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What is Regional Encoding?
There are 6 Regions assigned to the release of DVDs worldwide. Why?

Motion picture studios want to control the home release of movies in different countries because theater releases aren't simultaneous (a movie may come out on video in the U.S. when it's just hitting screens in Europe). Also, studios sell distribution rights to different foreign distributors and would like to guarantee an exclusive market. Therefore they demanded that the DVD standard include codes that can be used to prevent playback of certain discs in certain geographical regions. Each player is given a code for the region in which it's sold. The player will refuse to play discs that are not coded for its region. This means that discs bought in one country may not play on players bought in another country.

The regions are:

Region 0: No Restriction – Worldwide availability, playing on all machines.
Region 1: Canada, USA, US Territories.
Region 2: UK, Europe, Middle East (including Egypt).
Region 3: Southeast Asia, East Asia (including Hong Kong).
Region 4: Central America, South America, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Caribbean.
Region 5: Russian Federation, Africa (not Egypt), North Korea, Mongolia.
Region 6: China.

Therefore originally, a European consumer who purchased hardware in Europe, would only be able to obtain playback on Region 2 discs. This was so for the first few players available on the market when DVD first became available. Then the fast pace of technological change brought forward multi-region players, allowing consumers to playback discs purchased from other regions.

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