[X4U] Unlocking DVD for other regions

[Paul Moortgat]

I've also an old home DVD player which is 'altered' to play NTSC  
DVD's with region code 1.
I can watch Golden Girls on it.  Or via VLC on my Mac.

Paul Moortgat

On 08 Oct 2007, at 20:05, Michael Winter wrote:

>
> On Oct 8, 2007, at 12:23 PM, Paul Moortgat wrote:
>
>> I watch NTSC DVD's via VLC.  I'm in PAL country.
>
> I'm in NTSC country and I watch both NTSC and PAL DVD's via a $25  
> DVD player from Wal-Mart. I bought it specifically for that reason,  
> because my expensive, name brand DVD player would only play NTSC. I  
> should note a slight drop in quality when watching a PAL DVD on an  
> NTSC TV. So for optimal quality go Paul's route and use a computer.
>
> The region code is a whole different problem. As Dan noted, I think  
> MactheRipper will take care of that for you. You can then  
> (optionally) burn it to a new DVD if you want to watch it using a  
> stand-alone DVD player.
>
> -Mike