G greatdevourer macrumors 68000 Original poster Aug 5, 2005 1,996 0 Nov 4, 2007 #1 Is it? Done some googling and wikiing, have only found stuff about the HDDVD drive, but is the good ol' DVD9 drive region free as well?
Is it? Done some googling and wikiing, have only found stuff about the HDDVD drive, but is the good ol' DVD9 drive region free as well?
gkarris macrumors G3 Dec 31, 2004 8,301 1,061 "No escape from Reality...” Nov 4, 2007 #2 No, the DVD part is region encoded. HD DVD's have no region...
MRU macrumors Penryn Aug 23, 2005 25,370 8,952 a better place Nov 4, 2007 #3 ^ yep as you say. However technically the DVD part is region less but the player and 360 are encoded to that region. Hence when you plug the HD-DVD into tiger, and put a DVD inside, it asks what do you want to set the region too ?
^ yep as you say. However technically the DVD part is region less but the player and 360 are encoded to that region. Hence when you plug the HD-DVD into tiger, and put a DVD inside, it asks what do you want to set the region too ?
G greatdevourer macrumors 68000 Original poster Aug 5, 2005 1,996 0 Nov 4, 2007 #4 Ah, pity... Anyone know if the alternative drive firmware has any effect? (probably not, just checking in case)
Ah, pity... Anyone know if the alternative drive firmware has any effect? (probably not, just checking in case)