Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes. The prove is in my Mac Powerbook which I shuttle around crossing the Pacific fromm U.S. to Asia quite often. Everytime I want to view DVDs from different regions, the software prompt me for a change. But then it also warns me whether I definitively want to do that because it only allow 5 changes between regions and then the entire DVD locks up. My gripe is why build a Powerbook enabling portability and yet put in the firewall of copywrighting making the end-user suffer like crazy. - --- Joseph Yao <joseph@yao.com> wrote: > There are six regional codes in all. US/North > America is 'Region 1', > whereas we in Hong Kong are 'Region 3'. In > practice, all DVD players sold > here play discs from all regions - a simple software > 'upgrade' is performed > at the time of sale by the retailer. > > Joseph > > > on 23/4/02 10:03 PM, Don Dory at > dorysrus@mindspring.com wrote: > > > For those in different countries the US DVD won't > work as the world was > > divided up into four? regions of incompatible > code. It would be cheaper to > > buy the VHS tape and pay to transfer it to PAL or > SECAM as required. > > > > Don > > dorysrus@mindspring.com > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html