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Is something up with the 500A/AX/510A? No region free.

Postby tazdevl on Thu Jun 05, 2003 9:31 pm

I like the drive, one thing I have yet to see in months of searching is region free hack or bios.

Did Sony do something to make things more difficult than it is for other drives?

It's not like there are just a few of them on the market.
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Postby MikeTR on Fri Jun 06, 2003 4:11 am

Most users might be a little hesitant to fool around with their $350 drive. Even more so since most of them will have a regular DVD drive to read/rip discs. I know I would be if I owned one. :(

Why not use a software solution, like DVD Region Free for your writer?
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Postby tazdevl on Fri Jun 06, 2003 4:38 am

Asking more out of curiosity. I was just wondering if there was something peculiar about the drives that is preventing something from being released.

Software doesn't work 100% of the time, a BIOS hack does. If you run into a problem, you can generally flash it back to the manuf BIOS.

I don't think it's a price issue. Most folks would hop on the chance to install a region hack if it was available.

I use a hacked DVD burner to rip anyway, it's an easier by way bypass the whole issue.
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Postby MikeTR on Fri Jun 06, 2003 9:39 am

tazdevl wrote:I use a hacked DVD burner to rip anyway, it's an easier by way bypass the whole issue.


Same here.

Haven't heard anything special that would make the Sony more difficult to hack. In due time I guess.
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Postby Pradeep on Sun Jun 15, 2003 11:03 pm

Given that the Sony 500A(X?) only rips DVDs at 2x (even when they are not protected by CSS!) it really doesn't make much difference to me.
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