Will this (Region 10?) DVD play in my DVD player??

Question

I'm usually pretty good with most of this stuff...

but I've been looking for a limited edition dvd online for a while now, and I think I've found it.

But, it mentions in the product description that you should make sure that your DVD player is able to play discs designed for Region 10.

I'm not quite sure what Region 10 is, but I live in the United States, and I've never had any problems with my DVD player not playing anything before.


So, if someone could explain this to me, I would be very greatful!

I really want to buy this DVD, but I want to be sure that it's going to play before I buy it!!

Thank you!

Answer 1

Region 10??? No such thing.

The world is set up into 6 regions for the purpose of distributing prerecorded DVDs. The US is part of Region 1.

There are two ways to get past this mess: either purchase DVDs that can be played in all regions (e.g., Region 0), or have a DVD player available that can read discs from any region (region free).

There are hacks available to set a console DVD player into region free mode. And you can do the same to your DVD player on your computer, but you need to read up to make sure you don't decrement the internal region setting counter, else it will freeze on the last switch you make.