Reading dvd Zone 1 on imac in zone 2
Is it possible or i'm limited by 5 changes on my iMac?
Thanks
5 changes are the limit... have you already reached that?
http://tdb.rpc1.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Playback_Control
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