When I was at work, I called the store that sold me the DVD-ROM drive and
asked them for an
RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization) number. I called the
technical support department of the store. One of the guys in the store (being the
persistent things they are), told me to check the decoder first. I haven't thought of that, so I searched in
deja.com for anything about this mess. I came across something called "Remote Selector" from the web (http://www.remoteselector.com). I came back from home, installed the DVD-ROM drive and all that jazz. However, I also downloaded and installed the Remote Selector. I went to the software, and disabled the regional code checking in the decoder and slipped in the sample DVD.
IT WORKED!
Well, the sample DVD movie is a low-budget direct-to-video affair, but it works.
That's it! I'm getting Full Metal Jacket and Robocop (Criterion Collection)!