Did you know......

that you can remove the region code restriction on your dvd player simply by typing in a four digit code on your dvd player remote control.  You can find the code for your dvd player by visiting the Videohelp.com website and entering the brand/manufacturer's name and model number in the search box.  Hopefully someone will have entered the code and instructions for your particular brand and model.  If not, try using a code for the same brand but a different model as manufacturers tend to use the same code across all their models. 

Once you have the code, the procedure is usually very simple, you make sure the disc tray is empty and open, when the disc tray is open the dvd player is in programming mode, you then type in the code and press enter on the remote control, you then switch the dvd player off and on, you then put a dvd from another region in the disc tray and close it and then press play.  If the code has 'taken' then the dvd player should play the disc, if not then you have to start all over again, sometimes it can take 3 or 4 tries but once it works the change is permanent and you never have to do it again.

Region codes don't stop you from copying dvds, they only stop you from playing a dvd sold in one region in another region such as a disc sold in America being played in a European dvd player or vice versa.

Copy protection/prevention software such as macrovision is installed on the disc and in your dvd hardware and this is what stops you from making copies from a regular dvd player to a regular dvd recorder.  However it is pointless trying to disable this copy protection/prevention software on your dvd player so you can make a dvd copy. 

You should use a computer to copy dvds because the movie dvds that are sold in shops are usually 8.4GB discs even if the movie size is less than this dvd disc size whereas the blank discs sold in shops are usually 4.7GB discs, so the movie will require compression to fit on the blank discs and most dvd recorders don't do compression, they just record from A to B so the blank disc has to be the same size as the original disc.
When you copy/rip on a computer the copy is usually compressed so that it will fit on the 4.7GB Discs.