Playing Region 2 DVDs Through External DVD Drive?

I have a brand-new MacBook Pro and I would love to be able to play Region 2 DVDs. Does anyone know if this is possible with an external DVD drive (i.e. setting an external DVD drive to play Region 2 while keeping the internal set to Region 1)?

I do have similar problem, and I undestand that in PCs there is an optional Zone 0 option that let you watch different zone movies, but sims that Apple do not disclose this to users, even this is obsolete, fore some one like a traveler that is unfair since I want to watch DVD when I rent it in other locations.
We should search for how to config the Internal DVD drive to Zone 0!.

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