It wasn’t long before I accidentally region locked my laptop drive to region 1. In South Africa where I live the official DVD region is region 2 however sometimes if you want to watch something that is not easily available your only option is to watch other regions.

To cut to the chase I have tried many paid for software options to fool my computer into believing that the DVD-ROM has not been region locked. They are all pretty cool, except that you have to pay for them and often they are full of bloat and unnecessary rubbish.

One day, while online, I came across what I can only say is my official free choice.

DVD43 is a simple application that runs in your system tray that auto-detects when it needs to do its job, which thus far it has done flawlessly. A light download, with no bulk and straight to the point and best of all legitimately: free.

Check it out here.