Problem with DVD drive

[lilly_the_kid]

Hi everybody,

I hope someone here can help me.

I'm so furious! A while ago I bought a new computer, a HP Probook 470. So far so good. Today I wanted to watch a Region 1 DVD (I live in Europe) and I couldn't do it. I wasn't even asked if I wanted to switch region codes, it used to be the case that you could do that a number of times. (But even if I could do that, I wanna watch more than 3 DVDs in the future...) Anyway, I decided to rip the DVD like I had done before and that didn't work either, according to the error message because of the DVD drive and the region code. My brother can watch and rip the DVD fine on his computer even though he too is Region 2, of course.

Now I figure I'll have to get an external DVD drive if I ever wanna watch my Region 1 DVDs (for which I paid!) again. Any suggestions? I really don't wanna spend the money only to face the same problem. Would a Blueray drive make sense? Or could I buy a region 1 drive? Would that be compatitable with my notebook?

Thank you so much in advance for any advice you can give me!!!

Comments

[littleheaven]

If you're willing to shell out a few $$ then SlySoft AnyDVD would do the trick. It removes the region coding on any DVD you play (it does other cool stuff too). I stumbled across it some years back when my husband inadvertently locked his drive on Region 1 (he changed it too many times) when we live in a Region 4 country. You can try it for free for 21 days, and it's 49 Euros to buy. It's 20% off at the moment (until July 6). It's a must-have on my vidding laptop.

[lilly_the_kid]

That sounds promising! Thank you!! I'll check it out :)