2006-11-11 20:20:58 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
region 2
2006-11-11 20:21:48 · answer #1 · answered by JEFF K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Region 2
2006-11-12 09:13:52 · answer #2 · answered by Darth Emiras 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The UK is region 2
DVDs have the ability to encode an option which specifies which regions in the world the discs can be played. The movie studios have collectively divided the planet earth into zones which corresponds to their distribution system.
Some DVD players have an internal switch setting that allows you to choose the country code. Others have this option hard coded. You may find a lot of advice in newsgroups as to how to by pass this feature. Just be aware that this will always nullify your warrantee.
Just because a DVD is coded for a specific region doesn't mean it will play in all countries assigned that region. There is the added layer of incompatibility imposed by the great and wonderful powers that be. You also have to make sure the video formatting is the same. For example, both The UK and Japan are included in Region 2. Unfortunately, UK users the PAL video formatting while Japan is NTSC. In order to play a disc intended for the UK in Japan you will also have to have equipment that recognizes the video format. There are converters that will permit the mixing of PAL and NTSC so if you plan on using discs from different countries consider investing in such an additional box.
Alterntivly you could buy your DVD player at Amazon like I did, and get a region 0 player, it plays everything... any format
Technically speaker there is no such thing as region zero. This is a designation used to indicate that a DVD was not encoded with a region flag. This way, it will pass the testing of any DVD player and, that is, you can play it in any region. Although your DVD player can read a disc from another region you still have to be concerned with the video format used to create the DVD. For example, Region 1 discs are made with NTSC while Region 2 and some region 4 use PAL. You will also need either a video format convert or a DVD player with a converter built in to make sure you can play discs from other regions.
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)
2006-11-12 04:37:57 · answer #3 · answered by DAVID C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need region 2.
Region 1 is america
2006-11-12 05:33:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Region 2, although some DVD players play Region 1 (USA) and Region 2 (Europe) but unless you know this for sure get Region 2. I think it is illegal to play region 1 DVD's in this country (?)
2006-11-12 04:44:41 · answer #5 · answered by blue_butterfly 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u need a region 2 mostly but if it s a region 1 u can always change the region on settings.
2006-11-12 04:38:59 · answer #6 · answered by spyke the kid 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Region 2. It really depends on your DVD player though. Most will play multi region
2006-11-12 04:23:18 · answer #7 · answered by libby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need region 2, unless it is a multi region DVD player.
2006-11-12 04:29:42 · answer #8 · answered by Jayne 2 (LMHJJ) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is region 2
2006-11-15 10:23:05 · answer #9 · answered by Bubbles24 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will need to buy Region 2
But if you buy a player that can play multi-region discs, you will be able to purchase and play most discs from around the world
Region 1 discs are fairly cheap compared to rip off Britain prices
Also, it's not illegal to own or buy Region 1 or any Region Discs, it's only illegal to pirate them
2006-11-12 05:29:34 · answer #10 · answered by Dr Doom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋