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What is a good USB ALL Region External DVD player?

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I plan on buying non Region 0/1 DVD's and need a player to play them with my laptop. What is a good player? Preferably under $100

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3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

vlc with libvdcss with play anything and rip it if you want.

It will play from my laptops internal Region 0/1 player? Also I don't Rip DVDs. Why would i rip something I can just download.

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6 minutes ago, Mooshi said:

Region locks are cancer 

True That

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51 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Just pick any random one from LG, Sony, Phillips, etc. They're like $30-$40 now.

They aren't hardware region locked?

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6 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

All DVD drives for computers as far as I know allow you to pick a region five times before it locks itself.

 

This only affects DVD playback software. You can still read the data off it.

I want to be able to switch between regions 0 through 2

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1 minute ago, kurtstir said:

I want to be able to switch between regions 0 through 2

You can, you can just do it five times before it locks. This is something all DVD drives have because movie industry shenanigans.

 

You can probably find a modified firmware for the drive that doesn't have region coding, but that's up to you to find.

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6 minutes ago, kurtstir said:

I want to be able to switch between regions 0 through 2

I don't know if this has changed since I used to do it many years ago but your best bet is probably to buy a drive for each region (they're cheap, like <$25). That's what we did, one drive for region 1, one for region 2.

 

Region 0 should work on any drive since they are "region free".

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2 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

You can, you can just do it five times before it locks. This is something all DVD drives have because movie industry shenanigans.

 

You can probably find a modified firmware for the drive that doesn't have region coding, but that's up to you to find.

yeah but I need constant switching between them

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2 minutes ago, pyrojoe34 said:

I don't know if this has changed since I used to do it many years ago but your best bet is probably to buy a drive for each region (they're cheap, like <$25). That's what we did, one drive for region 1 one for region 2.

 

Region 0 should work on any drive.

Is there a good region 2 drive?

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1 minute ago, kurtstir said:

Is there a good region 2 drive?

Any drive can be any region. Just switch it to the region you want when you get it. You can switch a drive up to 5 times before it locks.

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Are you running AIDA64, HWinfo, CAM, or HWmonitor? (ASUS suite & other monitoring software often have the same issue.)

Corsair Link has problems with some monitoring software so you may have to change some settings to get them to work smoothly.

-For AIDA64: First make sure you have the newest update installed, then, go to Preferences>Stability and make sure the "Corsair Link sensor support" box is checked and make sure the "Asetek LC sensor support" box is UNchecked.

-For HWinfo: manually disable all monitoring of the AIO sensors/components.

-For others: Disable any monitoring of Corsair AIO sensors.

That should fix the fan issue for some Corsair AIOs (H80i GT/v2, H110i GTX/H115i, H100i GTX and others made by Asetek). The problem is bad coding in Link that fights for AIO control with other programs. You can test if this worked by setting the fan speed in Link to 100%, if it doesn't fluctuate you are set and can change the curve to whatever. If that doesn't work or you're still having other issues then you probably still have a monitoring software interfering with the AIO/Link communications, find what it is and disable it.

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