can a dvd be played on australian dvd player?

Question

i want to buy a richard simmons disco sweat dvd and not sure if it will work on my dvd player

i mean buying a dvd's from amercia

Answer 1

Most models now SHOULD be able to play it. Check your dvd player and its operating manual. If it says that the player is "multi-zone" or multi region then it should.

Answer 2

If you have a newish dvd player, say a year or two old it should work, you could go to a video library and look for a region 1 dvd just to see if it works, before I ordered any region 1 discs off amazon I asked around at work and someone lent me something they had got from the US and it worked fine, put my mind to ease. good luck.

Answer 3

Each DVD-Video disc contains one or more region codes, denoting the area[s] of the world in which distribution and playback are intended. many DVD players allow playback of any disc, or can be modified to do so. Entirely independent of encryption, region coding pertains to regional lockout, which originated in the video game industry.
Australia is in Region 4 so ask if the disk can be played on a player in region 4 Their may be a picture of a globe or something like it with numbers (regions) it is formatted for.
The US is region 1

Answer 4

They are on a different system. PAL.. Unless you have a DVD player that plays both formats, they will not work... Good luck...

Answer 5

No, they are plenty dazzling codecs. Blu-rays are clever to maintain far extra expertise and are better in a distinctive way than DVD's. Many Blu-rays do each and each DVDs and Blu-rays, yet a participant equipped for DVD's won't. which you would be waiting to get dvd game enthusiasts that provide a extra robust image, yet they'd't examine Blu-rays. i want to recommend making an investment in Blu-ray participant as they are approximately $a hundred+, quite in many circumstances play DVDs and characteristic many extra characteristic Blu-rays themselves is often severe priced because of the fact the classic dvd, nonetheless they are frequently older videos (up changed maximum in many circumstances, notwithstanding maximum movies interior the previous few years are available Blu-ray). many merchants and internet web sites can sell them as low value as $10 (oftentimes on sale, yet as quickly as as quickly as extra some older movies is often that value). many circumstances comprehensive trilogies or sequence are available as bundles with extra artwork books or factors, notwithstanding the charges can variety from $20 to $a hundred+ in accordance with what that's and how plenty content fabric is given. some computers now have Blu-ray drives, additionally PS3's may additionally play Blu-rays corresponding to a typical Blu-ray participant. Your television has the selection capacity, notwithstanding you additionally can require extra wires or ports in case you want to hook up a Blu-ray participant or larger selection dvd participant. As a facet be conscious, many television distributors recent loose HD channels that your television ought to be able to play. those channels quite in many circumstances play videos in HD so this would sparkling up a number of your impediment, yet you would be able to need a definite hd receiver, or on your cable organisation as a fashion to characteristic it on your channels for it to artwork. cellular them in case you think you will nicely be able to hire this service.