Sounds like it is locked at region 1 with no changes left... talk to the shop and tell them what you've found. They should be able to do something about it (new drive, new PowerBook).

I shall, thanks for advice Staypuft. Just a question since I can’t play any DVD’s outside region 1, does this mean I can’t copy / backup any UK ones that I have now? Since it can’t play them. Or backup UK DVD's but make them work with Region 1?

I don't know... will the DVD's eject since DVD Player won't play them, or can you mount them? I would imagine that Mac the Ripper
http://www.ripdifferent.com/~mtr/
would still be able to extract the DVD if it can be mounted. You can set a new region for the DVD in Mac the Ripper. By default it sets the disk to play in all regions, so you shouldn't have to set it specifically. It might not work for newer DVDs that use RCE (Mac the Ripper works with RCE disks, but I've only used RCE region 1 DVDs in a region 1 drive, I don't know about extracting a region 2 disk in a region 1 locked drive). I am curious to know though ;-)

Well if I just put the DVD’s in the drive it sees it fine, if I load Mac DVD player it spits them out at me. I’m downloading Mac the Ripper as we speak ill let you know the verdict

I’ve given up on VLC now ill find another way as well as going to the shop


Also a question regarding the topics purpose about upgrading to Tiger OS would I need Drivers for the laptop devices or are drivers already preloaded with Tiger?

Also if I take the laptop in to star bucks which has wireless net connection would it automatically pick up the internet?

What devices are you interested in? For the most part all the drivers are in the OS. Things like USB to Serial, USB to 802.11b, and other specialty devices tend to need drivers.

It depends on starbucks setup... in the US their networks are usually part of a pay service. Turning on Airport should allow you to see the network, but to connect to it you may need a username and password.

This has really strayed from the original question into a discussion about DVD compatibility. Let's get back to the original question. Thanks. :)