utility or firmware to unlock DVD burner region settings

any1 know if there is a good software firmware utility out there that i can buy to unlock the region setting of my DVD drive permanently, so that i can play any DVD from any region without switching the region ? i've already switched the region code once, so i have 4 more to go.

 

I think you should check out these 2 forums, I saw those info there before. But keep in mind that you might brick the drive when flashing one of those modified firmware.

http://www.cdrinfo.com/forum/tt.asp?forumid=40

http://club.cdfreaks.com/f36/

 

Here is the firmware site:

http://tdb.rpc1.org/

But you might want to read this first, very important:

http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?t=239

You should think about using this following software instead of flashing a region free firmware:

http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvd.html

 

yet another contraption conjured up by businesses to keep the end users on a leash....this region code BS is....

so when i travel i have to change the region code again and again until my last straw and then have to find a work-around.

 

With AnyDVD, you won't have to switch the region setting at all.

 

^^agreed ..
good program

 

quite right. but before you buy anydvd, make sure your DVD drive is not that of Mats***a (panasonic). It wouldn't work on panasonic drive.
I know I have UJ-210 Blu-ray drive, and won't work there to remove region setting. If you have toshiba, it will definitely works