On Wednesday, July 11, 2007, at 06:41AM, "John Niven" <senseamp at yahoo.com> wrote: >Ronald (and anybody else!), > >Are you saying that if I use an external firewire DVD, >I will not be subject to the regional code >restrictions? That sounds VERY interesting! > >Does an external firewire burner get recognized by >Apple apps (like iTunes) the same way as an internal >one? Are only certain drives recognized, or can I buy >any brand? I have two external DVD burners (Lacie) and they are region protected. One has a NEC drive but not sure of the other one. Both work fine with all Apple software. I often have all three of my drive working at the same time. Bill