Region Free DVD

[jorgecosta]

Hi there!

I own a LG Combo Driver GCC-4520B and haven't selected any region yet. I do want to have a Region Free DVD, but I'm pretty scared about loosing my drive. So here comes my doubt: can I use the drive as a Region 4 DVD Player (as I live in Brazil) and, latter on, when I need it, make it region free?

I mean, can I update the firmware after I selected a region for my DVD?

I don't want to update it righ away as I don't have many region 1 or 2 DVDs to use, you know?

Thank you very much.

[hulkenstrong]

You know there are software availble that makes the drive region free without upgrading firmware? (DVD Region-Free is one).

And about upgrading after changing region. Well I think it should work as I did upgrade my old (have DVD-burner now thats and using dvd-regionfree instead) dvd-rom after playing some dvds.

[devil60]

http://www.dvdidle.com/

The DVD Region-Free solfware I see here is not a bad price, NOW just what is it for and what will it do? Can you then bun it to a DVD? If this is what you are talking about

[jorgecosta]

Huh, actually, I own a computer DVD Player, not a Writer.

What I'm asking is if I can make it be Region Free after selecting a region for it.

Thanks again

[hulkenstrong]

I answered that abowe. Clarifying.

1. DVD-Region free is a software running in backgorund when watching DVDs and lets you watch all regions even if your dvd reader or writer isnt region free.

2. Flashing after you changed region shouldnt be a problem and I did it with my first dvd reader.

[smiller667]

Lots of firmware patches won't work if you don't set a region once ... but that's mentioned in the pertinent readme files.

As for dvdidle & co - too expensive, imho. There's a freeware solution (see doom9 news, Jan. 04). Also cheaper is remoteselector plus comes with a multitude of other features.