by Sam_oz on Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:52 am
PC DVD drives are region free at first... so they can be sold internationally without having to have specific models for each region, they allow 5 region changes before they lock to which every region disc is in the drive... unfortunately, this BS is imposed on drive manufactueres by the DVD-forum, the guys who own the rights to DVD design...
there is software out there you can use to crack your drive so its region free, but it will require both a program that will run to stop windows region pretection, and you will need to flash the drives firmware - which can destroy the drive if not done correctly...
google up "DVD region free" and you should be able to find the software youll need