Hello, I recently sent some dvd's to a friend in Japan. She told me they won't work in the DVD players there. We are thinking of sending her a dvd player, but I am wondering if an american dvd player can hook up to a japanese tv okay? We may send her a portable dvd player and then it wouldn't matter, but plain dvd players are on sale cheaper.
Thanks!
- splunking11
2006-12-21 10:32:49 · 3 answers · asked by splunking11 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Home Theater
Most DVDs are coded by world regions:
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)
What happened is that you would send a region 1 DVD in a region of the world where they have region 2 DVD players... you might have to send them a DVD player for them to see it!
2006-12-21 10:46:06 · answer #1 · answered by MaRTIN 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Actually most DVD players and TVs are made there. If she has a problem reading English make sure directions are self explanatory or come with pictures.
2006-12-21 10:44:45 · answer #2 · answered by angelbabydoll82 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
send the cheap player, or rip the dvd and make it region free.
2006-12-21 10:41:26 · answer #3 · answered by ŚţΰāŔţ ● Ŧ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋