Please be aware that the vast majority of high street DVD players will play only DVDs from your specific region.

All-region DVD payers, as the name suggests, play almost all DVDs and are widely available on the internet. These players can be found for reasonable prices and we highly recommend them to anyone serious about film!

If you do not have an all-region DVD player or are unsure, please purchase only DVDs that have the proper region encoding for your area.

DVD REGION ENCODING INFO

REGION 0: 

Region Free DVD - Will play on any device.  

REGION 1: 

USA and Canada (NTSC)  

REGION 2: 

Europe (PAL), Japan (NTSC), South Africa, Middle East  

REGION 3: 

South-East Asia (primarily NTSC)  

REGION 4: 

Central and South America (NTSC), Australia (PAL), New Zealand (PAL)  

REGION 5: 

Former Soviet Union, India, Pakistan, Africa (primarily NTSC) 

 REGION 6: 

China (primarily NTSC)

BLU RAY REGION ENCODING INFO

REGION A/1: 

The Americas, and their dependencies, East Asia (except China and Mongolia), Southeast Asia and Japan.

REGION B/2: 

Africa, Southwest Asia, Europe (except Belarus, Russia and Ukraine), Oceania, and their dependencies.

REGION C/3: 

Central Asia, East Asia (China and Mongolia only), South Asia, Eastern Europe, and their dependencies.