Confusion about DVD-RW drive - RPC 1 or 2?

Hi all and compliments of the season,

I am confused about the DVD-RW in my desk top machine (purchased new
this year) - is it RPC-1 or RPC-2?

DVD Region Killer v 2.5 runs and reports that the drive is set to zone
1.

Nero Info Tool reports that the drive's region protection is RPC-1.

Driveinfo 2.2 reports that "this drive has region protection" (my
understanding is that this means RPC-2).

Disc Info 1.6 reports "Lock detected" against DVD region.

Nero etc were all run with DVD Region Killer disabled.

None of these programs identify the manufacturer of the drive. They
identify it as "DVDRW IDE H16X" with firmware version B72T.

These various programs seem to me to be providing conflicting
information. Should I believe, as Nero reports, that this is an RPC-1
drive?

Thanks

In article <b1782690-af77-4baa-af4e-
65b5d289e48e@l32g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, megapode@gmail.com says...
> Hi all and compliments of the season,
>
> I am confused about the DVD-RW in my desk top machine (purchased new
> this year) - is it RPC-1 or RPC-2?
>
> DVD Region Killer v 2.5 runs and reports that the drive is set to zone
> 1.
>
> Nero Info Tool reports that the drive's region protection is RPC-1.
>
> Driveinfo 2.2 reports that "this drive has region protection" (my
> understanding is that this means RPC-2).
>
> Disc Info 1.6 reports "Lock detected" against DVD region.
>
> Nero etc were all run with DVD Region Killer disabled.
>
> None of these programs identify the manufacturer of the drive. They
> identify it as "DVDRW IDE H16X" with firmware version B72T.
>
> These various programs seem to me to be providing conflicting
> information. Should I believe, as Nero reports, that this is an RPC-1
> drive?
>
> Thanks

DVD (R or RW) drives typically start as region 1 in the U.S. but can be
changed to any region in the options menu. However the number of times
the region can be changed is typically limited to 5. After the fifth
region change you're locked in. Doubtless there's a fix for this, but
I'm just quoting what is the typical case.

CB

"Bob Dubery" <megapode@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:b1782690-af77-4baa-af4e-65b5d289e48e@l32g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> Hi all and compliments of the season,
>
> I am confused about the DVD-RW in my desk top machine (purchased new
> this year) - is it RPC-1 or RPC-2?
>
> DVD Region Killer v 2.5 runs and reports that the drive is set to zone
> 1.
>
> Nero Info Tool reports that the drive's region protection is RPC-1.
>
> Driveinfo 2.2 reports that "this drive has region protection" (my
> understanding is that this means RPC-2).
>
> Disc Info 1.6 reports "Lock detected" against DVD region.
>
> Nero etc were all run with DVD Region Killer disabled.
>
> None of these programs identify the manufacturer of the drive. They
> identify it as "DVDRW IDE H16X" with firmware version B72T.
>
> These various programs seem to me to be providing conflicting
> information. Should I believe, as Nero reports, that this is an RPC-1
> drive?
>
> Thanks

Most if not all drives these days are rpc2 unless you've specifically taken
action like updating firmware to make it rpc1.
I guess its possible that some no name chinese brands may be coming out rpc1
out of the box.