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DVD Regions and Formats
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DVD Formats
Region 1 discs are intended for use with standard DVD players in North America (Canada and the USA). In most instances they can also be played on compatible "multi-region" DVD players (also known as "chipped" or "region-free" players).
They also require an NTSC-compatible television. NTSC is the standard picture format in North America, and differs from the PAL format adopted in Britain and Europe. Region 1 DVDs are usually presented in NTSC format, so you should ensure that your TV is capable of reading the NTSC signal before purchasing Region 1 DVDs.
DVD Regions
The DVD region code identifies a DVD's compatibility with the players typically sold in a particular region.
The following graphic shows the approximate location of each region.
Region 0 (or "region free") is compatible with DVD players from any region.
The majority of all current titles play only in one specific region unless otherwise noted. DVDs of a particular region may not work on DVD players in other countries.
Regional Coding Enhancement (RCE)
Regional Coding Enhancement (RCE) has been added by some film studios (specifically Warner and Columbia) to selected Region 1 DVDs, with the intention of preventing these discs from playing on some multi-region DVD players. We are therefore unable to guarantee that all Region 1 discs will be compatible with all multi-region players.
Global DVD region countries
This is not a definitive list and is intended only as a guide.
| DVD regions country list | ||
| Region | Area | Breakdown of countries |
1 |
US, US territories and Canada |
American Samoa, Canada, Guam, Palau, Mariana
Islands, Marshall Islands, Puerto Rico, Micronesia, United States,
US Virgin Islands |
2 |
UK, Europe, Japan, South Africa and Middle
East |
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 |
Southeast and East Asia |
Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,
Myanmar, Phillipines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam |
4 |
Australia, New Zealand, Central and South America |
Antigua, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas,
Barbados, Barbuda, 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, Tobago, Uruguay |
5 |
Former Soviet Union, Indian sub-continent,
Africa, North Korea and Mongolia |
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 |
China |
China |
7 |
Reserved for future use |
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8 |
International Territories (ships, planes etc) |
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| Last Updated: 24 March 2008 |
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