How can I watch a region 3 dvd disc?

[rhinox99]

I have an original copy of "crouching tiger, hidden dragon" that one of my friends bought for me from Taiwan. I have two laptops that have dvds (one mac and one pc) and also two table top dvd players (pioneer and sony). Is there anyway I can watch this disc on any of the machines available to me? I have absolutely no knowledge of what to do with dvds from other regions, if you need any additional info, feel free to ask

 

[Killbat]

Oh, there are surely some "utilities" out there.

 

[rhinox99]

Can I have some "hints"

 

[Killbat]

Sorry, I've never "needed" "them" ""

 

[Dameon]

Most software players such as PowerDVD should allow you to change the region up to 5 times without reghacking or anything.

 

[rhinox99]

My player allows me to change the region code 4 times but all I have is one region 3 disc... doesn't seem worth it to switch just to watch one disc, the rest of my collection is region 1

 

[rhinox99]

Maybe I should switch to region 3 and then encode this thing into divx or something. Is there anyway to put a divx file onto a vcd and have it play in a regular dvd player?

 

[2nice4you]

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I don't think any of the current DVD players can play DivX
Cheers

 

[Mday]

of course they can't play divx.

you can encode them to mpeg1 of course, in proper vcd format.

whether or not you can play region 3 depends on your equipment too ya know... i hate hardware limits =(

 

[hans007]

buy an older dvd drive. I've got a 4.8 X toshiba myself, and that is region unlocked. Can change the region as many times as i want, win2k even has a little option for it. Lots of the older driver (less than 8x ) can do this, or have some patch that will let you. Thats why i dont get why people are so hyped up about 16x dvds that you cant even unlock

 

[Jakki0]

Saw a file once somewhere on the net called "Region Killer" try searching for it.

 

[Adrian Tung]

Software region changers like DVD Genie won't help at all if the drive itself is hardware region-controlled. Either find a region-free firmware (either official or hacked) for your drive, or like Hans007 says, get an older drive which is region-free.


atwl

 

[Basse]

Check this site for RPC-1 compatibility options of your drives:

The Firmware Page

Remember to read the infos thouroughly, I destroyed a Sony drive using the wrong FW the 1st time.

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