I'm a recent convert to apple. I travel quite a lot and would like to be able to play DVDs from different regions on my macbook pro. I'm not really interested in copying the movies, just playing them.
When I had a laptop PC I used a utility called DVD43 which would effectively bypass the region checking. Is there anything like this for macs?
There's a neato media player out there called VLC... found this by doing a google search... ahhh, the wonders of google. I think i've conquered every computer issue i've ever had by entering in crazy combos of key words.
Now, are pc's better, .... well, there's more stuff out there for pc's, they can do just about the same job as a mac. BUT, I would say that with everyday use of both platforms over the past 12 years..... I like using my 3 macs better. I bring my macbook to work everyday and work with it right beside my Windows machine. I couldn't live without it.
--- one last thought, you could use MacTheRipper to rip it to your hard drive and remove the region code that way. md.
after doing a little searching, it seems that vlc doesn't work every time. Also, certain dvd drives are not "flashable" (i don't think flashable is a word). It looks like the 1 and only guy who wrote the code for mac flashing has retired and no new programers have taken over.
