dvd region code

[dugge]

Hi everyone!

I hope you can help me on this (and that nobody minds me asking this):

Why does a portable computer have a regional code lock for dvds? It just doesn't make sense to me: when I travel to USA I want to be able to rent out a dvd and watch it on my VAIO (vgn-a115m) and when I'm back in europe I want to play my own dvds again. Obviously, changing the region code of the matshita uj-820d is not an option because it is limited to five times.

I tried "dvd region + css free" but it does not work well. The movie hardly plays at all...

cheers on any help,

johann

[kee-lo_]

Try a program called VideoLAN: http://www.videolan.org/
Apparently it can play any region DVD.

[Twisted-Rizla]

I agree with Kee-Lo. Video Lan has played everything I've thrown at it. Well worth the free download.

[TygerTyger]

A good example of where the consumer suffers at the hands of the pirates.

[kee-lo_]

As long as the program is used legally I don't have a problem with it.

[TygerTyger]

I meant the fact that you can't change the reigon or change it more than a few times in most cases is to discourage pirates, but it ends up being a real pain for the consumer.

[kee-lo_]

Totally agree.
But then again the pirates usually work around it.

[TygerTyger]

Argh matey, we do.

[kee-lo_]

Hehehe I bet they do.

[dugge]

thanks guys, video lan was a pretty good hint and i wouldnt have found it through google... the result is better then what other software has achieved so i could play one scene of "waydowntown", but it was a random success i believe because it did not work again and even just selecting a different chapter did not work.

thanks anyways and ill try with a different region 1 dvd when i get hold of one...

cheers,

johann