Matshita dvd/BD on XPS 15 only able to read discs from region of origin

I just bought an XPS 15 L521x, who has a player for DVD/BD Matshita slot.  I have been using AnyDVD with other laptops to allow me to play all regions DVD/BD discs.  However, it seems that the Matshita drives do not allow it.  Before returning the laptop, which is also very nice, I wonder if there is something that can be done.  For example, could I simply swap in another drive and would that void the warranty?  Is another possibility to get an external drive and use it?  If I'm reading software, regardless if there are two possible disks?  I have to disable one of them?

Thank you

Fred

In the end, I bought an external USB DVD/BD drive.  Problem solved!  Improved visual quality of the Samsung product as a bonus too.

Fred

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