[ltp] Re: FYI -- New ThinkPad T22 model for Linux includes DVD movie playback

[Crispin Cowan]

Alan Shutko wrote:

> Vivek Dasmohapatra <vivek@etla.org> writes:
>
> > One question: Does this software respect zoning? What happens to those of
> > us outside zone 1 [or whichever zone the US is in]?
>
> The hardware respects regions, unless you've located and installed a
> version of the firmware which doesn't.

Does that mean that the LinDVD player is actually using the hardware, and not
playing in software?  If so, then there may be hope for older machines like my
770Z (which didn't seem old yesterday :-) as this means one doesn't need a
super-hot CPU to play DVDs.  On the other hand, if my hardware is different
than the A-series, then I'm likely screwed.

Crispin

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