[vdr] Re: OT: reset DVD drive "LG D8120B" region code, how?

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Reinhard Walter Buchner wrote:
> 
> Hi Klaus,
> 
> > Hi Klaus !
> > The best Idea is maybe to flash your drive with a Region-free Firmware
> > just check out this link :
> > http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=92
> > bye, Markus
> 
> Aside from what Markus mention, you could also have a look at:
> 
> http://www.rpc1.org/~farzeno/xom2/rpcman.htm
> 
> This resets the counter inside the drive. The neccessary password is
> R2D2.
> 
> Or do yourself a favor and get a Lite-On drive. They are very
> quiet.Can positivly be flashed to handle RCE encoded DVDs
> and are also pretty indifferent as to what you feed them (CDs,
> CD-R. CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, etc) I have been
> using them (and their CD recorders for quite a few years and
> am a very happy customer ;o))

Sounds like a good idea :-)

Can you recommend a particular drive?
Should be an IDE model, so that I can simply replace my
existing drive.

Klaus
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