PS Most dvd players are region free these days but if you have one that is "locked" to a certain region then is a good place to look. I'm pretty sure no-one here would dream of contravening copyright to copy shop bought DVD films onto video tape so they wont need to disable the macrovision protection incorporated in most DVD players.
Home recorded DVDs are region free by the way, regions are Hollywood's way of making sure cheap DVDs in some parts of the world can't be played in other, more expensive, parts of the world.