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Dvd-rom drive information (on selected models), Regional playback information – Asus T300LA User Manual

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DVD-ROM Drive Information

(on selected models)

The DVD-ROM drive allows you to view and create your own CDs and DVDs. You

can purchase an optional DVD viewer software to view DVD titles.

Regional Playback Information

Playback of DVD movie titles involves decoding MPEG video, digital AC3 audio

and decryption of CSS protected content. CSS (sometimes called copy guard) is

the name given to the content protection scheme adopted by the motion picture

industry to satisfy a need to protect against unlawful content duplication.

Although the design rules imposed on CSS licensors are many, one rule that is

most relevant is playback restrictions on regionalized content. In order to facilitate

geographically staggered movie releases, DVD video titles are released for specific

geographic regions as defined in “Region Definitions” below. Copyright laws require

that all DVD movies be limited to a particular region (usually coded to the region at

which it is sold). While DVD movie content may be released for multiple regions, CSS

design rules require that any system capable of playing CSS encrypted content must

only be capable of playing one region.

IMPORTANT! The region setting may be changed up to five times using the viewer

software, then it can only play DVD movies for the last region setting. Changing the

region code after that will require factory resetting which is not covered by warranty. If

resetting is desired, shipping and resetting costs will be at the expense of the user.

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