I have windows 8 on my Samsung notebook laptop. I live in the UK so the drive will be region 2. I wanted to buy an old movie but it's only available on region 1. My dvd player is region 2, so I was wondering if I could watch it on my laptop and if so how do I go about it. I'll buy a region free dvd player when my current one packs up, but it would be great if I could watch it on my laptop in the meantime. I don't want to do anything dodgy like hacking the laptop in case it damages it. Thanks.
Will my samsung notebook play region 1 dvds?
- Thread starter cyberrich
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I always set it from PowerDVD, but you can change it in the device manager.
You can only change it like 5 times including the initial setting(on the drive in my picture at least) so watch out not to get stuck on another region.
You can only change it like 5 times including the initial setting(on the drive in my picture at least) so watch out not to get stuck on another region.
nukemaster
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Unfortunately the region code is generally part of the drive(some may be region free). it can be changed a limited number of times.
A software work around may work, but they are a bit of a grey area legally.
I would see if VLC can play it since it plays just about anything.
A software work around may work, but they are a bit of a grey area legally.
I would see if VLC can play it since it plays just about anything.
nukemaster
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I always set it from PowerDVD, but you can change it in the device manager.
You can only change it like 5 times including the initial setting(on the drive in my picture at least) so watch out not to get stuck on another region.
You can only change it like 5 times including the initial setting(on the drive in my picture at least) so watch out not to get stuck on another region.
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