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MacmanX · Apr 22, 2001, 10:40 PM

Hello,
I was hoping to have my family send over some DVDs that I can't get here in the States. However, before I do, I want to be sure if they will work. So, has anyone tried "English" DVDs on a US iMac? Is there such a thing as an English DVD? I would by playing them on a 400mhz iMac DV. Cheers,
MacmanX

Apr 22, 2001, 11:37 PM

Most European DVDs have region code 2, while North-American DVDs have region code 1. Your DVD drive can probably only play region 1 and region code free DVDs. If you want to play DVDs with different region codes, you'll have to patch the firmware of your DVD drive.

Sinclair · Apr 24, 2001, 06:26 AM

Patching Firmware? The DVD in my G3 400 PowerBook is set to a region when a DVD's from that region are played 5 times. How can I patch it to allow a different region to be set/played? Can I do this repeatedly?

jsbowers · Apr 25, 2001, 05:14 PM

Don't forget that England also has a different television standard (PAL) than the US (NTSC). I belive the Apple DVD Player will do both, but don't think you can play a PAL disc in a standard NTSC-only set-top player.