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Old Jan 2, 2005 | 4:15 pm
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Originally Posted by TomCayman
Any opinions on how well that region free software works?
I use DVDIdle Pro by http://www.dvdidle.com/. The idle part worked great on my Thinkpad, but doesn't seem to do much for reducing battery drain on my HP Pavillion.

However, the Region Free part works fantastic. It's all done in software, so it does not affect the hardware region setting on your DVD-ROM/Writer, nor does it require you to flash your drive with new firmware.
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