Region Codes.........

campdude

Newbie Joined: Mar 03, 2012 14:40 Messages: 18 Offline

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Nov 10, 2012 11:18

Hello,

I want to purchase a Blu-ray from France.

The Bluray Playback is Region B (locked).
They do not offer an American version of Caprica on Bluray.

NOW my question is...

Is this expensive program called Powerdvd 12 that i bought capable of playing this without changing my region code for my hardware?

as I am limited to changing my code to hardware in number of times I can change it.
(also why do they stinking do this? limit it pfft?)

However any insight will be good as it will effect whether or not I purchase this(blue ray) item (or talk highly of PowerDVD too).

CyberLink-Michael

Senior Contributor Location: Europe Joined: Apr 18, 2007 04:05 Messages: 7418 Offline

Nov 11, 2012 06:23

Hi,
you need to change the region code within PowerDVD in order to playback the REGION B title.

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stevek

Senior Contributor Location: Houston, Texas USA Joined: Jan 25, 2011 12:18 Messages: 4663 Offline

Nov 11, 2012 06:42

To add to what Michael said, yes you do need to change the region code on your DVD player and you have a maximum number of 5 changes.

I Googled for region changes and found this article on make the DVD player region free. There are other articles perhaps for your particular DVD player. Note that I have not tried this and you try it at your own risk. Read the entire article carefully; and go to the link site to see if you can change your particular DVD player.

http://www.wisebread.com/make-your-dvd-player-region-free-in-seconds

Since there is money involved in changing regions, it it probably illegal to do so. If so, you are on your own.

BTW, Other than Michael, there is no one from Cyberlink that monitors these forums. Threats, even thinly veiled ones have very little effect and may even turn people off to your question.

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campdude

Newbie Joined: Mar 03, 2012 14:40 Messages: 18 Offline

Nov 11, 2012 13:28

I found software that claims to unlock all regions.

ANYDVD HD Slysoft.
More expensive than PowerDVD but you get unlimited lifetime updates. It claims to allow region free playback in PowerDVD.
I ordered my Blueray from France... Will purchase the AnyDVD HD software. test this stuff out.

Yea... i have nothing but negative feelings towards my PowerDvd Purchase. I think its linked to how expensive it was and the little minor features that i notice are lacking. Like how often am I gonna buy a Blu-Ray from France lol... its a minor feature but would be really cool if it was included.

I'll try to think of the Pro's of running Videos through a computer and not to think of the running talley of money i am spending... lol

Its got pretty good image quality with combination of Video card Features. (egedetect and all those quality settings on the control panel, very good for dvds with trying to upscale it at the 1080p resolution)

thanks for the article. I know exactly what type of regular BluRay Player i would buy for someone as a gift... something multi-region.
BUT I'll stick with this computer stuff.