DVD locked after Firmware update

ezekielrage_99

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I just updated this via the Software Update on my early 2008 MBP now my DVD is locked to region 1 and I can't change it.... Yes I know that you can change it only 5 times but I only ever had it set to Region 4 thus only ever changed once when the first DVD was put into the system...

I was wondering if anyone has experienced this of if there's a way to fix this issue because I now can't watch/rip any of my DVDs. I've tried XRegion but it doesn't seem to work...

 

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The General

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Use VLC to play DVDs of any region.

 

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kuctonkucton201

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The General said:

Use VLC to play DVDs of any region.

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Does that work??

 

ezekielrage_99

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The General said:

Use VLC to play DVDs of any region.

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Doesn't work.. Tried that one as well...

 

lucifiel

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• Oct 11, 2010

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since you paid for the DVD, just pirate a copy of the relevant movie.

 

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The General

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ezekielrage_99 said:

Doesn't work.. Tried that one as well...

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Weird. It used to work.

 

alphaod

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If it used to work, get it fixed by Apple even if it's out of warranty. Complain a lot.

 

ezekielrage_99

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alphaod said:

If it used to work, get it fixed by Apple even if it's out of warranty. Complain a lot.

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That sounds like a pretty good idea, I might try it tonight

 

mulo

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• Oct 12, 2010

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The General said:

Weird. It used to work.

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It still does, on older machines.
On newer machines the drives are hardware limited, so that you can no longer access the data around the drive firmware.

 

ezekielrage_99

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mulo said:

It still does, on older machines.
On newer machines the drives are hardware limited, so that you can no longer access the data around the drive firmware.

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That makes sense because on my old G4 Region X worked, this one I get a message about the drive being locked due to the firmware...

Although a bit off topic I don't understand why DVD drives on computers are locked to region while 99% of all home players and portable players now are region free...