Info and forum posts by 'Artoo Deetoo'

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Joined on: Friday, 10th November 2000, 18:58, Last used: Friday, 10th November 2000, 18:58

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About this user: Hi,

I`m a Wharfy 750 owner, who generally enjoys big summer blockbuster movies, sci-fi, fantasy and animation. Amongst my favourite discs to date are Tarzan CE, The Toy Box, Braveheart, Jaws, Jurassic Park & The Mummy. As a big Star Wars fan, I`m eagerly awaiting the SW movies on disc, but I`m happy to sit back and wait, as long as Lucasfilm pull out all the stops, which I think they will.

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Recent Messages Posted:

RE: ZORAN Soft DVD in Packard Bell DOES work with DVD Genie

Get a life matey!

RE: ZORAN Soft DVD in Packard Bell DOES work with DVD Genie

Stop talking garbage and scaremongering people! I am not a liar, I do have a Packard Bell machine. Yes, the drive does still retain 5 region resets, but if after changing the region, you run DVD Genie before you play another region disc, you will find that lo and behold, you are back to 5 region resets again. I have done this countless times and NEVER had a problem. Now, one thing I haven`t done, is to let the counter run down to 0 resets, but then, what sort of moron would do that sort of thing? Perhaps the type who are spouting this garbage about the machine resetting, hmmmm?

ZORAN Soft DVD in Packard Bell DOES work with DVD Genie

I`ve never heard such arrant nonsense as some of the postings above about the drive becoming hardlocked after 5 times - the region resetting when you power down, or not bothering with region hacks because they`ll muck up your machines coding. I have a Packard Bell Pulsar machine, I forget the model number offhand, but it came with Zoran Soft DVD. After a few months of having it, and after surfing some of the DVD sites, I decided to take the plunge and order some region 1 titles. I used DVD Genie to reset my region coding, and have never had a problem. I was using my PC to play DVD`s from about August last year to about May this year, at which point I decided to buy a Wharfedale player, as my disc collection had grown to around 70 or 80 titles. DVD Genie should allow you to reset your region coding an unlimited number of times, opening up the number of titles available to you enormously. It should be noted, that the only title I ever had a problem with using my PC drive was the R2 release of Chain Reaction from Fox, which locked up half way through the movie. I must also say though, that once you`ve built up a decent library of titles, you should really consider investing in a player. You certainly can`t grumble at the Wharfedale, I have one of the first generation of players, but apparently with more up to date firmware, so I should hopefully be able to beat RCE (I`m going to order The Patriot soon as a test). You will notice a definite improvement in picture quality with a dedicated DVD player, and will wonder how you ever put up with DVD`s on your computer. Hope this information helps, and puts some fears, and illusions to rest.

RE: Jaws works - will Patriot?

Hi,

I have a Wharfedale 750 purchased in May (from Doncaster, S Yorks), which has basically played every disc thrown at it to date perfectly with the region hack. This includes Jaws Region 2. I don`t particularly want to take the cover of my player. If Jawd R2 works, do you think it would be safe to assume my player is RCE friendly? Don`t worry, I won`t hold it against you if The Patriot R1 fails to play on my machine, LOL.