You won't lose any quality, as you are not re-encoding.

 

[Mesz]

try visiting http://www.codejunkies.com they tend to make stuff that allows you to play dvds/games in any region. I have FreeLoader for my Gamecube, works perfectly.

 

[Shasta]

try visiting http://www.codejunkies.com they tend to make stuff that allows you to play dvds/games in any region. I have FreeLoader for my Gamecube, works perfectly.

Where exactly is anything to do with a PC's DVD region on that site? All I see are game cheat codes for PS2's, Xbox's and Nintendo's etc. And a bunch of crap like action replay they want you to buy...

 

[ríomhaire]

No. Regions affect PC DVD drives as well. Right-click on your drive in My Computer, click properties, hardware, select the drive, properties, DVD region. It will show you what region it is set to, and how many times left you can change it. You usually are allowed to change the region code 5 times only, unless you find some special firmware to flash the drive with.

The region codes are just a sad attempt to try and control what countries are allowed to see what movies and when. Another way to try and take choices away from people.

Try software that gets around the region settings, or use DVD decrypter (if you own the disk) and set it to burn the disk onto your HDD, and remove the region settings (and how you can't skip past the stupid studio advertising while you're at it) and then burn it back onto a blank disk. You won't lose any quality, as you are not re-encoding.

Seems I can change it only 4 times. Interesting. Thanks