Hmm. I just tested my current system (Win 7 laptop).
It isn’t letting me play my R2 discs (at least without setting the region code which it tells me has 4 changes left).
My previous Compaq laptop was letting me play all discs. And my Apex DVD player before that was set to be region free.
Thanks for the reply . I know the external drive will play region 2 as it was made for Japan . I also know the internal drive will play region 1 discs as I was careful not to use region 2 because I might have gotten locked into that region . Most of my DVDs are region 1 but I do have a fair amount of region 2 as I live in Japan .