DVD Regions
DVD region codes allow film companies to control the distribution and sales of DVDs in each region. Region coding lets manufacturers set a different price and release date for each region.
There are six official regions. DVDs can use one region code or a combination of codes to make it a multi-region DVD. Most DVD players will only play DVDs encoded for that same region. However, region-free DVD players are also available.
Australia has a region code of 4 that it shares with New Zealand, the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, South America (except French Guiana) and the Oceania region.
DVD Region Map
The map below shows all the regions with their allocated code numbers.
Region 0: Worldwide, no official setting.
Region 1: Canada, United States.
Region 2: Europe, England, Western Asia, Egypt, Japan, South Africa, overseas French territories.
Region 3: Hong Kong, Macau, Southeast Asia, South Korea, Taiwan.
Region 4: Oceania, Caribbean, Central and South America, Mexico.
Region 5: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Africa, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Central and South Asia, Mongolia, North Korea.
Region 6: People’s Republic of China
Region 7: Reserved for future use
Region 8: International venues: aircraft, cruise ships.
ALL: Unlocked for all regions.
