i recently bought dvds in the mail. one from kansas and the other from texas. but when i put them into my dvd player they do not play. my friend from kansas saids the disc works perfectly on her dvd player and we are both from the united states so i dont understand why it does not play on my dvd but plays perfectly on hers i have a region 1 dvd player. my dvd player is not even that old. its from 2008. i wanna know if i could download vlc to watch the discs on my computer but will it work??? because i heard a vlc player will play any dvd disc format. Anybody know what i should do or what the problem is???