The region locking, as far as I know, is done on the actual dvd drive itself, is more common on laptops than desktops, and whether you have a bluray player or dvd player, it makes no difference.
Sometimes you can find software (offical software, I think) for your specific dvd drive that will remove the region lock. But I don't know how common the software is these days.
Unfortunately with my last laptop, I didn't check before buying and I had one of apparently 3 brands of bluray player where there was no software offered to unlock it. So I then went out and bought a portable dvd drive that I made sure was region free and that played dvds of all regions just fine.
I have never tried ripping dvds to remove the region lock because I could never be bothered. Although I know my dad has successfully done it but every now and then would run in to issues because I assume of different methods used to add the region lock.
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Sometimes you can find software (offical software, I think) for your specific dvd drive that will remove the region lock. But I don't know how common the software is these days.
Unfortunately with my last laptop, I didn't check before buying and I had one of apparently 3 brands of bluray player where there was no software offered to unlock it. So I then went out and bought a portable dvd drive that I made sure was region free and that played dvds of all regions just fine.
I have never tried ripping dvds to remove the region lock because I could never be bothered. Although I know my dad has successfully done it but every now and then would run in to issues because I assume of different methods used to add the region lock.