topic Re: Playback DVD's US v Europe in PCs & Accessories

Playback DVD's US v Europe

SimonS — Mon, 08 Nov 2004 01:54:37 GMT

I have a Z series notebook and travel back and forth between the UK and the US. I want to be able to play back DVD's I have purchased in either country. I have been told that if I use a US DVD in my player then a UK one and then a US my player will flip to only playback US DVD's. My question, is this correct and if yes is there a solution so I can play DVD's from either region.

Re: Playback DVD's US v Europe

William — Mon, 08 Nov 2004 10:40:27 GMT

Normally I would recommend Region Free from www.dvdidle.com.

As a paying user I recently found that the latest release downloaded for my TR5MP does not work.

I believe you can download a trial version, If you can try before you buy.

William

Re: Playback DVD's US v Europe

kee-lo_ — Mon, 08 Nov 2004 16:05:51 GMT

Another thing I think you can do is use something like DVDDycriptor which will strip the region codes and let you play it off the hard disk.

Re: Playback DVD's US v Europe

robpaxton — Mon, 08 Nov 2004 17:30:45 GMT

Or try VLC which should allow you to play most region encoded DVDs

Re: Playback DVD's US v Europe

SimonS — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:27:54 GMT

Rob,

Thanks for the advice, apologies for the delay in responding but I have been heading back from the US and have been off line for several days.

I have been told that one solution could be to download a 'hack code' that effectively removes the region blocking capability. I am a novice at this so have no idea if that advice is good, bad or b******s?????

I would be interested if knew of this option and if there are any pitfalls to be aware of?

Thanks,

Simon

Re: Playback DVD's US v Europe

kee-lo_ — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:44:30 GMT

I would avoid the hack code.