The dvd player was originally set for Region 4 and I played a NTSC Region 1 on it easily, but it now has set itself to region 1 and will not change .I installed both VLC and BS DVD players and neither of them will play the DVDs either
You can try ripping the DVD to your computer. Here's how to rip a Blu-ray/DVD disc to your computer: How to Rip and Convert Blu ray to MP4 with Blu ray to MP4 Converter
You can also consider creating a region free copy of your DVD discs. Here's how: How to Make 1 1 Disc to Disc Blu ray Backup with 1 Click Blu ray Copy...
DVD REGION FREE & BLUE-RAY REGION FREE
To changethe Region code on your DVD player, open Control Panel - System - Hardware -Device manager, and click on DVD/CD ROM drives, then right click on the DVDdrive and click Properties then click on DVD Region.
You can enter a new region and it also shows you how many changes have beenmade.
NOTE you can make only 4 changes and the player will lock permanently on the4th change.
If you want to play DVDs from any region you maybe able to upgrade the firmwareto make it region free BUT if you make a mistake or installed the wrongfirmware the player will be a piece of junk.
The best solution to make the player region free is to install a piece ofsoftware (Passkey for DVD) that allows you to play DVDs from any region andPasskey for Blu-ray that allows you to play Blu-rays from any region. There areseveral available on the Internet but my favourite is DVD-Region Free From:-
www.dvdfab.com/products,free.htm
SOURCE: DVD's wont play - says wrong region but they are compatible
To change the Region code on your player, open Control Panel - System - Hardware - Device manager, and click on DVD/CD ROM drives, then right click on the DVD drive and click Properties then click on DVD Region.
You can enter a new region and it also shows you how many changes have been made.
NOTE you can make only 4 changes and the player will lock permanently on the 4th change.
If you want to play DVD from any region you maybe able to upgrade the firmware to make it region free BUT if you make a mistake or installed the wrong firmware the player will be a piece of junk.
The best solution to make the player region free is to install a piece of software that allows you to play DVDs from any region. There are several available on the Internet but my favourite is DVD-Region Free
From: -
www.dvdidle.com/dvd-region-free.htm
SOURCE: DVD Player region coding changes
You can only change the region code 4 times then it locks on the last change.
There are some firmware upgrades that can change the drive to region free, if you can screw it up or put in the wrong frmware upgrade then the DVD drive will be a piece on junk.
I suggest you install a region free software that will allow you to play and region DVDs.
Go to www.dvdidle.com to get their Region-Free software, it is not very expensive.
SOURCE: DVD drive ''Free'' Region code does not play Region 1 DVD
You cannot see region 1 movies unless you change the region code, its designed this way as an anti piracy measure.
SOURCE: How do I set acer aspire dvd region to read all dvds?
Click Start
Click Settings
Click Control Panel
Click System
Click Hardware
Click Device Manager
Click the '+' to the left of 'DVD/CD' branch of the hardware tree.
Double-click your DVD device.
Change the region.
Note that you can "change region" only about 5 times, before the DVD will "lock" into a specific region.
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Nobody is actually responding to the question.... I have added both BSB player and the VLC player AND now the recommended by you software and nothing plays despite running other DVD software...I know the computer default DVD is stuffed but so re all the others that YOU all swear are wonderful....
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