Dvd Regions Map

Click on a geographic region name to play dvds meant only for that region.

Dvd regions map. Region 1 canada the united states and u s. The region code is usually specified on the back of the individual dvd packages either with a regional coding logo of a globe with the region number superimposed over it or specifically. Japan europe south africa and the middle east including. Region codes are not law and so are a voluntary code for bd system manufacturers to pay attention to.

Of course they didn t work here so it was either buy region 2 dvds which didn t work or buy region 1 without the music. Region 6 china. How to tell how a disc is coded. I remember trying to buy dvds of an old show called quantum leap but all the original music for region 1 dvds were removed so my only choice was to get region 2 dvds.

Underneath the current region code and the one that will be set when you choose a country from the list right above will be shown. Region 5 russia okay former russia eastern europe india most of africa north korea mongolia. Region 2 japan europe south africa the middle east including egypt and greenland. Dvd regions were the bane of my existence once.

Region 3 southeast asia and east asia including hong kong. The best blu ray players as i m sure you know dvds are coded to a region of the world. Territories canada and bermuda. Here s how it breaks down.

Dvd digital versatile disc region codes are a digital rights management technique designed to allow rights holders to control the international distribution of a dvd release including its content release date and price all according to the appropriate region. Region 0 is commonly referred to as region free especially when talking about dvd and blu ray disc players. A dvd disc from region 1 would be encoded as region code 1 and is therefore only operable in a dvd player that originated from region 1. As their sales flew the bigger companies followed and they too stopped including dvd region codes in their dvd players.

Global region codes identify dvds and blu ray discs that are compatible with the players typically sold in that region. These are the dvd region codes. This is achieved by way of region locked dvd players which will play back only dvds encoded to their region plus those without. Discs that bear the region 0 symbol either have no flag set or have regions 1 6 flags set.

With dvd many budget dvd player manufacturers briefly gained a market edge when they stopped including the dvd region codes. The map below shows how dvd region codes are separated and administered by geographic location. The following are the different regions and their corresponding numerical equivalent.