laura_inthesky Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 Heya, I was wondering if its at all possible to play region 1 dvd's on a PC set up for Region 2? I've looked into it and all I can find is that you can change the dvd drive on your computer to a different region, but this can only be done 4-5 times and then it is stuck... I have 2 computers, should I just turn 1 into a region 1 player permenatly or is there a better way around this? Also whilst on the subject, does anyone know if PlayUSA ship to the UK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The3rdChildren Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 A program called DVD Region Free will basically trick your DVD drive into thinking every disc is region free and play it. You can either buy DVD Region Free or go the illegal way and download it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogbas Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 Or just use VLC player it's legal and free. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshMat Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 VLC ftw, best video player in my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurtle Squad Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 Just get a multi region player:heh: I love mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 Does VLC play DVD's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The3rdChildren Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 Does VLC play DVD's? More importantly, does it play any region DVD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabookerman Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 By george vlc does do the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero-of-Time Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 PlayUSA does ship to the uk as thats where I get all mine from. Im looking forward to watching Click on region 1 this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laura_inthesky Posted October 8, 2006 Author Share Posted October 8, 2006 That's brilliant! Thanks for all your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabookerman Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 PlayUSA does ship to the uk as thats where I get all mine from. Im looking forward to watching Click on region 1 this week. Region 1 DVDs on almost everything Region 2, except for the 24 Dvd boxsets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Cool, never knew you could do this with VLC. Does it work on the mac version too? (I dont have a region 1 dvd to test this out with atm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Just realised that Jordan should have control of this thread.... Moved to tech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Or if you can be bothered you could reburn your region 1 dvd's to region free using DVD shrink so that you can play them on anything, but I guess that's loads of hasstle, unless like me you prefer to watch DVD's in bed rather than on your computa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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