Existing users, 
Region X
Region switching for region-free (RPC-1) drives.
Version: 1.7
usefulness?
Feedback Type: Commentary
Contributed by: justified_type Wednesday, April 28 2004 @ 05:51 PM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Have Not Tried
If you have a region-free drive, why do you need to change regions?
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usefulness? - mario3
Most commercial video DVD need to detect their region set on the player in order to play. A RPC1 driver therefore does nnot mean without a region but able to change region as many times as you like. That is what this indispensable litte application is for. Why don't you inform yourself at least about elementary infos before posting on versiontracker?M
Sunday, September 19 2004 @ 01:11 PM PDT
usefulness? - bernard collin
this is a bit confusing to me...i just bought a Ibook in japan where i spend most of my time. I am french so watches my french dvds and us ones as well.
how can i tell if i will be able to change region indefinitely? is my super drive going to let me do this? or is it locked.
bernard
Sunday, October 31 2004 @ 05:06 AM PST
usefulness? - PopeZaphod
Taken from http://forum.firmware-flash.com/viewtopic.php?t=7306As a lot of people don't seem to be aware, patching your drive with a region free firmware is only one half of the trick to be completely region free.
For there are also some region settings WITHIN the software, that need to be bypassed.
There can actually be 3 region protections on a system:
- 1 in the DVD drive
- 1 in the OS
- 1 in the software player
When you flash your drive with a region free firmware, you only get rid off the 1st region restriction, but there are usually 2 more to defeat.
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Friday, June 11 2004 @ 10:50 PM PDT