Region |
Countries |
|---|---|
0 |
Any player and any country compatible, also called Region All. |
1 |
Canada, U.S. and its Territories. Including Puerto Rico, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Palau, Micronesia, Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Canada |
2 |
Albania, Andorra, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vatican City, Yemen, Yugoslavia. |
3 |
Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam |
4 |
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, New Guinea, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela |
5 |
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, St. Helena, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
6 |
Mainland China |
7 |
Reserved for Unspecified Special Use |
8 |
International venues such as aircraft, cruise ships, etc |
9 |
Expansion (often used as region free) |
| This non-exhaustive list is a guide for your reference. Source: Wikipedia.org | |
Useful Information
Although DVD players sold in a specific region can usually read discs from other regions, it is still important considering that the video format used to press DVDs vary from one region to another. For example, Region 1 discs are pressed using NTSC while Region 2 and some region 4 use PAL. Thus, you will need either a video format converter or a DVD player with a built-in converter to make sure you can play discs from other regions.
Region Code Enhancement (RCE) is another important issue for DVD region coding. RCE is deigned to prevent viewing a Region 1 disc on a Region-Free DVD player. It will not prevent watching the movie on a Multi-Region Player. This prevents from hacking the player viewing all regions discs. So far, some studios like Warner Bros, New Line, Columbia and now select MGM have this feature.
