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Disney has announced it will stop releasing DVDs and Blu-ray discs in Australia.::undefined

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[โ€“] Captain_Patchy@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

A new dvd/blueray drive for a PC needs to have it's region set the first time it encounters a region locked disk. I believe most can be reset a maximum of 5 times before it locks.
Build yourself a "Media Player PC" and set the region to US.

Or sail the high seas like they seem to want you force you to.

[โ€“] virr@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Not everyone is going to understand they need another drive. It just stinks.

It likely will encourage more people to sail the high seas.