"High Noonn" DVD??

[Fabian Keil]

On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:37:26 +0100, Roland Smith <rsmith at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 12:46:03AM -0800, Gary Kline wrote:
> > 
> > 	Do any of you guys know why the DVD version of HIGH NOON won't play on my
> > 	computers?  I've tried everything I can think of.  Zero.   I watched the
> > 	*original* in the theater (I think); then have watched the tape in '98,
> > 	and the DVD just now.  I'm not that nutty to waste a DVD-R on it; I'm
> > 	just wondering my none of my players won't play it.
> 
> Different region? Most players are locked to a certain region, and won't
> play disks from other regions. Although it is possible to install
> upgraded or modified firmware that removes the region encoding, that
> usually needs a windows program. And it can brick your player when done
> incorrectly.

IIRC respecting the region is only necessary for players with a
licensed CSS implementation. If the player cracks CSS anyway,
it usually ignores the region as well so messing with the firmware
shouldn't be necessary.

Fabian
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 195 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/attachments/20081115/13897acf/signature.pgp