Got taste?

[byslantedlight]

Well now, here's a thing. I've been happily watching Pros on my computer's dvd rw, which I installed myself and is working just fine. Its set to Region 2, because the whole point was I could use it to play my Region 2 dvds if I couldn't get a multi-regional player over here. I'd only just got it sorted before I left, but I had checked that it was working. It was. Now I'm here. This same dvd drive, with no changes made to it, won't play my shiny store-bought R2 dvds anymore. Except for my Pros dvds. Which say that they're R2. Now, I'm not complaining. Not exactly. Cos it'll play my "back up" dvds, which have been region freed. So I guess I can just back up the others and the effect'll be the same.

*pause to back up an R2 dvd that won't play, to see if this works. Yup.*.

There's clearly something up so that it'll only play region free dvds, even tho' it thinks it'll play R2. And even tho' it'll read and copy R2. I suspect its all fixable. But my wtf is - why will it play my Pros box set? I don't understand! Does it just have really good taste in dvds? Or maybe it's been converted to slash! Maybe I should try a Starsky and Hutch or Due South R2 and see what happens..?

Hmmmn...

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[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but the bit that confuses me is that its set to play R2, but the only R2s it'll play are Pros! And I know my Pros are R2 not region free cos they wouldn't play in my mate's R1 dvd player... So why won't it play my other R2s? Its a swirling vortex of confusion and bafflement right now, but I will get to the bottom of it. Eventually.