[X-Newbies] Re: Can't play DVDees.

[Brian Durant]

On 4/25/05, Steven Rogers <srogers1 at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> On Apr 25, 2005, at 8:49 AM, Michael Winter wrote:
> 
> >
> > On Apr 24, 2005, at 1:09 AM, Brian Durant wrote:
> >
> >> What I have found is in early beta and
> >> requires patched firmware upgrades depending on hardware.
> >
> > AFAIK, that's about all the farther they ever get. And they all come
> > with a stern warning that it may completely hose your drive and not to
> > blame them if it does. I've never been desperate enough to try, but
> > then I can't remember the last time I had a DVD that wouldn't play in
> > Region 1.
> 
> Its by far easier to buy a cheap-o DVD player, or rip the DVDs from
> other regions and burn a region free disk.

OK, sounds interesting. Any good software, FAQ or other links that you
can recommend for this? I know absolutely nothing about this, zip,
nada. Personally, I would prefer to rip and burn as VCDs with the
correct subtitles that I might need.

Cheers,

Brian