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| Regional Codes |
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Regional
codes (also called zone codes) are a feature built into the DVD system that
allows the publishers to control where their discs are viewed and distributed.
All DVD hardware and software is regionally coded using one of six codes (0, 7
& 8 are special cases - see below).
These codes control where the
discs can be played, and you cannot normally buy DVDs in a different region and
play them at home. The exception to this rule is Region 0 discs (mostly older
films, specialist titles and documentaries), that can be played anywhere in the
world, although some are recorded in the American NTSC TV format (we use PAL in
Europe), which may not play well on older TVs (see below).
DVD players
can of course be engineered to played be multi-region and therefore play discs
from outside of your region. |
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| Region
0 |
| Region Free. Will
play on any player, in any region. |
| Region
1 |
| Canada, USA and US
Territories |
| Region
2 |
| UK, Europe, Japan, South Africa,
Middle East, Egypt |
| Region
3 |
| Southeast Asia, East Asia,
Hong Kong |
| Region
4 |
| Australia, New Zealand,
Pacific Islands, Central & South America, Caribbean |
| Region
5 |
| Former Soviet Union,
Indian Subcontinent, Africa, North Korea, Mongolia |
| Region
6 |
| China |
| Region
7&8 |
| Reserved for special and
international venues (planes, cruise ships, etc.) |
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