Re: DVD Region Incorrect

Someone has changed Regions more than 4 itmes and it is now locked.
Cheapest option is to purchase a new DVD optical drive.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
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<here@now> wrote in message
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> This is actually a Windows 7 issue, but I cant find a group for that.
>
> I have DVD (totally Legal, Region 2), I have installed the RC on two
> computers. Both have their DVD drives set to Region 2
>
> On one computer, it plays fine with windows media player.
>
> One the other it say the system is set to Region 1, and wont play.
>
> WHY ??????
>
>

In article <>, "Cari \(MS-MVP\)" <> wrote:
>Someone has changed Regions more than 4 itmes and it is now locked.
>Cheapest option is to purchase a new DVD optical drive.


Why not just set it to region 0 (no region) to begin with ? Certainly works
for stand alone DVD recorders.

That's not an option in PC optical DVD drives, external or internal. But
yes, works brilliantly for standalone players.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows


"Bruce Sinclair" < > wrote
in message news:4a6fa969$0$1052$ ...
> In article <>, "Cari \(MS-MVP\)"
> <> wrote:
>>Someone has changed Regions more than 4 itmes and it is now locked.
>>Cheapest option is to purchase a new DVD optical drive.
>
>
> Why not just set it to region 0 (no region) to begin with ? Certainly
> works
> for stand alone DVD recorders.
>

In article <>, "Cari \(MS-MVP\)" <> wrote:
>That's not an option in PC optical DVD drives, external or internal. But
>yes, works brilliantly for standalone players.

Um ... given that the drives are made by one or 2 large companies for both
the standalone and computer market ... why is it not an option for DVD
drives in computers ? Seems to me that it ought to be a simple setting on
the drive itself or the controller board. Worst case it's a ROM flash ...
isn't it ? I guess what I'm asking here is ... why would this be hard ?

My DVD drive in my Vista Home Premium 64 computer has the region set as "not
selected" and it works perfectly. In the write-up in the Device Manager says
that I have 5 choices remaining.

Ron

"Cari (MS-MVP)" <> wrote in message
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> That's not an option in PC optical DVD drives, external or internal. But
> yes, works brilliantly for standalone players.
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>
>
> "Bruce Sinclair" < > wrote
> in message news:4a6fa969$0$1052$ ...
>> In article <>, "Cari \(MS-MVP\)"
>> <> wrote:
>>>Someone has changed Regions more than 4 itmes and it is now locked.
>>>Cheapest option is to purchase a new DVD optical drive.
>>
>>
>> Why not just set it to region 0 (no region) to begin with ? Certainly
>> works
>> for stand alone DVD recorders.
>>
>

<here@now> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:03:10 -0700, "Cari \(MS-MVP\)"
> <> wrote:
>
>>Someone has changed Regions more than 4 itmes and it is now locked.
>>Cheapest option is to purchase a new DVD optical drive.
>
>
> No they haven't.
>
> Its only me, and it says how many region changes are left.

Then change the region.
You should be able to set to region 0 for universal.

On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:30:12 -0400, Eric wrote:

> <here@now> wrote in message
> news:...
>> On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:03:10 -0700, "Cari \(MS-MVP\)"
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>>Someone has changed Regions more than 4 itmes and it is now locked.
>>>Cheapest option is to purchase a new DVD optical drive.
>>
>>
>> No they haven't.
>>
>> Its only me, and it says how many region changes are left.
>
> Then change the region.
> You should be able to set to region 0 for universal.

I don't believe that computer DVD drives have an option for all regions. My
current one doesn't, and none of my previous ones did.

Some cheap stand-alone players have such an option (or used to), and others
can be hacked to have that option. I have owned both kinds...

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"Gene E. Bloch" <not-> wrote in message
news:hd663j6mh1ig$.1pxvp8dbau21r$... .
> On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:30:12 -0400, Eric wrote:
>
>> <here@now> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:03:10 -0700, "Cari \(MS-MVP\)"
>>> <> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Someone has changed Regions more than 4 itmes and it is now locked.
>>>>Cheapest option is to purchase a new DVD optical drive.
>>>
>>>
>>> No they haven't.
>>>
>>> Its only me, and it says how many region changes are left.
>>
>> Then change the region.
>> You should be able to set to region 0 for universal.
>
> I don't believe that computer DVD drives have an option for all regions.
> My
> current one doesn't, and none of my previous ones did.
>
> Some cheap stand-alone players have such an option (or used to), and
> others
> can be hacked to have that option. I have owned both kinds...
>
> --
> Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom

My DVD player in my Vista machine plays my DVDs just fine. I checked
properties and it said "unassigned" for region.

On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 08:20:36 -0400, Eric wrote:

> "Gene E. Bloch" <not-> wrote in message
> news:hd663j6mh1ig$.1pxvp8dbau21r$... .
>> On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:30:12 -0400, Eric wrote:
>>
>>> <here@now> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:03:10 -0700, "Cari \(MS-MVP\)"
>>>> <> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Someone has changed Regions more than 4 itmes and it is now locked.
>>>>>Cheapest option is to purchase a new DVD optical drive.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No they haven't.
>>>>
>>>> Its only me, and it says how many region changes are left.
>>>
>>> Then change the region.
>>> You should be able to set to region 0 for universal.
>>
>> I don't believe that computer DVD drives have an option for all regions.
>> My
>> current one doesn't, and none of my previous ones did.
>>
>> Some cheap stand-alone players have such an option (or used to), and
>> others
>> can be hacked to have that option. I have owned both kinds...
>>
>> --
>> Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom
>
> My DVD player in my Vista machine plays my DVDs just fine. I checked
> properties and it said "unassigned" for region.

You either have better luck than I do (good karma, yes?) or you're running
some region faking software.

My DVD player on my other computer silently set itself to the wrong region,
because the first DVD I put in was from region 2 (I'm in region 1).

--
Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom

In article <17p5vl5jytr8v.17l0521ia8v1h$.>, "Gene E. Bloch" <not-> wrote:
>On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 08:20:36 -0400, Eric wrote:
>> "Gene E. Bloch" <not-> wrote in message
>> news:hd663j6mh1ig$.1pxvp8dbau21r$... .
>>> On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:30:12 -0400, Eric wrote:
>>>> <here@now> wrote in message
>>>> news:...
>>>>> On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:03:10 -0700, "Cari \(MS-MVP\)"
>>>>> <> wrote:
>>>>>>Someone has changed Regions more than 4 itmes and it is now locked.
>>>>>>Cheapest option is to purchase a new DVD optical drive.
>>>>> No they haven't.
>>>>> Its only me, and it says how many region changes are left.
>>>> Then change the region.
>>>> You should be able to set to region 0 for universal.
>>> I don't believe that computer DVD drives have an option for all regions.
>>> My
>>> current one doesn't, and none of my previous ones did.
>>> Some cheap stand-alone players have such an option (or used to), and
>>> others
>>> can be hacked to have that option. I have owned both kinds...
>> My DVD player in my Vista machine plays my DVDs just fine. I checked
>> properties and it said "unassigned" for region.
>You either have better luck than I do (good karma, yes?) or you're running
>some region faking software.
>My DVD player on my other computer silently set itself to the wrong region,
>because the first DVD I put in was from region 2 (I'm in region 1).

Ah, yes. Now that you mention it, IIRC DVD drives come region free (as they
don't know where they will be used ). I suspect (from one laptop install)
that vista insists on having a region assigned (though I didn't think it
made that assignment automatically or without asking the user). Once set, it
may be that it will not accept "0" (region free) as an option to change it
to. If true (anyone have more info on that ?) that would be ...
unfortunate.