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§ ita § - Jan 22, 2012 7:33:15 am PST #19266 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

If you want to watch those discs on it, yeah, region free is an issue.

When I was shopping, I couldn't find any reliable region free hacks for players I cold really obtain myself. So I went with a pre hacked one, which is quite expensive. Don't remember which online source, though.

Liese S. - Jan 22, 2012 7:35:20 am PST #19267 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

dvdhacks, use at your own risk.

§ ita § - Jan 22, 2012 7:41:48 am PST #19268 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Too many of those comments were "didn't work for me!", or I ended up not being able to find the precise hackable model for sale. So, caveat indeed.

Calli - Jan 22, 2012 8:03:31 am PST #19269 of 25501
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Ok, thanks.

Liese S. - Jan 22, 2012 9:05:42 am PST #19270 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

what are you guys currently using Locale or Tasker or any other similar app for?

So far it's mostly to shush it.

  • During night hours, when at home and plugged in: mute all media and extraneous sounds except alarms and ringtones. I want students or family members calling with emergencies to be able to get me, but I don't need to be alerted when someone has emailed me spam. Actually now that I think about it, I may have muted the alarms too. Must check.
  • At school locations, silent mode (vibrate only).
  • At theater/church, silent mode.

Next up is to bring in some of the profiles other people have done up, like the one where when you plug it in it asks you: desk/car/night. Or the one where you plug in your headphones and it queues up your favorite playlist or whatever.

After that is Astrid tie-in. I still have some tweaking to do with Astrid. It's kinda not optimal, I'm starting to feel, but I think I can poke at it enough to make it work. And its integration is its biggest selling point.

Liese S. - Jan 22, 2012 9:06:57 am PST #19271 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

I wish Cozi had Tasker integration. And I wish it integrated with GrocreryPal.

Sue - Jan 22, 2012 9:07:03 am PST #19272 of 25501
hip deep in pie

The UK Season 2 Blurays of Sherlock are regionfree. That should be fine in a Region 1 player, shouldn't it?

§ ita § - Jan 22, 2012 10:35:10 am PST #19273 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Do many UK sets come region free nowadays, or is it a Blu Ray thing?

Sue - Jan 22, 2012 12:06:17 pm PST #19274 of 25501
hip deep in pie

The DVDs for Sherlock all seem to be Region 2, but the Blu-Rays are Region Free. Browsing the new Blu-rays at Amazon UK, a little under half seem to be region free.

tommyrot - Jan 22, 2012 12:49:53 pm PST #19275 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Aren't movie release dates more consistant around the world these days, making the whole separate region thing less necessary?

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