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talltony4 · Joined: 09 Aug 2004

Hi all,

I own a Samsung laptop which I play DVD's from multiple regions on.

The drive allows me to change the region 6 times only and I have now used up those 6 times.

Does anyone have any experience with solving this problem?

I know I could copy the DVDs to the hard drive, but I'd prefer to keep playing them from the discs.

Thanks a lot

Talltony

shostahoosier · Joined: 14 Apr 2009

I've heard that sometimes, VLC can get around this.

ThingsComeAround · Joined: 07 Nov 2008

wrong. the hardware will interfere before the software (anything including VLC) will read the disk.

You need a firmware update to change the DVD player to region free.

talltony4 · Joined: 09 Aug 2004

agreed. It would be best. Anyone got one, or suggestions on where I could find one?

Easy to install?

TBH I have heard that software like VLC can work around this, but I've tried a couple and haven't had any luck

Chokse · Joined: 22 May 2009

I don't know about on a PC, but I play DVDs from two regions on my Mac's DVD drive and I always use VLC. It has never made me change region settings, and I have switched between different region DVDs at least 100 times.

All I do is open the Video TS file while in VLC. Like I said, I don't know if VLC will work this way on a PC, but it does work like this on my Mac.

tman88 · Joined: 14 Jan 2011

Try this out. It's free for 21 days, then you'll need to buy it or find a crack for it.

http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvd.html

djloekee27 · Joined: 08 Sep 2010

DVD Region+CSS Free
http://www.dvdidle.com/dvd-region-free.htm
it works with any media player and your dvd drive.

DVD X Player
http://www.dvd-x-player.com/
not as versatile as DVD Region+CSS Free, it is a region free media player that works with your dvd drive.