Region Free Laptop DVD???

[Dare2Fail]

Hola all,

Work is going to be taking me abroad for the next 8 weeks or so and I am in the process of sorting out things to keep myself amused in the evenings. I like the idea of being able to watch DVDs on my laptop but have stumbled across a potential problem. I have a mix of Region 1 and Region 2 dvds and would like to be able to play both. The inbuilt software/hardware lets me change the region lock 4 times and after that it remains on whichever one I selected last. Does anyone know of any software/workarounds that will let me have a region free laptop? A solution that doesn't involve getting the drive chipped would be preferred.

The DVD Drive is a QSI CDRW/DVD SBW24B that is attached to an Alienware Area 51 laptop.

Cheers,



Liam

[shocker-z]

as far as i kjnow if you use windows to change the region you can only change a couple of times then you are locked tyo this region.

this program is ment to do the trick DVD43

www.dvd43.com/


Regards
Liam

Edited by shocker-z on Sunday 28th January 13:18

[pcameron]

Try using the free VLC media player as this bypasses the standard DVD video stuff, so also bypasses the region coding. Plays all the DVDs I have tried both region 1 & 2 without changing the region on the DVD drive.

[ThePassenger]

pcameron said:

Try using the free VLC media player as this bypasses the standard DVD video stuff, so also bypasses the region coding. Plays all the DVDs I have tried both region 1 & 2 without changing the region on the DVD drive.

Best option and simpler than faffing around with region code fakers and the like.