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dvd region 4 - 06:56 PM
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lately i've been playing some dvds in our computer dvd players & when i've put some of them in, the player (the software, that is) has asked something about a region for the dvd & told me that it had x number of times left. i wondered what it was about until i put the teletubbies dvd into his computer just before & it told me it wouldn't play it anymore because the dvd player (the hardware, i assume, but hope not) has now been set to region 4 & that the dvd wasn't region 4. it had reached it's xth time, i guess. 
how stupid. what's the point of having a dvd player in your computer if it's limited to one region, i ask you?!!
i'm still looking into sorting it out, but haven't had a chance to look properly yet as it's rather hard to concentrate when smiley is jumping about & insisting on one thing or another. it was the only place (aside from my computer which has been asking the same thing but hasn't asked for the last time yet & now i'm not so keen to put it in there & have it also set permanently to a certain region) that would play the teletubbies dvd since the 'proper' dvd player downstairs wouldn't play it because of the wrong region.
*sigh* what a pain in the bum.
needless to say, if any of you have experience with this, perhaps you can point me in the right direction. i'd be forever grateful. 
also what kind of dvd is your "proper" player? if you get the brand and mo_del number you might be able to find a code to make it play any region.
OK, WTF? I wasn't allowed to write my last comment without that underscore there because apparently the word "m o d e" is improper content?
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http://www.dvdidle.com/dvd-region-free.htm
i have this program running and it starts up whenever any program that wants to use the dvd drive begins and .. well, i dont know what it does but it stops that message and you can put any region you want in