what does region 1 mean when used on dvds?

Question

i bought some brand new dvds.and now they wont work it says" wrong region"and now i find out ite region 1, anyone know what this means? any chance i can get it working?

Answer 1

DVD Regions
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.

For those out there that will only play DVDs from your own region don't worry about the information on this page. This really only affects people that collect DVDs from other parts of the world. For most DVD users you will want to play locally produced discs. When considering playing DVDs from other regions remember that the video output format is important. Please review the sections on PAL and NTSC for more details.

Please Note: 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. I don't track hacks or modifications. You may want to try a site that specializes in these things such as DVD Region Hacks. Again, please be warned, you can ruin your player if your apply any unauthorized modification to your DVD player. You can try contacting the manufacturer they often will help.

One more note: 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.

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.

Now, as if this system of region encoding doesn't cause enough problems for the consumer not all discs of the same film with the same region are created equally. In region one discs intended for release in the United States are often not the same as those for Canada. The most infamous cases were with Pulp Fiction and Chasing Amy where the Canadian releases preceded the US release by a significant amount of time and the Canadian releases had a ton of extras while the US versions were fairly plain vanilla. The same can also hold true for region two where discs intended for Japan are often not the same as those released in the UK. So, when you buy a DVD you have to check the region code, the video format, the transfer specifics and the extras.

One new aspect of region coding is Region Code Enhancement (RCE) This is deigned by the studios to prevent viewing a Region One disc on a Region Free DVD player. It will not prevent watching the movie on a MultiRegion Player. The reason for this is to prevent people from the popular practice of hacking the player to be able to view all region discs. So far some Warner Bros, New Line, Columbia and now select MGM have this feature. For more information click on the links to the left.

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)

Answer 2

Dvd Region 1

Answer 3

Region 1 Dvd

Answer 4

Region code is what movie companies put into DVDs so that people from different part of the world cannot buy DVD from outside of their country. Region 1 is US and Canada only. Like region 2 is for Japan, etc. There are region free DVD players that can play DVD regardless of the region. You can also try to strip the region code with a decrypter but that require some knowledge. You can also try to hack your DVD player. Not even DVD player has a hack but if yours is one on the list then you can change your player into region free DVD player.

For instruction, you can visit www.videohelp.com.

Answer 5

DVD Region Code Designations The DVD world is divided into six major geographical regions, with two additional regions reserved for specialized use. To keep it simple, this means that DVD players and DVDs are labeled for operation on within a specific geographical region in the world. For example, the U.S. is in region 1. This means that all DVD players sold in the U.S. are made to region 1 specifications. As a result, region 1 players can only play region 1 discs. That's right, the DVDs themselves are encoded for a specific region. On the back of each DVD package, you will a find a region number (1 thru 6). The geographical regions are as follows: REGION 1 -- USA, Canada REGION 2 -- Japan, Europe, South Africa, Middle East, Greenland REGION 3 -- S.Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Parts of South East Asia REGION 4 -- Australia, New Zealand, Latin America (including Mexico) REGION 5 -- Eastern Europe, Russia, India, Africa REGION 6 -- China REGION 7 -- Reserved for Unspecified Special Use REGION 8 -- Reserved for Cruise Ships, Airlines, etc... REGION 0 or REGION ALL -- Discs are uncoded and can be played Worldwide, however, PAL discs must be played in a PAL-compatible unit and NTSC discs must be played in an NTSC-compatible unit. The end result is that DVDs encoded for regions other than Region 1 cannot be played on a region 1 DVD player, also, players marketed for other regions cannot play region 1-stamped DVDs.

Answer 6

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You need a "region free" or "region selectable" DVD player. This allows them to play DVDs from different regions. Some DVD players can be hacked so they are region-free (usually by using a special CD or some secret menu code.) You can try searching the internet with your existing player's model to see if it can be hacked. Otherwise, if there's an Asian market near you, they often sell DVD players that are already region free. One more thing. Europe and parts of Asia use a different video format than the US, Canada and Japan. Region 2 covers both Western Europe and Japan. If the DVD you want to play is from Europe, it'll be using the PAL video format. This means either your DVD player will have to do the conversion from PAL to NTSC (which the US uses), or your TV will need to support PAL, or you will need a separate PAL-to-NTSC converter.

Answer 7

Region 1 is for the US (& Canada?). The various regions were set up for commercial distribution reasons. Some DVD players can be set up as multi-region by entering a code. It is possible that this may mess the machine up I believe but that could be a tale put about by those who stood to lose by being able to play any DVD in any machine.

Answer 8

region one means for usa uk uses region 2 you need a region free dvd player or you could try looking if the dvd player you have has any codes to open it up to region free try a search on google.

Answer 9

Region codes mean flags implemented in DVD-Video discs that determine the geographic area where the DVD-Video disc is being sold and where it can be watched.
* Region 1 - The U.S., U.S. territories and Canada

To play this DVD anywhere you have to remove region code with DVD Decrypter (freeware) and burn on blank DVD or use region- free DVD Player

Answer 10

It means that DVD is programmed for the US and Canada only. If you live in Region 2 (UK and Europe), you can "hack" your DVD player to play all regions by finding the fix on the Internet. Google your DVD player's brand and model number and you can find out how to do this. It's easy, I did it myself.
Otherwise find a 15 yr old boy to do it for you.