Region has to do with where the DVD is licensed to play.
Region 1 is US and Canada. Region 2 is UK. Many DVD
players in the US can play only discs coded for Region 1.
However, many DVD players can be "hacked" to play DVDs
from any region. Phillips are noted for this ability.
However, there is also the color encoding method to consider.
In the US and Canada we use NTSC. In the UK and Europe they use PAL.
Again, Phillips DVD players are most likely to play both.
So if you are in the US and want to play discs purchased from
amazon.co.uk, you probably want a Phillips DVD player and learn
how to hack it to be region free.
card lady wrote:
> I saw boxed sets of DVD's on Amazon.com...some said region 1...others
> said region 2....what does it mean in playing a DVD? Which do I buy and
> why?
> TIA
>
>I saw boxed sets of DVD's on Amazon.com...some said region 1...others
>said region 2....what does it mean in playing a DVD? Which do I buy and
>why?
The Region Code system is the movie industry's attempt to prevent you from
buying DVDs from other countries.
If you don't want to worry about how to get around this, you buy DVDs that
are either region-free or are marked with the region you live in. See http://www.robertsdvd.com/world.gif
If you want to be a free spirit, go to http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks
and find out what it takes to exorcise this evil from your DVD player.
In article <mrkvi3hc2v0328i2g0n8q9eu8386mboiis@4ax.com>,
Kimba W. Lion <kimbawlion> wrote:
>CardLady01@webtv.net (card lady) wrote:
>
>>I saw boxed sets of DVD's on Amazon.com...some said region 1...others
>>said region 2....what does it mean in playing a DVD? Which do I buy and
>>why?
>The Region Code system is the movie industry's attempt to prevent
>you from buying DVDs from other countries.
And that was implemented because of the HUGE volume of CDs imported
from Europe - that were 1) unavailable in the US, 2) cheaper to
import, 3) more tracks on the imports, 4) and many other things
including lack of royaltices.
So the film industry decided they didn't want this to happen,
particularly since many films were licensed to other companies
around the world. They didn't want what happened to audio CDs to
happen to DVDs.
>If you don't want to worry about how to get around this, you buy
>DVDs that are either region-free or are marked with the region
>you live in. See http://www.robertsdvd.com/world.gif
>If you want to be a free spirit, go to
>http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks and find out what it takes to
>exorcise this evil from your DVD player.
And some DVD players are sold region-free with out needing to be
hacked from what I've read. I really like the Philips ability
to change with just a few keystrokes.
>>If you want to be a free spirit, go to
>>http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks and find out what it takes to
>>exorcise this evil from your DVD player.
>
>And some DVD players are sold region-free with out needing to be
>hacked from what I've read. I really like the Philips ability
>to change with just a few keystrokes.
A lot of players can be changed just by using the remote. That site just
lumps all the instructions, no matter what the method required by any
individual player, under "hacks".
region? 
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