I'm planning on buying a laptop, but they all seem to have DVD drives that are semi-fixed - you can change region 3 times then they lock.

As I have both region 1 & 2 disks I want a multi region DVD. As it sounds like a firmware issue, is there a way around this ?

Looking at a Dell, but would consider anything I could make multi region.

dvdgenie software will switch between regions for most drives, although some drives need a firmware hack to work.

Thanks - any idea how I find out if a drive needs a firmware hack and if so how I go about it ?

Just been looking at a very nice Sony too so the decision on what to buy may come down this.

Hi Mate,

Check out this site, they have all the info you require. Including replacement firmware.

http://forum.firmware-flash.com/portal.php

Thanks !

From the quick look I had, it seems that you can modify pretty much any drive - i just need to dind out exactly what drive the pc has.

Al

do a search on google (say) for FOSI, download PowerDVD 4, this will play any region and doesnt limit region swaps, just knocks it out of the equation. :)

if doing this at work, the site has PORN banners. :( careful.