questions on DVD drive

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    steven.chien

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    Hi!

    I am using a AA1 and Mac mini with only combo drive. I recently want to buy an external dvd burner, to share between aa1 and my mac mini. However, i got a question, there are region free dvd players on the market, is there also region free dvd drives on the market? because i got some different region dvds, and wanted to play them on my computer. I don't want to hack my mac's drive as I wanted to keep the warranty. What should i do? buy the external DVD drive and hack it or what?

    Thank you for any suggestions ;) !
     
    steven.chien, Jul 4, 2009
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    KiNG

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    most of the dvd drives are region coded that allow 2-3 changes. there are software solutions to get around this though. Or you can get pre-modded region free hacked firmware.
     
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    seems hacking is the only solution... how about the blue ray drives? they play DVDs also, do they have this limitation too?
     
    steven.chien, Jul 8, 2009
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    well the Xbox 360 HD-DVD player is region free, it doesnt burn though. Hope it helpped. *edit* sorry my mistate, that is only for HD DVDs (region free)
     
    joe44, Jul 15, 2009
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