JohnBs personal blog

These days you really need to be able to play DVDs from any region, ok so the prices of DVDs in the UK are becoming a little more realistic - Finding Nemo released on Friday for £15.99 compared to £14.33 ($39.95 cdn) if bought from DVDboxoffice.com. I’ve got a Windows Media Center in my lounge so i can record Sky Digital straight to hard disk, (like TiVO and Sky+) pause live TV, access all my MP3s, digital photo etc on the one TV. I did purchase a multiregion Toshiba 100E player a few years back from Techtronics.com but ideally want to do it all though the MCE. I did a little exploring and came across ‘The Firmware Page’, located here where you find your DVD ROM/RW and grab updated firmware along with (if it exists) firmware to make your device region free. If firmware doesn’t exist or you don’t feel like updating firmware then you can download an app ‘DVD Region Free’ which sits in the system tray and lets you play region protected content, a 30 day trial exists but it only costs $40 to purchase, read more about it here