I am still new to playing DVD's on the laptop / computers, but be sure to look on the back for PC friendly notations or it won't play on certain computers. My laptop is just about ten months old - I had four DVD's for the kids when traveling and only one would work because of some type of digital overlay. The one that did work and the kids could watch did say PC friendly! So don't waste your money on DVD's that you can't play when you are buying them for the computer.