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    Blu ray region free (HL-DT-ST DVDRWBD CA10N)

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by BlueChan, Sep 11, 2010.

  1. BlueChan

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    Has anyone got info on making the Studio XPS 16 Blu Ray drive region free?
     
    BlueChan, Sep 11, 2010
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    Reserved... For the solution if there is one...
     
    BlueChan, Sep 11, 2010
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    Isn't bluray automatically region free? Or does that apply to ps3 games only? I don't have too much experience with bluray, but I used to know a trick to continuously change the region code of my dvd drive.
     
    anodize, Sep 11, 2010
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    If it is like DVD, then you can only change it 5 times.
    With DVD and probably blu-ray, you can get some media players which will play the video regardless of the region set on the PC.
     
    peterf, Sep 11, 2010
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    i think our hardware can play any region disc but our software will not allow that. there are software out there that can circumvent this.
     
    cccplus, Sep 11, 2010
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    isn't VLC region free?
     
    daver160, Sep 11, 2010
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    Blu ray = Region Free.
     
    Brendanmurphy, Sep 11, 2010
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  8. anodize

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    Thought so! Because I've been playing JP games on my ps3. :)
     
    anodize, Sep 12, 2010
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    This isn't entirely true. There are three region codes for Blu-ray: Region A, Region B, & Region C. PS3 games are not locked for a specific region, so this is why they are region free; the PS3 system is still region coded though. As for movies, most are region coded. However, unlike DVD region codes, Blu-ray region codes are verified only by the player software, not by the optical drive's firmware.
     
    codester, Sep 12, 2010
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  10. kezuk12

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    Yep. Blu ray is region free for your PS3 games, but not for other blu rays!
     
    kezuk12, Sep 12, 2010
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  11. michael_recycled

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    Hi,

    if you have a copy of the firmware on your HDD (perhaps downloaded from Dell), you may try if you can modify it with MediaCodeSpeedEdit tool for DVD-Writers

    RPC Autoreset is btw better than RPC1 :D

    Michael
     
    michael_recycled, Sep 12, 2010
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  12. E.D.U.

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    Codester is correct. There are still region-locked blu-ray movies released (A,B,C). What I usually do is that before I buy a blu-ray movie I check this SITE and find the movie that I'm interested in. Then on the movie's profile page it indicates under "Playback" (from reviewer's and commenter's tests) whether the blu-ray is region free or region locked. I know VLC player bypasses the region lock for DVDs but I don't even know if it plays Blu-rays (too lazy to test...but I'll try it out later).
     
    E.D.U., Sep 12, 2010
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  13. DDT5

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    Indeed, some blu-rays do have region-lock. I personally use AnyDVD HD to unlock blu-rays. Works with DVDs as well. It is pretty expensive, but worth every penny IMO.
     
    DDT5, Sep 14, 2010
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