View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
Eunos
Joined: 07 Feb 2004
|
|
|
|
|
Proud Pies
Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Location: Knox-ish
|
|
|
|
|
HAL
Please don't shout at me - I can't help it.
Joined: 17 Mar 2003
|
Post subject: | |
|
Let us change the subject. What you said was either too complex or too simple for me. |
|
|
|
|
Dale61
You can't have manslaughter without laughter.
Joined: 17 Apr 2002 Location: /home/room/chair
|
Post subject: | |
|
If you buy a Celine Dion CD, you deserve everything you get. _________________ Whale
Oil
Beef
Hooked |
|
|
|
|
Proud Pies
Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Location: Knox-ish
|
Post subject: | |
|
Dale61 wrote: | If you buy a Celine Dion CD, you deserve everything you get. |
lol, well yes, there is that _________________ Jacqui © Proud Pies 2003 and beyond |
|
|
|
|
Eunos
Joined: 07 Feb 2004
|
|
|
|
|
Dale61
You can't have manslaughter without laughter.
Joined: 17 Apr 2002 Location: /home/room/chair
|
Post subject: | |
|
Quote: | When the CD is played on a Windows personal computer, the software first installs itself and then limits the usage rights of a consumer. It only allows playback with Sony software. |
Wonder what happens on a Linux system. _________________ Whale
Oil
Beef
Hooked |
|
|
|
|
Eunos
Joined: 07 Feb 2004
|
Post subject: | |
|
It was stated that the Mac system was immune to this virus. No mention of Linux. |
|
|
|
|
Eunos
Joined: 07 Feb 2004
|
|
|
|
|
David
to wish impossible things
Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: the edge of the deep green sea
|
Post subject: | |
|
I'm clear then
So many crappy artists in that list _________________ "Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange |
|
|
|
|
Dark Lord
He's back...
Joined: 16 Sep 2002 Location: Parts Unknown
|
Post subject: | |
|
Typical Sony. These are the scumbags who want to enforce Regional Coding for DVDs. _________________ "There's an old saying in Tennessee, I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee, that says, fool me once, shame on... shame on you. Fool me... you can't get fooled again." - Oscar Wilde |
|
|
|
|
David
to wish impossible things
Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: the edge of the deep green sea
|
Post subject: | |
|
Regional coding sucks... its an outdated policy that should be scrapped. Luckily in Australia we can get multi-region DVD players, as there are many movies that you simply cannot get on DVD here. For example I bought 1984 from england, braindead from America and Pi from America (it is available here but its very hard to get and generally pretty expensive)... if regional coding was enforced I assume that you wouldn't be able to see these movies unless you went to a video store and got a bad VHS version. _________________ "Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange |
|
|
|
|
Dale61
You can't have manslaughter without laughter.
Joined: 17 Apr 2002 Location: /home/room/chair
|
Post subject: | |
|
Apparently, one of the courts has now made it legal to install a mod chip into PS2's, X-Box's, etc, as they felt that region coding was anti-competitive, or something like that.
Also, if your DVD player allows it, you can punch in a special code that will over-ride the existing region coding so that you can purchase movies from overseas.
All this info is easy to find, just google for it. _________________ Whale
Oil
Beef
Hooked |
|
|
|
|
David
to wish impossible things
Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: the edge of the deep green sea
|
Post subject: | |
|
My only DVD player was my ps2, which unfortunately set to one region.. I can't remember exactly but I think the mod chips are a bit expensive and you risk damaging the machine. As for other DVD players, it seems that about 95% in Australia are either region-free or allow you to type in some code as mentioned by Dale above. Thank God we don't live in America where region-free DVD players are illegal. _________________ "Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange |
|
|
|
|
Dale61
You can't have manslaughter without laughter.
Joined: 17 Apr 2002 Location: /home/room/chair
|
Post subject: | |
|
DfC, if you get a mod chip installed by someone who knows what they are doing, then you shouldn't get any damage.
All a mod chip does is override the motherboard settings when it looks for the region code.
I had my first PS chipped when it was illegal to do so as I had access to games from Japan. Pity I couldn't read Japanese as I could only guess how to play the game.
I bet all the chippers at the Laverton market will have a marked increase in business. _________________ Whale
Oil
Beef
Hooked |
|
|
|
|
|