Just an amusing tidbit for you.

After some tinkering my HD-DVD player thanks it lives in Sidney Australia, but is now region free. And the ethernet connection is live, yay online features

*cracks open a beer in Coldwin's honor*

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Originally posted by Coldwin:
After some tinkering my HD-DVD player thanks it lives in Sidney Australia

LOL!!!


What brand and model is your HD DVD player?

I have a

Toshiba HD-A2

After my Firmware patch it thinks its

HD-E1

Same model different country,If you have either I can give you the regionfree firm wear

Here ther text blurb

HD-A2 FW Ver2.5_patched.iso is a modified firmware for use on the Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD player.

This firmware adds PAL and region free DVD playback to you machine.

Use at your own risk.

1) Make sure you HD-A2 is currently on a pre v2.5 firmware revision
2) Burn the "HD-A2 FW Ver2.5_patched.iso" ISO to a CDR/CDRW
- I recomend DeepBurner Free and a fresh CDRW disc
3) Pop disc in HDDVD player and update like normal

After the update is complete your HDDVD player will be identified as a HD-E1 (Australian) player, and you should use firmware updates for that region from now on.

My HD DVD player is the Toshiba HD-EP10.

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If you have either I can give you the regionfree firm wear

Thanks for the offer but the firmware you used won't work on my HD DVD player as far as I'm aware.

Besides, I just made my HD DVD player region free about an hour and a half ago. The firmware I used is the official 2.5 firmware from Toshiba Australia, which is region free. Non-Region 4 discs with RCE won't play though unless you know the remote hack that overrides RCE restrictions.

Doesn't it suck to have to hack your equipment to view discs you legally own

It does indeed.

You do realize 1/2 the board has no idea what we're talking about, and the other 1/2 thinks its something illegal?

That thought didn't really cross my mind.

I know what your talking about, I have a modded Xbox and Dreamcast. Most of my games were...ummmm free!

see what i mean

I know it's not illegal to sell region-free players in the US, but nobody does anyway. I bought a brand that's easy to hack and it doesn't void the warranty. I had to do some research to find it though.

yup normally just a 4-5 diget code on the remote, annoyingly i had to patch my firmware, still not warrenty voiding but more annoying

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Originally posted by Coldwin:
see what i mean

i know what you mean, i have a hacked microwave!

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Originally posted by svenblue2000:

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Originally posted by Coldwin:
see what i mean

i know what you mean, i have a hacked microwave!

So does that mean your microwave is assuming it is popping Australian popcorn and re-heating British hot-pockets... or maybe even real German Toaster Strudels?