What is region coding?
DVD-Video discs may be region coded to prevent eg a US disc played on a European player and vice versa. This allows titles to be distributed in different parts of the world at different times. A total of eight regions (also called locales) have been defined to cover all countries. Region 1: USA, Canada Region 2: Europe, Middle East, South Africa, Japan Region 3: Southeast Asia, Taiwan Region 4:Central America, S. America, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand Region 5:Russian federation, Africa(part), India, Pakistan Region 6:China Region 7:Reserved Region 8:Special international venues (airplanes, curise ships, etc.) All players and PCs with DVD must implement region coding, but not all discs need to be region coded.
