Region hacks_DVD players

[frailer]

Our old Samsung DVD/VHS player died. Got one from local eBay; nice little Sony (DVP-NS300)... $16. Remote, manual, in good shape, working well. Have a few Region 2 disks I'd like to play from time to time. Not fully tested yet but pretty sure it's Region 4 only (OZ, Sth America, etc).
Anyone know of any particular site/hacks for a straightforward hack to go all-region? Been surfing on it, just won't get back to it until tonight, here.

[Joe]

Get your reading glasses on...

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks/sony-dvp-ns300/630

[frailer]

Thanks, not a bad site, Joe. Missed it in my trawling. may give the below a go tonight... I'll get there.   :laugh:

[gnubler]

Don't some players only let you change the region so many times before it's disallowed? Or is that old news?

I RIP DVDs into other formats so I don't have to fuss with shit like that.

[Joe]

Don't some players only let you change the region so many times before it's disallowed? Or is that old news?

I RIP DVDs into other formats so I don't have to fuss with shit like that.

The hack lets you view all region codes so there is never a need to change it again. I think they have about done away with region codes for blue-ray disks but DVD players still have them. I just got a blue-ray player and it says it will play DVD's of all region codes...right out of the box.

[frailer]

One of the greatest restrictive trade scams of all time. I think I may be better off going new/discount/all regions. Got a whiff of head-banging to it, this hack stuff.
But I'll give it a go, for a bit...

[Joe]

Don't some players only let you change the region so many times before it's disallowed? Or is that old news?

I RIP DVDs into other formats so I don't have to fuss with shit like that.

The hack lets you view all region codes so there is never a need to change it again. I think they have about done away with region codes for blu-ray disks but DVD players still have them. I just got a blu-ray player and it says it will play DVD's of all region codes...right out of the box.

I think I misread what my blu-ray player said...it is more like this.

Region codes

Regions for the Blu-ray standard:[112]
  A/1: The Americas (except Greenland), and their dependencies, East Asia (except mainland China and Mongolia), and Southeast Asia.
  B/2: Africa, Middle East, Southwest Asia, Europe (except Belarus, Russia and Ukraine), Australia, New Zealand, and their dependencies.
  C/3: Central Asia, East Asia (mainland China and Mongolia only), South Asia, Eastern Europe (Belarus, Russia and Ukraine only), and their dependencies.

As with the implementation of region codes for DVDs, Blu-ray Disc players sold in a specific geographical region are designed to play only discs authorized by the content provider for that region. This is intended to permit content providers (motion picture studios, etc.) the ability to support product differences in content, price, release date, etc., by region. According to the Blu-ray Disc Association, "all Blu-ray Disc players...(and) Blu-ray Disc-equipped computer systems are required to support regional coding." However, "Use of region playback codes is optional for content providers..."[113] Some current estimates suggest 70% of available [movie] Blu-ray Discs from the major studios are region-code-free and can therefore be played on any Blu-ray Disc player, in any region.[114]

Movie studios have different region coding policies. Among major U.S. studios, Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios have released all of their titles region-free.[115][116] Sony Pictures and Warner Bros. have released most of their titles region-free.[117][118][119] Lionsgate and Walt Disney Pictures have released a mix of region-free and region-coded titles.[120][121] 20th Century Fox and MGM have released most of their titles region-coded.[122][123]

The Blu-ray Disc region coding scheme divides the world into 3 regions, labeled A, B, and C.

    Region A includes most North, Central and South American and Southeast Asian countries plus the Republic of China (Taiwan), Japan, Hong Kong, Macau and Korea.
    Region B includes most European, African and southwest Asian countries plus Australia and New Zealand.
    Region C contains the remaining central and south Asian countries, as well as the People's Republic of China and Russia.

In circumvention of region coding restrictions, stand-alone Blu-ray Disc players are sometimes modified by third parties to allow for playback of Blu-ray Discs (and DVDs) with any region code.[124] Instructions ('hacks') describing how to reset the Blu-ray region counter of computer player applications to make them multi-region indefinitely are also regularly posted to video enthusiast websites and forums. Unlike DVD region codes, Blu-ray region codes are verified only by the player software, not by the optical drive's firmware.

[frailer]

Rather than stemming the tide of piracy (tsunami?) all they do is make it less likely for legit punters to purchase online DVDs from other regions.      MGM. Me Got More. Disney-Schmismey

[Farabomb]

Yep, all the copyright protection in the world won't stop people from getting around it. Most hackers/crackers do it for no other reason than the challenge. The time spent getting around the code far outweighs the cost of going out and buying it. DRM ends up being more of a hassle for the legit end user than the hacker normally. Some games need an internet connection or you can't play them. I'd be real pissed after spending $50 and find out I can't play it if my connection is down/non-existent. Makes you wonder why you're spending money and getting a product that doesn't work when it's easier just to download a cracked version and not have issues.

[gnubler]

For a second I thought this thread was "Religion Hacks"  :laugh:

[DigiCorn]

www.afterdawn.com is also a very good site for dvd/blu-ray stuff