WTF? New DVD Bullsh!t? Disk cannot be played in modified....

[BigAl]

I just purchased xXx on DVD tonight. I get home and stick it in my Apex 500 player that has a region-free and macrovision disabling chip in it and a screen pops up in place of the Root Menu telling me that the disk cannot be played on modified players and can only be used in Region 1 machines. What the hell is this crap?

The MPAA can kiss my ass first of all. But second, is there any way around this new conspiracy? Any new hacks?

[legionpc]

Its called RCE I believe. Some work arounds include changing the DVD player to region 1 only, not all region. Also I've heard the RCE screen isn't an endpoint, rather an alternate menu, so by pressing the correct buttons on the remote the movie will play normally.