DVD Regions
DVDs come with what is called a Region Code. These Region Codes are on the DVD for several reasons including the restriction of where in the world the DVD can be watched.
In an effort to hit back against piracy, movie companies have tried to ensure that when a DVD is released in one part of the world that the DVD then cannot be viewed in another part of the world. Usually if a movie has been released in America it is still some time away from being released in Australia. Without the region codes then all you need to be able to do to watch the DVD is to get your hands on it.
At the moment that won’t help you because the DVD player will read the code and the DVD player, simply wont play the movie your trying to watch.
However, you can work around this problem by modifying the DVD player to play the DVD. Software, known as DVD region killers and DVD Genie can help you watch your DVD.
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.
The Map below shows all the different regions with their allotted code numbers.
