Can anyone point me is the correct direction regarding the 5 change region code lock that seems to aflict most if not all current software DVD players.

This restriction is really causing problems and threatening the entire financial justification of buying a top of the range laptop in the first place.

If nobody has a full answer, any pinters to places where I can get more information about how the locking functions would be appreciated as I am not without hardware/software engineering skils - just short of time to research or unable to risk the laptops daily business use by experiment, without some guidelines.

Take a look here, maybe you can find the info there!

http://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk/info/multiregion/

This problem depends on a number of issues. Firstly the drive may be region locked after 5 changes, in which case a firmware hack may be required, this is risky as the drive can die if a problem occurs during the flashing process. If the drive is not region coded, then all you need is a program called DVDGenie, which allows you to change the region on software players unlimited number of times.

Check out the dvd section of

http://www.7thzone.com/

They will have all the info, and files you need.

Thanks, luckily I have not locked the drive having decided to do nothing since discovering the five shot limit until I knew more.

I've down loaded DVD Genie, so I'll see how it goes.