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From: Jim on 10 May 2010 10:42 On 2010-05-10, Stephen <srmoll(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> As it's a Canadian seller it might be a Region 1 model. >> >> >> Ivor >> >> > Good point. >> >> You may be allowed to change the region a limited number of times. Apple's >> DVD drives used to have a '5 changes and it sticks' rule. >> >> Jim >> -- >> Twitter:@GreyAreaUK >> "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny >> �buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't >> �connected to anything." The Daily Mash. > > Yes, but that is usually a function of the operating system being able > to change the drives region setting. The TV may not even have that > functionality in its firmware. That being said, there are usually > 'secret' key sequences that set the region code for the TV, and maybe > this is something that could be researched. After all it would be > surprising if Foryou have separate production for different regions, I > suspect they just produce 1000's of drives, and they get set to the > region by the TV manufacturer. So far all of the standalone DVD players I've purchased have been hackable, usually through the so-called Engineer's Codes. For one of them (a Sony) I had to resort to a universal remote rather than the device's remote, but all were doable. I'd be surprised if this one wasn't. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash.
From: Woody on 10 May 2010 10:40 Stephen <srmoll(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 10 May, 15:24, Jim <j...(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > On 2010-05-10, Stephen <srm...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > >> > > They come up on eBay occasionally but seem quite expensive... > > >> > >http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DAENYX-DV-26D-DVD-ROM-ASSY-DL-05-/3703674217 > > >> > >00?... > > >> > >iewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item563b9e5d04#ht_1324wt_941 > > > > >> > Oh thanks, the is the exact model. > > > > >> > Quite expensive though, as you say, at �40 + $35 shipping.. > > > > >> As it's a Canadian seller it might be a Region 1 model. > > > > >> Ivor > > > > > Good point. > > > > You may be allowed to change the region a limited number of times. Apple's > > DVD drives used to have a '5 changes and it sticks' rule. > > > > Jim > > -- > > Twitter:@GreyAreaUK > > "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny > > buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't > > connected to anything." The Daily Mash. > > Yes, but that is usually a function of the operating system being able > to change the drives region setting. The TV may not even have that > functionality in its firmware. That being said, there are usually > 'secret' key sequences that set the region code for the TV, and maybe > this is something that could be researched. After all it would be > surprising if Foryou have separate production for different regions, I > suspect they just produce 1000's of drives, and they get set to the > region by the TV manufacturer. I would have thoguht so. Her previous all in one lcd screen dvd player I bought in canada. I went from the shop to a local coffee shop, writing the model numbers down, and then used the shops wifi to look up if I could region unlock them. I got her one of the ones I liked that you could do that. When we got back to the uk, downloaded the patch, put it on a CD, started up the player, selected menu, it asked me what region I wanted, or if I wanted no lock. -- Woody
From: T i m on 10 May 2010 11:23 On Mon, 10 May 2010 14:47:06 +0100, nospam(a)nospamottersonbg.couk (Duncan Kennedy) wrote: >My son managet to get his laptop into a considerable mess and I >suggested we re-install Win XP. that's when he told me his DVD drive >had been broken for a couple of years - he used an external and the BIOS >wouldn't let him boot from that. > >No problem - I have a stack of the things I used for production. All >different makes. I took every one apart - including 3 laptops - 7 in >all - and not one had a matching connectiion. As all were soldered in >place I wasn't about to go that far for a dead lextremely slow laptop - >and he could afford new one anyway. Do you still have it out of interest as there are several 'other' ways to get XP on a laptop without using a CD? Cheers, T i m
From: Duncan Kennedy on 10 May 2010 15:36 T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > On Mon, 10 May 2010 14:47:06 +0100, nospam(a)nospamottersonbg.couk > (Duncan Kennedy) wrote: > > >My son managet to get his laptop into a considerable mess and I > >suggested we re-install Win XP. that's when he told me his DVD drive > >had been broken for a couple of years - he used an external and the BIOS > >wouldn't let him boot from that. > > > >No problem - I have a stack of the things I used for production. All > >different makes. I took every one apart - including 3 laptops - 7 in > >all - and not one had a matching connectiion. As all were soldered in > >place I wasn't about to go that far for a dead lextremely slow laptop - > >and he could afford new one anyway. > > Do you still have it out of interest as there are several 'other' ways > to get XP on a laptop without using a CD? > No - it was a disaster. I hadn't realised how bad until he brought it home. His flat was broken into on the night he finished his PhD (and went out celebrating) and his Win98 laptop was taken (they left the floppy with the backup of his PhD - he *did actually listen after all). he had new for old insurance cover on it - but what he got was the same 128 MB RAM with XP. On top of that he - or was it his wife? - managed to get it heavily infected and that was the reason for trying to re-install XP. Paint drying was fun. He put it in recycling. -- duncank
From: Pd on 10 May 2010 16:34
Bruce Horrocks <07.013(a)scorecrow.com> wrote: > On 09/05/2010 18:22, Woody wrote: > > Becasue it is another thing to have. This is her telly/dvd player that > > she has in the bedroom. I am sure we have an old DVD player around > > still, just not as neat. > > Couldn't you, ahem, entertain her in some other way in the bedroom? Perhaps it's for playing "walk-throughs", in a manner of speaking. -- Pd |