I moved back to the UK from Florida and bought my laptop with me. My question is can I change the region setting so that I can play UK DVD's. Its locked out to the US region at the momnet.
Cheers.
2007-02-22 02:26:43 · 4 answers · asked by Thornsey 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
I found this utility to work well (didn't change my hardware which only allows you to do so a very limited number of times): http://www.dvd43.com/
2007-02-22 02:32:54 · answer #1 · answered by bogus_dude 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All modern PC movie software and DVD drives have built-in DRM (Digital Rights Management)
You need to research the on-going battle between users (who seem to believe they are entitled to play anything they buy) and the major content providers (such as Sony) who actually own the material and believe they are entitled to control how/who can replay the movies for ever.
Typically you can change the Region 3 times on the DVD Drive (using a software utility) - after that it locks up.
Modified Micro-code is available for some drives that removes this limit.
All Software Players (except Open Source) also have built in DRM that prevents Region switching, however that is easier to overcome.
2007-02-25 19:05:51 · answer #2 · answered by Steve B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I dont believe you can change it as its the hardware so if you got a disc drive from the uk then probably you could but otherwise I think its nearly impossible.
2007-02-22 03:53:49 · answer #3 · answered by sbraidley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yer you could, receive a software which will chang the area for you, or a area loose participant, or on some gamers like residing house windows media participant and Divx and powerdvd pass to settings and modify it there, thanks
2016-12-04 19:14:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋