Regional DVD protection. For Dummies

If you think that DVD - it's just a DVD, played back on any DVD-player, you're wrong. The film industry has divided the world into seven "regions". Each DVD-ROM can play in only one region.

For some reason, the media giants have done so? Perhaps because the films outside the United States do not always come at the same time with the world. It may happen that DVD-ROM, released in the United States will affect the fees cinemas in France. The second possible explanation - different pricing for different countries. Regional protection can be applied to avoid "importing" cheap CDs from some states in the country where the DVD are more expensive.

What are the different regions?

• REGION 1- US and Canada
• REGION 2 - Japan, Europe, South Afrika, Middle East, Greenland
• REGION 3 - South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and part of South Asia
• REGION 4 - Australia, New Zealand, Latin America
• REGION 5 - Eastern Europe, Russia, India, Africa
• REGION 6 - China
• REGION 7 - Reserved for future use (there is data that is used for the pre-show in Asia, the MPAA disks)
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• REGION 8 - Reserved for cruise ships, aircraft, etc.
• REGION ALL (0) - Do not encoded discs that are played everywhere.

existing solutions

"Rail Solutions". player acquisition that does not include the region - probably the easiest way. In fact, on the market there are many models from manufacturers who have refused to support the idea of ​​Hollywood.

If you already have a player, you can visit their website Video Help. Here is a large number of models of players and methods to bypass regional protection. It should be borne in mind that the hack player violates the DMCA. Therefore, our former compatriots living, this method is not suitable in the United States.

"Soft". Another way - to copy the disc and burn it to a new disc. You can use ImgBurn (Windows) or Mac The Ripper (Mac). Burn DVD-blanks can be made using Nero or Toast (Mac). The resulting DVD can be viewed on almost any player.

Based on materials Wired and Lifehacker.com