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Jaeboy
May 22nd, 2005, 14:21
is it possible to disable region code restriction by viewing the disk using a custom program?
Cap'n 1time
May 22nd, 2005, 15:06
I dont think the PSP really has a region code.
Spark
May 22nd, 2005, 15:08
It does for UMD Video
Cap'n 1time
May 22nd, 2005, 15:15
It does for UMD Video

ah.
wraggster
May 22nd, 2005, 15:30
i bet within a year itll happen
Spark
May 22nd, 2005, 15:47
ah.


Yeah, if you look on the bottom of the box, it will have a DVD region code logo, if your in America then it will be a globe with a '1' on it.

My PSP is Japanese so it has a '2' on it. I'm not sure if anybody has really looked into how it works though, what with the simplicity of playing Media files on there, and the expense involved with UMD Video.
Jaeboy
May 22nd, 2005, 16:10
i bet within a year itll happen

I bought some movies but just found out I got the wrong region :(
gam3r
May 22nd, 2005, 16:50
what if the region coding is in the hardware. That will be difficult to crack, hopefully its not.
Spark
May 22nd, 2005, 17:02
I think the Video coding might be, Sony aren't usually the type to put software restrictions on anything (I think v1.0 was their first cock up on record).

Even the majority of Standalone DVD players that they make require hardware mods to disable the region control/macrovision.
psplover
May 22nd, 2005, 18:19
Most peoples DVD players allow you to just enter a 4 digit number to disable region coding.
Spark
May 22nd, 2005, 18:23
Not Sony one's.

My best friend had a complete Sony Home Cinema setup (TV,VCR,DVD,5.1), and the DVD Player needed to be modded in order to run anything other than Commercial R2 DVD and Audio releases, even CDRs wouldn't run.

I wouldn't mind but it was a crap DVD player anyway. ;)