DVD region change isn't needed anymore?

When i first got my macbook pro i set the dvd region to 4 not allowing to play some of my dvds which were region 1 which was fine as i didn't want to use up 1 of the 5 times to change the region.
I only watched region 4 dvds and whenever i inserted a dvd with region 1 the screen came up asking if i wanted to change the region so i could play the dvd, i always declined.
I recently got dvds which are region 4 and they are also region 'all'.
I then got a new dvd which was region 1 and i thought i would just try it out and i put it in and it automatically started playing and the screen never came up asking me to change my region.
I thought it would be just that dvd but now all my other region 1 dvds work as well.
I thought maybe i did accidentally change it to region 1 but my region 4 dvds also work without asking me to change the dvd region.
I was wondering if by doing this, if it is still using up the 5 changes allowed?
Or if it isn't as the screen is not coming up anymore and that i'm free to play any dvd now?

wayne.jensen,
you could download, install, and run DVD Info X 3 to find out the region change status of your SuperDrive.

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