[ltp] Re: DVD region

[D. Sen]

Looks like there are problems playing DVDs from all regions with these 
drives.

Various discussions can be found by typing in "UJ-812" in the search 
field at:

http://forum.rpc1.org/search.php

DS

Mo wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 February 2005 02:00, D. Sen wrote:
> 
>>About to travel overseas. Whats the latest status on playing DVDs from
>>different regions? (I am taking the T42p with a MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ-812)
>>DVD player
>>
>>Is it still possible to set the region to 0 by a firmware upgrade on
>>these things such that they play all regions?
> 
> 
> 
> On my R50e I never set a DVD region and it seems to play any DVD without 
> changing the region. I watched several German and a few Chinese DVDs with 
> xine without any problems.
> 
> The homepage of libdvdcss says:
> "Unlike most similar projects, libdvdcss  doesn't require the region of your 
> drive to be set."
> 
> Cheers,
> Mo

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