The Beast Wars complete season dvds

[Cliffjumper]

I wanted to order these (all 3 of them)
but then i saw they were region 1 dvds
and since i live in region 2, i wouldn't be able to play these dvds
however, my brother told me i should be able to watch them on my computer (with VLC player and IF my computers dvd is able to read these dvds) he also told me that i could then make these dvds region free and thus"copy" them on a different dvd
i don't have any experience with dvds from other regions
so does anyone know if this will work? or does anyone have any experience with other region dvds?

thanks

[Phill]

Search for a program called DVD43.

Download and install it, and then you should be able to play any region DVD without any worries.

It leaves a small smiley face in your program tray, but you can disable it from startup easily. Once you've put a DVD in that isn't of your region the face should change to an evil looking one. This simply means that it will now play on your PC's DVD playing software.

[timban]

Yep DVD43 is superb - stop you having to change the region on your computer DVD player.

[Skyblast]

Also, a lot of home DVD players can be "unlocked" using your remote control if you have the right code to input - I had a Samsung one I did this to, and it became region free. Then it broke, but it was cheap so I wouldn't connect the two events.

[Sideways]

u could buy a multi region dvd player
this is the 1 i got www.amazon.co.uk/Compacks-DVD6972-Multi-region-Channel-Player/dp/B000EG60YU/sr=8-1/qid=1170885321/ref=pd_ka_1/026-1529016-5290050?ie=UTF8&s=electronics
its really good, i even had a few dvds that wouldn't work anymore or do other strange stuff as they were scratched etc
but that player plays them fine
speakin of them beast wars dvds i need to get the 1st season, i got the other 2 but not the 1st lol