I would also go this way. You can even change your System Preferences to open disks in VLC Media Player by default. Although not strictly legal, if he did need to burn a copy he could also use something like MacTheRipper to create a region free disk image for burning.
-- All the best Greg Sharp President/Webmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG) http://www.australian.macusersgroup.org On 8/8/05 2:02 PM, "Ronda Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Lloyd, > > If he only wants to play the DVD's. > VLC Media Player allows you to play any region DVD WITHOUT firmware. > So what you need to do is disable opening of DVD player when a DVD > is inserted. > Then open VLC and press play. A menu will come up asking you to > select a file or disk to open. Select a disc and open the DVD and > start playing. > > There is an 'interesting' read here: > Set Your DVD Drive to Region Free > http://www.powerbook-fr.com/dossiers/dezonage/indexGB.html