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DVD Regions
The DVD Specification includes a requirement that a DVD player be
regionalized. One of the numbers can be embedded in each DVD disk. The
region code of a disc is indicated on the packaging, DVD copies intended for
a particular country will only play in players built for that area.
Movies are rarely, if ever, released simultaneously worldwide, however DVD
players are available that will play any region especially if manufacturers
make the same model for several counties. The players can also be programmed
to region 0, making them play any region disk.
| Code |
Region |
| 0 |
DVD's coded with this number will play anywhere. |
| 1 |
United States and its territories; Canada; Bermuda. |
| 2 |
Greenland, Iceland, Europe as far east as (and including) Poland
and Romania and extending through Turkey; the Middle East as far
east as Iran, including the entire Arabian peninsula; South Africa,
Swaziland, Lesotho, Z; Japan. |
| 3 |
Southeast Asia and East Asia, including Hong Kong, Thailand,
Vietnam, South Korea, Borneo, Indonesia. |
| 4 |
Mexico, Central and South America; the Caribbean; Australia,
Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. |
| 5 |
Nations of the former Soviet Union, west through Estonia,
Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus and the Ukraine; Africa except for Egypt
and the Republic of South Africa; Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri
Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal; North Korea; Mongolia. |
| 6 |
Peoples Republic of China. |
| 7 |
Not yet assigned. |
| 8 |
Airlines, cruise ships, other international venues. |
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