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 Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 6:31 pm |
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If I understand the request rules, I am supposed to put the output and any screenshots for a firmware request. It is currently RPC II region locked (as I guess most of you already know or can surmise). I already tried DVD Region Killer and AnyDVD HD (but I am to understand for these to work that the drive already has to be region free or rpc I). This model is the one that sells on Amazon ( http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-UJ240-Blu-ray-Burner-DVD%C2%B1RW/dp/B003AXW2YQ/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top). It is being used as a replacement in an ASUS N53SV laptop with 16gb memory, 2.2ghz processor, nVideo gt540m/intel hd 3000 video chipsets running windows 7x64sp1. Here is the DiscInfo 1.61 output: DISCINFO VERSION : 1.6.1.6 VENDOR : MATSHITA MODEL : BD-MLT UJ240AS REVISION : 1.04 VENDOR SPECIFIC : 10051000 LOADING MECHANISM : Tray SERIAL NUMBER : WK37 NUMBER VOL. LEVELS : 256 BUFFER SIZE : 2048KB INTERFACE : ATAPI RPC2 SCHEME : YES STATUS : Set USER CHANGES : 3 VENDOR CHANGES : 4 CURRENT REGION : 1 ANALOG AUDIO PLAY : YES COMPOSITE OUTPUT : NO DIGITAL PORT-PORT1 : NO DIGITAL PORT-PORT2 : NO READ UPC CODE : YES MULTISESSION READ : YES MODE 2 FORM 1 : YES MODE 2 FORM 2 : YES READ ISRC CODE : YES READ BAR CODE : YES BUFFER UNDER-RUN : YES MT. RAINIER : NO CAN READ CDR : YES CAN READ CDRW : YES CAN READ CDRM2 : YES CAN WRITE CDR : YES CAN WRITE CDRW : YES CAN TEST WRITE : YES CAN READ DVD-ROM : YES CAN READ DVD-R : YES CAN READ DVD-RW : YES CAN READ DVD-RAM : YES CAN READ DVD+R : YES CAN READ DVD+RW : YES CAN WRITE DVD-R : YES CAN WRITE DVD-RW : YES CAN WRITE DVD-RAM : YES CAN WRITE DVD+R : YES CAN WRITE DVD+RW : YES MAX CDR READ SPEED : 63 MAX CDR WRITE SPEED: 63    
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:53 pm |
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Chef:
Are there any internal or external blu-ray burners/players which can be made region-free/rpc1?
Thanks.
James
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 6:32 pm |
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Okay, I had read something to that affect on another site. So, I will look for an external burner/player (or another internal model that is not a matshita based drive). Thanks.
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:43 pm |
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Hi - I've got the same drive - came in my laptop - can you provide or point me at any more info on why this drive is particularly bad/difficult to hack or why it wont work with AnyDVD HD. Any DVD seems to work with DVDs.... Thanks a lot
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 1:26 am |
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As I have many of these drives I tested the following with AnyDVDHD:
UJ-220, UJ-230, UJ235, UJ-240, UJ260
All them worked without fault on three different laptops, one of which was a mac running windows 7, one a HP running windows vista, and a new Sony running Windows 7. I was unable to fault them. Each of them successfully ripped various region Blurays, and each of them successfully burned those images to BD-R/BD-RE, and each of them able to playback any region using standard playback software.
Why anyone would say MATSHITA/Panasonic drives wont work with AnyDVDHD escapes me, and this information IMHO is incorrect. I have never had an issue with these and other drives. If they dont work on a particular laptop then it maybe an issue with that laptop or its installation, but not with the brand or drive.
NicW
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:10 am |
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nicw wrote: As I have many of these drives I tested the following with AnyDVDHD:
UJ-220, UJ-230, UJ235, UJ-240, UJ260
All them worked without fault on three different laptops, one of which was a mac running windows 7, one a HP running windows vista, and a new Sony running Windows 7. I was unable to fault them. Each of them successfully ripped various region Blurays, and each of them successfully burned those images to BD-R/BD-RE, and each of them able to playback any region using standard playback software.
Why anyone would say MATSHITA/Panasonic drives wont work with AnyDVDHD escapes me, and this information IMHO is incorrect. I have never had an issue with these and other drives. If they dont work on a particular laptop then it maybe an issue with that laptop or its installation, but not with the brand or drive.
NicW That are only 4 drives out of hundreds!! Don't yoiu think our community has experience with their drives over the last 10+ years?!!
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I am looking for DVD-R for Authoring DVD-R (A) & HD-DVD media, any size, any brand. Please pm me if you can help. 
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 12:50 pm |
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Thanks for the replies guys - I appreciate you posting your personal experiences nicw - chef I'm a little surprised at your tone for a moderator...nicw at least detailed the reason for his opinion. It's fine for you to say they are rubbish and they probably are - i'm no fan boy, but was hoping you might post some specifics as you seem pretty sure there are issues with these Matshita BD drives...
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:51 pm |
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Will check them out - thanks chef
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Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 1:20 pm |
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For anyone else stumbling across this thread I gather (stealing a quote from another thread) these drives have the region lock stored separately to the firmware in non-flashable chips which is why they can be impossible to unlock using normal firmware editing methods. Also they are more restrictive than other drives in the information they make available from the disc when the region code doesn't match. So sounds like you cant flash them to RPC-1 firmware (hardware region free) and you can't work around it easily in the software either. The relevant link on here: http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=34750A good description here: http://club.myce.com/f88/matshita-uj-812-a-101267/#post637240.
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