[Gllug] DVDs

[Stephen Harker]

On Wednesday 16 October 2002 2:15 pm, John Davies wrote:
> --- Jonathan Dye
>
> <jonathan.dye at automationpartnership.com> wrote:
> > Does anyone no any more about this, is this
> > true?  If so then can
> > someone recommend a good DVD drive for linux that
> > does not enforce this.
> >
> > JD
>
> This is indeed true. I think that all DVD-ROM drives
> enforce this now. But you can flash the firmwave in a
> majority of drives to make them region free:
> http://perso.club-internet.fr/farzeno/firmware/
>
> Overclockers sell a Pioneer drive already-flashed:
> http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_CD_DVD_10.html

There still seem to be a lot of Pioneer 106-S DVD drives at the TCR markets on 
Saturday's. I have succesfully flashed 2 of them to be region free in the 
past. Can't remember where I got the patch but it is freely available.
Steve

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