Two DVD drives region settings

It seems to me, that it isn't the PLAYER that gets locked, but the DVD player software. I have an iMac with both an internal and external DVD burner. I cannot seem to set one to Region 2 and have the other on Region 1.
Now THIS seems a bit different than the theories I've seen in some of the threads here.

Paul the region settings are in fact tied to the Software, and Firmware on the DVD Optical Drive. They have nothing whatsoever to do with the Player by itself.
When you insert a DVD, the Optical drive reads the media type and at that point cripples the proccess if all 5 changes have been used.
The only work around with the Internal is to either search out a Region Free Firmware fix on Google.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14738
Download VLC Player that comes with it's own software that is Region Free and make it your default Application when your insert a DVD, thus bypassing the Internal to the new player and using it's software.
Cheers Don

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