Some DVDs I play are fine but this one has the above message. My instruction book says the region number of my DVD is 1 inside a circle, inside a square. It says the number must correspond to one on the DVD but where can I find the number on the DVD to compare.
Do you think this is my problem?
DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played. Discs without region coding are called all region or region 0 discs.
The commercial DVD player specification requires that a player to be sold in a given place not play discs encoded for a different region (region 0 discs are not restricted). The purpose of this is to allow motion picture studios to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and, especially, price, according to the region. Many DVD players are or can be modified to be region-free, allowing playback of all discs.Region 1 Players/DVDs include: Canada, United States, US Territories, and Bermuda. See below:
Region code
Area
0
Informal term meaning "worldwide". Region 0 is not an official setting; discs that bear the region 0 symbol either have no flag set or have region 1–6 flags set.
1
Canada, United States; U.S. territories; Bermuda
2
Western and Central Europe; Western Asia; Egypt, Japan, South Africa, Swaziland; United Kingdom, Turkey, French overseas territories
3
Southeast Asia; South Korea; Taiwan; Hong Kong
4
Australia; Oceania; Central and South America; Caribbean; Mexico
5
Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Africa, Central and South Asia, Mongolia, North Korea.
6
China, Hong Kong
7
Reserved for future use (found in use on protected screener copies of MPAA-related DVDs and "media copies" of pre-releases in Asia)
8
International venues such as aircraft, cruise ships, etc.[1]
ALL
Region ALL discs have all 8 flags set, allowing the disc to be played in any locale on any player.
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Thank you, but how can I set my player to play DVDs from any region?
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