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DVD decoder?

Gert Frobe

Gert Frobe


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So, by way of a long story, I am in Germany for a year. Every once in a while I like to pick up a few DVD's, but now that I'm in Europe that could become problematic. I just bought the 50's classic "Ben Hur". I plugged in the disc and was prompted to change my region and only being able to do so 4 times. Is there any way I can set it to a universal region that can read all discs or am I pretty much screwed?
 

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