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    can the dvd drives be region unlocked?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by GLO, Sep 1, 2006.

  1. GLO

    GLO Notebook Enthusiast

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    im looking for a new portable laptop, like the w7j, and recall a while ago reading that most laptop drives come from only few suppliers. ??what i want to find out is, what is the model used in the w7j and can it be region unlocked?(by fw upgrade)
     
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  2. Wizard Of Oz

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    I've been wondering about this one as well. The manual that came with my notebook says that I will be asked when I play a DVD about which region I want but I tried playing Spiderman the other day to see what movies would play like and I wasn't asked anything about regions.
    Maybe I'll get asked when I try to play a DVD from another region or maybe I wasn't asked because I used a player (Jetaudio) other than the ASUS dvd software that came with the notebook.
     
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  3. Wizard Of Oz

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    whoops, forgot to mention, i don't have the w7j but I imagine the DVD parts won't be too dissimilar.
    I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong though
     
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    I think that only the DVDs have region encoding which can be removed with certain dvd ripping programs. (e.g. AnyDVD, DVDdecrypter...).

    However, I'm n00bie when it comes to the hardware aspects...
     
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    I'm sure all dvd's play on "computer". Well been using PowerDVD for ages and never had a regional problem on any computer. I have tons of Asian DVD's.
     
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    It all depends what drive you have. If you have a TSST drive then you can fool it with DVD region killer etc.... but if you have a matsh!ta then you cant. They just change the region for you without asking! and cant be fooled :(


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    Insane, Sep 2, 2006
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