Region Free

[nathanbusby]

Ok,
so I am sure this is out there somewhere but can't find it.
I have that age old problem in that I own many different region DVD's.
I want to be able to play them on my MBP.
Mostly I own region 1 and 2. I know we can change the region 4 times but need to be able to region free the DVD drive.

When I was a windows dinosour, I used region free with no problems.
is there some 3rd party software out there to get around the region coding??


Macbook Pro 15"
100GB @7200rpm
2GB ram

60GB ipod Video

 

[theBB]

It was easy with the old RPC1 type of drives, now they usually come out RPC2. Region coding is now embedded in the hardware, so your only salvation is installing a hacked firmware. A bit scary for me. I'd rather buy a cheap region free external drive.


Edit: On second thought, maybe this external drive is not such an easy solution, either. Out of curiosity, I just checked Newegg and Amazon for region free external DVD drives with USB interface. So far, nothing promising. Does anyone know any such product?

 

[wrc fan]

See my post in this thread. In regards to flashing drives, I have flashed many of them on PCs and never had a problem. So if you really need a RPC1 drive, I'd say get one that you know you can flash, stick it in a PC to flash it, and then get a FireWire enclosure.