On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:03:11 -0600 Bruno Wolff III <bruno@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > When you replace your drive, you may want to consider whether or not it > can be reflashed under linux and whether there is alternate firmware > that lets you change regions freely and/or disable macrovision. Updates > for burners are common to provide the burner with information about new > media (blanks) that were developed since the drive was first produced. DVD playback only drives are so cheap nowdays you might as well just buy one for each region you care about and put them all in the PC.