If the region code of the Blu-ray Disc optical drive has been permanently set to an undesirable region, and you wish to use Blu-ray Discs with a different region code setting, the drive will need to be replaced.Once this occurs the region code setting cannot be changed again.
For most Blu-ray Disc optical drives, whatever the region code the software is set to upon the fifth region code setting change will become the permanent setting.
Refer to the Blu-ray Disc player software documentation for instructions on how to change the optical drive region code settings. These are the DVD region codes: Region 1 - Canada, the United States and U.S. There is no way to override the region code. They also will play discs labeled Region 0 or All. Sony DVD players sold in the U.S.are coded to play Region 1 DVD discs.
(The exception is a disc, player or drive coded as Region FREE.) The same will be true for a computer or Blu-ray Disc player purchased in another region. In other words, computers and Blu-ray Disc players purchased in countries / regions corresponding to region A can play back Blu-ray Discs for region A, but cannot play back Blu-ray Discs for region B or region C. The Blu-ray Disc device or drive will support playback of Blu-ray Disc purchased in the same region, unless otherwise specified in the player or computer documentation. It is designed to allow rights holders to control the international distribution of a DVD release, including its content, release date, and price, all according to the appropriate region. NOTE: The region codes for commercial Blu-ray Disc movies can be found on the back of the Blu-ray Disc case. DVD region codes are a digital rights management technique introduced in 1997. Region FREE: This is not an official setting, but discs that have the region FREE symbol either have no flag set or have all region flags (A, B & C) set.Region C: Asia (except for Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and other areas of Southeast Asia).Region B: Europe, Africa, Middle East, Australia, and New Zealand.Territories, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and other areas of Southeast Asia Plays DVDs from all regions including 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 etc. Region A: North America, South America, U.S.The Blu-ray Disc region codes are as follows: Blu-ray Disc media does have region codes, but unlike DVD players, the region codes for Blu-ray Disc media use letters instead of numbers to indicate a particular zone or region where the discs can be played. ok for you that know higurashi then you know its usa witch dont play in the uk dvd player (or dose it :P ) the answer most dvd player has a setup menu witch.