I am hoping to buy CSI: Miami, Complete Season 8 box set from Amazon/eBay.

I only ever watch my DVDs on my laptop, but I know that these DVDs are Region 1 (ie. they can only be played in America/Canada).

Am I able to play these Region 1 dvds on my laptop? is it worth taking the risk and buying them?
What's that download thing actually do? ( the first answer )


And, yeah, I see your point. Is there any way of getting around that?