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HP TouchsmartIQ500 DVD Regional Settings

  • 03-12-2008 6:51pm
    #1
    PattheMetaller
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 459 ✭✭


    Hi folks,

    I recently changed my pc and bought the HP Touchsmart IQ500 in Derry. Everything going well, and a fantastic machine.

    However, after playing back a few DVD's with no problem, they were either PAL or NTSC and in regional setting 0 or ALL, a problem arose when I tried to play DVD's with regional setting 2 i.e. the pc would not playback as the dialogue box highlighted the issue re: regional setttings.

    Having looked in "Device Manager" and into DVD/CD-Rom drives TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-T633A properties is was told the regional setting was Region 1, i.e. USA/Canada.

    Now rather than just type in Region 2 and use up one of my alloted 4no. changes, I decided to email HP support. The reply I got was that I could not change the setting and could only play Region 1 or Region 0/Region ALL and that I would have to buy an external DVD player!!!!

    Is this a load of bull, or will I invalidate any warrently by going ahead and typing in Region 2? If I want to play all "Region 0", "Region ALL" and "Region 2" DVD's in my collection what Regional Setting is recommended?

    If the settings cannot be changed, (the tech guy must be having a laugh), why is a brand new, state of the art pc being sold on the Irish / EU market with USA/Canada REgional Settings that cannot be changed?


Comments

  • #2
    spartacus93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭spartacus93


    just change it to 2


  • #3
    JordanDC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 89 ✭✭JordanDC


    There is a piece of software called AnyDVD that you can use, it bypasses all regional settings without messing with your laptop!


  • #4
    PattheMetaller
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 459 ✭✭PattheMetaller


    Problem sorted folks

    Thanks for the help.

    The hp tech guy must have picked me up wrong


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