Page 1 of Can DVD player in US laptop play DVD`s from(in) the UK??????

I just purchased a dell laptop in the US and it has a dvd player installed. I going to england in a few days and i was shock to find out that dvd`s have different regions

Will my dvd player work in the UK when i rent or buy dvd's there?

*Please Help*
Would be a great help

It will suck if i cant use it and if i cant is there anyway to fix it?

Thank So Much

Be warned - computers in general will allow you to change to specific regions but only for a severely limited number of times before permanently locking you into the final region you select. I have a desktop Dell and this allows only 5 changes!

A lot of the DVD players can be easily hacked to be region free and you need to have a look a the different sections of this site as it is all here for the uninitiated.

My advice would be to leave the laptop alone as buying a dirt cheap UK DVD from somewhere like Argos will cost you less than £50.00 which is probably cheaper than getting a software engineer to even look at your laptop!