[Nubben]

Hi all,

I have a question re the DVD region settings of my MBP's default PAL (Region 2) DVD player. I buy a lot of NTSC discs (Region 1) and since I would have to change the region settings all the time on my MBP (and I can only do that so many times) I was wondering where the Region settings are stored on the computer - is it software or hardware (firmware) based? I don't want any hacks to screw up my computer but instead I have been thinking about getting an external DVD player set the Region to 2 on that and keep the Region 1 setting on my MBP.

Is that possible? I assume if it's software dependent I will not be able to change this but if its firmware maybe I can keep one PAL drive (internal) and one NTSC drive (external) at the same time.

Many thanks for any suggestions!

Cheers.

Nubben

[Veltliner]

I wonder if the region code is being done by the DVD drive firmware, or by the DVD player software.

If it is done by the DVD player software, you could try Video Lan player VLC, downloadable for free.

[mduell]

These days it's firmware based, so you have to have one drive for each region.