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Re:DVD region code blocks British Prime Minister from enjoyi... by hedgehog on Saturday March 21, 2009 @05:36PM (#526644)
Depends which drive is in it. Some of the older ones did region checks in hardware so you had to replace the firmware (that was the case on the original SuperDrive 12" PowerBook). On the current MacBooks the region check is in software so VLC works great.
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