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Is it possible to change the region on my computer's dvd player?

Asked by jeffreyurbina (2points) October 5th, 2007

I have a DVD that I bought in Mexico, but I cannot play it since I changed the hard drive on my computer.

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bpeoples's avatar

Possibly:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_Region#Computer_DVD_drives

(Basically, you may be able to, either by using software that ignores it, or by reflashing your dvd drive’s firmware)

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jeffporten's avatar

VLC Media Player can play off-region discs without reflashing your DVD drive: <http://www.videolan.org/vlc/>.

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zina's avatar

on a mac, it gives you this option as soon as you insert the DVD (with a different region code)

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TruMobius's avatar

yeah but on a mac you can only do it like 3 times

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