Which DVD Drive???

[Himself]

If you have a pioneer 6x/10x and want it to be region 1 only there is this:
http://www.pioneerusa.com/drivers/RPC2%20Set.exe

[tish beta2]

You can change it back and fourth 5 times with that tool. If you need more changeing, use this <A HREF="http://www.inmatrix.com/files/dvdrg210.zip">region selector</A>

[el_bruto]

xortam: its a pure nonsense, spdif digital out (on DVD-ROM) is only for playing CD-sound, not the AC-3 stream. AC-3 should be send to reciever via SB-LIVE! (for example),but to soudcard it has to go through data bus and DVD software should decode it from .vob file (cinemaster softwar is great and supported a SB LIVE!)

[Zypher]

I never said it was ac3. I'll take my good black box dvd player for the sound anyday over a computer based wants2be setup...

SPDIF *IS* useful for cutting the noise on audio cds, and bypassing soundcards that have built in noise generators, er, cheapass-amplifiers. A soundcard output of even cd-audio blows next to blackbox cd players...but the spdif puts them on equal ground. My cd-rw can't play dvds anyway :P

[xortam]

el_bruto, Thans for the info. Sounds like you actually have had some hands-on experience with this.

Zypher, Don't blow off the PC too quick. First of all, I've never used the amp on a sound card (even in my old 486 system); always had self-powered shielded speakers around my system. Now I'm building a convergence box and want to connect it to my high end Home Theatre system. We're just talking about pumping out a digital stream outside the PC environmnet to an off-board AC-3 decoder. As long as you never convert to analog w/i the harsh PC environment, their is no noise introduced. My friend who has tried this DVD-SB Live! setup also has a high end HT (not as high end as mine of course); he stated that so far his experience is the sound is as least as good as his HT DVD unit. Others on HT forums agree.