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    Making blu-ray player/burner region free

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Synthesia, Dec 10, 2009.

  1. Synthesia

    Synthesia Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey guys,

    I got the Dell XPS 1645 with the Blu-ray Burner (in Europe). Does anybody know if this drive can be kept region free via some firmware update or so? I'm looking for a permanent fix and not the 5 changes that are permitted standard.

    Thanks guys,
     
    Synthesia, Dec 10, 2009
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  2. BrandonSi

    BrandonSi Notebook Savant

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    Depends on the drive. AnyDVD HD can allow you to watch any region BD, but if the drive has the region hard-coded for BD it may not work.

    They offer a free-trial, you could always see if it works for you.

    http://www.slysoft.com/en/download.html
     
    BrandonSi, Dec 10, 2009
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    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

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    Not all drives support this at a hardware level. If you watch a lot of foreign DVDs, I suggest you either get a region free DVD player or rip them to disk.
     
    surfasb, Dec 10, 2009
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    afhstingray Notebook Prophet

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    VLC media player seems to get around this, in my experience at least.
     
    afhstingray, Dec 10, 2009
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  5. BrandonSi

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    Except VLC doesn't play blu-ray? If all he wants in multi-region DVD, I agree. I don't think it's clear what the OP wants, multi-region DVD or BD, or both.
     
    BrandonSi, Dec 10, 2009
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    Nope, VLC does not play Blu-ray. AFAIK, VLC will need to cough up mad dough if it did play Blue-ray since the format is proprietary.
     
    surfasb, Dec 10, 2009
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    Videohelp.com
     
    skagen, Dec 10, 2009
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  8. Synthesia

    Synthesia Notebook Evangelist

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    Multi-region Blu-Ray of course, I want to be able to watch the Region A discs in the burner built in the XPS 1645 which I bought in Europe.
     
    Synthesia, Dec 11, 2009
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    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    Perhaps a faster approach would be to hit websites like cdfreak and see what players have region-free firmware available.
     
    newsposter, Dec 11, 2009
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