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timmytoad
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_ 		11. July 2006 @ 07:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi all, i have just got a new external USB DVD writer, the first time i used it to Backup a DVD it asked me to select a region, because, if left with No Region it could cause problems ???, so i aborted, I didnt want to select any region because i didnt know which one was applicable to the UK, which is where i live !!!.

So what region is the UK.

I did however try a different computer and different software and that appears to be Backing Up the same DVD with No Region selected, quite happily. So is No Region OK or what ?.

please advise.

tim
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rulisky
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_ 		12. July 2006 @ 14:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I believe the UK is Region 2. The US is Region 1. You should be able to Google for region codes and find the others if you are interested.

When you install a DVD drive in your computer you will probably need to select a Region for the drive to work properly. Being in the UK you should select Region 2. Your system allows you to change the region coding up to 4 times. After that you are stuck with your 4th selection. Supposedly the mfgr change the region setting another 4 times. However you go about that is beyond me.

I have never changed my original settings from Region 1.

Now, when you back up a DVD you can choose to make it "region free" on the new disk. That disk would then play in drives regardless of Region setting on the drive. This is probably what is going on with the other machine. It is probably set on Region 2. It burns the disk as region free or sometimes called Region 0. Then it would play on your machine or mine.
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gurnard
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_ 		12. July 2006 @ 14:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hi :)
as rulisky has stated the UK is region 2
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timmytoad
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_ 		12. July 2006 @ 22:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
thanks lads, i understand fully now, very helpfull, thanks a lot.

tim
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