I have one of my three DVD drives configured for region # 2, but have downloaded & installed the trial version of DVD Idle Pro, that did enable my drives to play other region DVDs. It did not work with Power DVD at first, but did work with my ATI DVD player. By sheer oversight, I left it enabled when I went to play a disc on Power DVD, & did not even realize that it was working until the 15 minute trial expired (even with that limitation, one can view more than 15 minutes by merely restarting Power DVD). Just to be sure that it was indeed working, I put a region #1 disc in my region #2 drive & it worked just fine.
I did read some unsatisfactory user reviews of this product, but have no way of knowing these people's PCs' specifications. I have 1 GB of 400 Mhz DDR & a 2.8 GHz P4 with 1 MB cache, so I suspect these users' problems may be attributable to slower systems. At any rate, the trial version is free, & it is full-featured. Its only limitation is the 15 minute serssion length.
