What is our "region code" for DVD?

[Melinda]

I'm trying to find a music DVD from the UK but I have no clue what region code canada and the US falls into for the DVD type so that I know that I'll be able to play it when it gets here. So far I know that region 2 wont work here and region 4 is australia.

Can anyone help? thanks!

[civiclvr]

Region Countries
0 No Region Coding
1 United States of America, Canada
2 Europe, including France, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Arabia, Japan and South Africa
3 Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo and Indonesia
4 Australia and New Zealand, Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America
5 India, Africa, Russia and former USSR countries
6 Peoples Republic of China
7 Unused
8 Airlines/Cruise Ships
9 Expansion (often used as region free)

[Melinda]

Thank you!!!


So our DVD players here would play region 0 and region 1 or just region 1?

[sputnik]

Many DVD players play all regions.

You just have to know how to hack into them and change it to zero.

[fortissimo]

DVD players will play Region 0 and Region 1 here. If you know the model of your DVD drive you can search online for how to modify it to play any regional discs (some have to update the firmware, others just menu settings).

Or, you can go to Chinese video stores and buy a region-free player for < $40.

[old&slow]

A philips model 642 will play anything...Walmart sells them for about $70.
A lot of the newer model dvd players except for things like sony or toshiba will play any region.

[Euro838]

You could always create a backup of the DVD you just bought and use software to remove the region coding, this way it'll play on any DVD player. I do this to also preserve the original. (Yes, I do have the original). There's lots of software out there that will do this and will not require that you buy some crappy cheap DVD player. Please PM if you have further questions.

[Jay911]

Originally posted by civiclvr
Region Countries
2 Europe, including France, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Arabia, Japan and South Africa

I knew Japan was R2, but I didn't know it was that R2 was "Europe including Japan"... someone needs a new globe..

[Melinda]

I managed to find one that is region 0 and it's on it's way to me. Thanks so much for all of the help you guys!!!