Ive got a Pioneer BD-Rom drive and it came with PowerDVD 7.3 but Ive just hired out a few movies and i cant play the Simpsons movie coz its Region B encoded which is fine since thats Oceania but I can't change the option in PowerDVDs settings. Its got the option to change region, with '5' remaining changes but its set to Region A (america etc) and all the controls are grayed out so I can't actually change it. I've googled and googled to find no solutions.

WTF is wrong with this s***. I buy a BD-ROM drive and PowerDVD runs as Region A??!?! I'm not in f***ing america u stupid program. Apparently Help thinks i need some addin or feature to be able to change the region. This is why region coding sucks monkey testicles.

f*** region coding and DRM and whatever bulls***.

Buy/grab yourself AnyDVD HD and play the movies you paid for.

That sucks! I'd try other software and see if the same issue occurs. Did you buy the drive in Australia?

yeah. Got it from umart.

Sure is lucky Blu-ray won ...

Well actually its got nothing to do with the drive itself since bluray on PCs is region locked through software.

Just use AnyDVD and that will automatically unlock s*** when you put the disc in the PC.

Ahhh blu-ray how do I love thee, let me count the ways.

I had a similar problem... apparently you gotta log in as administrator to change...

topic typo = fail

Apparently Blu-Ray was the better format over HD DVD. Apparently.

well actually apparently powerdvd should let me change the region. This really has nothing to do with bluray. Its simply the fact that this apparently super duper software won't let me do something even it itself reckons I should be to do.

It has everything to do with Blu-ray

Regionalisation is a crock of s***. Your problem is caused by an artificially introduced marketing constraint.

^ just like copyright

I was going to say what Obes said.

No.

The reason that I can't play Region B DVDs is down to the fact that for some f***ed reason, my version PowerDVD has disabled changing of the Region code.

I really dont care about region coding apart from the fact that the software I use to play them should have defaulted to A or let me change it.

The reason you can't play it is because Blu Ray is gay.

Isn't the region set in the driver firmware? That's how it is with DVD drives. Look in the device properties.

The disc is encoded for a specific region but the region locking is done through the software.

The Blu-ray supported playback software manages that region code in computer instead of the BD drive.

So despite Region coding being a pain in the ass right now, the fault is all Cyberlink...

Hahaha even Cyberlink are clueless.

Q)

Title: Region Code BD-ROM:
I'm in Australia (Region B) and have
bought the Simpsons movie but I can't
play it. It says because its Region B
(which is normal) but when I went to
the settings, PowerDVD is set to Region
A which is Americas etc. But I can't
even change to the proper region
because all the controls are grayed
out. But the option says 5 remaining
changes. I paid $30 for this BD and I
can't even play it!

I'm using version 7.3 that came with
the Pioneer drive.

A)

...
By default, a region coded DVD can play only in a smiliar region coded DVD drive. Many DVD drives have an option to change the region code (only upto 5 times) when a different region DVD is inserted.

You can change the region code of the drive, if there is any chances left. Please follow the steps to change the DVD drive's Region code :

1. Open MyComputer
2. Right Click on the DVD drive -> Select Properties.
3. Select Hardware Tab
4. Select DVD drive from the list.
5. Click on the properties.
6. Select "DVD Region" tab.
7. Change "Region Code" according to you needs.
...

Thanks Cyberlink for that great advice!

last edited by ³dee at 10:16:13 14/Apr/08

Perhaps you should have actually said that it's a Blu Ray drive/movie?

Perhaps you should have actually said that it's a Blu Ray drive/movie?

I think the fact that the question was titled: "Title: Region Code BD-ROM:" was sufficient to indicate Blu-Ray DRM gayness.

Yes, but they would be sorting through that many emails per day, that they probably only skim through them. That, and I'll bet that very few of them are related to Blu Ray. I reckon better results would have come from actually writing 'BLU RAY' in there at least once.

Well actually their help form asks u certain thinngs like is it Blruray and whatnot