If you cannot watch region 1 DVD from USA in region 2 UK directly, calm down. 2 ways are introduced for you to play USA DVD in the United Kingdom with either a multi-region DVD player or by converting region 1 DVD to digital file without region code restriction.

Hello Quick tutorial on how to play Multi-Region DVD's through VLC Player.

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Scenario: My friend want to play American (Region 1) DVDs, but he lives in the UK (Region 2). Can region 2 DVD player from the UK play region 1 DVD?

DVDs are region locked. The numerical region code put on DVD is more like copy protection, meant to dissuade playing DVD from one region into another and ensure effective protection for the interests of rights holders. Normally, a USA DVD is region 1 and formatted in NTSC. It cannot be played on a UK DVD player that is locked to region 2, unless you have a multi-region player. Or you can get rid of the region code from DVD for playback wherever you are with a DVD region killer.

Make any DVD Region Free & Play DVD without Regional Limit

MacX DVD Ripper Pro can remove region codes 1-6 from DVD and convert DVD to region-free MP4, MOV, H.264, etc for flawless playback on PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, etc anywhere. Also bypass DVD CSS, region code enhanced, and more.

Part 1: How to Play DVD on MacBook Pro/MacBook Air/iMac without Hard Drive

To enable a successful playback, insert the DVD into the disc drive and the DVD player for Mac will automatically play the movie. But for newer MacBook Air/Pro, it may be a little bit tricky as there is no hard drive. Here we share two ways on how to watch DVD on Mac without DVD drive: external DVD drive or best DVD ripper for Mac.

Way 1: Buy an External Hard Drive

Since there is no built-in disc drive in your Mac, you can get an external DVD drive for DVD playback on Mac. Apple provides a USB SuperDrive at £65 that works on iMac, Mac mini, MacBook Pro with Retina Display or MacBook Air. If the Mac DVD hard drive not working for you, there are many other DVD drives available at cheap price. Then you can watch the DVD with a Mac DVD player as normal.

Way 2: Rip DVDs to MP4, MOV, M4V etc

Taking an external disc drive, or the cumbersome DVD discs will increase the burden when you are in travel or on the fly. So there is another more convenient option for you: rip the DVDs and play movies on Mac computers on the go. There are many tools for this job, here we will recommend you MacX DVD Ripper Pro. It works on Mac (macOS Sierra) and Windows (10) to rip any homemade/protected movies to MOV, MP4, M4V, AVI etc for free playback on any QT, VLC, KMPlayer without region code limits or any other trouble. It's fast with no quality loss.

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Notice: The DVD ripper developer only advocates using this self-contained Mac DVD ripper to rip and convert DVDs for legal personal use, instead of illegal reproduction or distribution of copyrighted content. Please obey your local DVD copyright law before doing it. DO NOT do harm to others' lawful rights and interests.