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Old Jan 16, 2010 | 10:02 PM
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Also, for future reference when it comes to computers and DVD region codes...

DVD drives on computers are also locked to region, and only have a limited amount of times you can change that region

But a program called "AnyDVD" will override this region lock and allow you to use discs locked to other regions. It runs as a background process.

Added to that, DVDShrink, which is a DVD reauthoring tool, and completely legal, will allow you to re-author any DVD and the output DVD will be region free. However, you will still need AnyDVD running in the background if you want to reauthor a DVD that is of a different region to that of your DVD drive.

I bought a copy of Terminator 2 that is region 1, and my DVD player is Region 2 locked, so I used AnyDVD to bypass my DVD drive's region lock in the computer, then reauthored the DVD to a region free version so I can play it. Perfectly legal as I own the source disc
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