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[jamesbond007]

^^^ Trust me its not okay!! I am warning you again... don't mess with the region code settings. Region 1 is for US DVDs, now, what if you play an Asian DVD ?? You will need to change the region code again !!. The max no of times you can change the region code is 5, and once its done your DVD drive is permanently locked to its latest region code and you will not be able to change it again. It won't change even if you freshly install the OS or upgrade the firmware

Best Solution:

Use VLC as the default DVD Player

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[goobimama]

^^ You see that now!!!

 

[krazzy]

...giving the frayed power cord and notebook to them (the display is not uniformly backlit, light sensors are malfunctioning, casing is loose and SuperDrive does not burn DVDs, among other minor issues)..

Those are a lot of issues for something that costs so much. My Compaq laptop cost me half of what the MacBook Pro must've cost Aayush and yet in two years of owning it only the left hinge has become loose. I guess unlike in Sony products, high price of Apple products does not guarantee reliability.

 

[aryayush]

Although it does sound like a long list, the fact of the matter is that my notebook is perfectly functional. All of these are sidey issues and are all covered by warranty. I’m kinda glad, actually, that my APP paid off.

Of course, it would’ve been much better if I hadn’t had to buy that either in the first place, but I guess you can chalk that up to it not being a perfect world. Also, I have the first generation MacBook Pro and Apple has been known to mess up their first generation products, which is why I waiting for the iMac refresh before ordering it.

And, in any case, like I always say, it’s the software that makes me want to buy Apple products, not the hardware. It’s 90% software and 10% hardware.

 

[SunnyChahal]

@Azeem,I CAN play Asian DVDs(hindi movies) with region code 1!Now what?
These movies( the ones not working on Mac) aren't working on my Blu-Ray player either.Same region code prob.
BTW,hat region code have you set on your MB?Goobi,Arya and all other Macboys tell your region code settings too.PLEASE!!
Does the first region code selection count as 1 of the 5 chances?Goobi told me to select Region 1.So I did!Now what?

How to play DVDs with VLC?Whenever I insert a DVD and click play button,it pops up like this

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WTF!

 

[goobimama]

Me don't use the DVD drive at all. Anyway, if its a one time thing then check out Handbrake, where you can rip the DVD and then watch it...

 

[narangz]

Select Disc in the VLC player windows which pops up when you press play.

I never selected a region code on my PC's DVD writer. If I want to play region specific DVDs there are many softwares out there for Windows to play region specific DVDs even if region code is permanently locked.

You can also find such apps for Mac, I guess.

 

[preshit.net]

Those are a lot of issues for something that costs so much. My Compaq laptop cost me half of what the MacBook Pro must've cost Aayush and yet in two years of owning it only the left hinge has become loose. I guess unlike in Sony products, high price of Apple products does not guarantee reliability.

My Compaq Laptop gave me problems in the second month of purchasing it. The screen had problems and I had to even get the keyboard replaced. Now that it's out of warranty, the screen has problems again. On the other hand, my Mac Mini has had no big problems, other than the DVD Rom being replaced.
Not just computers, but most hardware devices are like this. My SHARP branded TV never gave me any problem in the 8 years that I was using it. We sold that to get a SONY and problems knocked on the door in the third month itself.

Hardware devices are always unpredictable. And, these problems are one-off cases. You can never predict what will happen to the device, irrespective of the company. You have to realize that most of the components are manufactured from others and assembled together.

Design and Software are one of the many reasons why Apple Products are priced higher than the others. A one-off case doesn't necessarily mean that all the products manufactured will have the same issues. *tries to keep a straight face*

 

[goobimama]

whatever you said

The difference between problems on a Mac and problems on a PC, is the service. Not sure about Aayush, but I just called up my Apple store, told em that my keyboard's keys have gone a little hard, and within the week the guys at the store offered to drop off the keyboard at my place.

As for the Compaq that we had before the iBook, they were asking for 3k to replace the faulty floppy drive 3 months after purchase (when actually it was just a faulty driver which one guy fixed later on).

 

[aryayush]

There used to be floppy drives on notebooks?

 

[SunnyChahal]

Me don't use the DVD drive at all. Anyway, if its a one time thing then check out Handbrake, where you can rip the DVD and then watch it...

What about Mactheripper?I used it.It sukked!

 

[krazzy]

Still. When you are paying an arm and a leg, one of your kidneys and your small intestine to get one of these products, you'd expect the product to be free of such faults, wouldn't you? And if Apple is skimping on the quality of the hardware, where is exactly all the money that people spend on their products going?

 

[narangz]

IMHO, no electronic product can be guaranteed to be fault free.

 

[SunnyChahal]

All the moser baer movies(PAL) are working on my DVD drive(Region 1).Indian DVDs are working without any probs.So are the other Reion 1 DVDs.!!
The DVDs I bought were from Region 2 (Europe).They aren't working on my Mac,My DVD player,Blu-Ray player and only working on Dad's Vista notebook.Grrr.....
VLC is giving errors.WTF!

 

[goobimama]

Array then change your region code na! You can change it upto five times. Losing two chances isn't going to do much to your drive...

And from what I hear, handbrake is better than mactheripper. But I haven't used either so I can't say.

 

[aryayush]

Still. When you are paying an arm and a leg, one of your kidneys and your small intestine to get one of these products, you'd expect the product to be free of such faults, wouldn't you? And if Apple is skimping on the quality of the hardware, where is exactly all the money that people spend on their products going?

They are not skimping on the hardware. Man, you can tell the product is of high quality. But stuff breaks, of course. And it’s not like it broke right away or anything. It’s been two years already.

As long it doesn’t break right out of the box and they fix everything for me without any hassle when and if it does, I’m fine with it. I’m paying for the design of the hardware, the software and the integration of the software and hardware and I’m getting what I paid for. Even the hardware feels absolutely solid and of top notch quality.

As for the money, well, it’s going into the company’s coffers as profits.

 

[jamesbond007]

@Sunny

I am not sure of the Moser Baer DVDs but Hindi movie DVDs that you can play must be Region Free DVDs or may be pirated dvds ( which again are region free ), and thats why they play on Region 1 setting.

For you DVD Player, just google search for '<Brand Name> <Model No> DVD Player Hacks'
and you will find steps to set it to Region 0, i.e. Region Free.

 

[goobimama]

Just updated to iTunes 7.6.2 yesterday and now I find that On-The-Go playlists get synced back to iTunes! This is a nice turn of events. Now if only they allowed one to rename that playlist right from the iPhone, that would be great.

And Aayush, why do you feel the On the Go playlists are difficult to create? Seems pretty simple to me.

 

[prasadvenkatraman]

All the moser baer movies(PAL) are working on my DVD drive(Region 1).Indian DVDs are working without any probs.So are the other Reion 1 DVDs.!!
The DVDs I bought were from Region 2 (Europe).They aren't working on my Mac,My DVD player,Blu-Ray player and only working on Dad's Vista notebook.Grrr.....
VLC is giving errors.WTF!

My Macbook Pro DVD region is set to 1. The Moser Baer DVD's are region free so they will work on any drive. Make sure you have disabled Autorun on DVD's in your system preferences.
Insert a DVD (any Region), open VLC and select File -> Open Disc-> OK
it should work

Even if the Screen like you showed pops up, go to the Disk Tab and just click OK

Of course..you could rip the DVD and watch it, like milind said..... Handbrake is a great software. Excellent for ripping DvD's. Much much better that mac ripper. Have used both.

If you use Windows... load DVD43, it removes the region protection for DVD the minute the disc is inserted.

 

[cooldudie3]

My USB from my PC is read only. I cannot cut or delete things. What can I do. Is the read/write permission not set right?