DVD formats

• kalangkabo

  11 Oct 05, 21:59

  now dvds still got differentiate region 1, 2, 3...or not har?
  if I buy a dvd from, say, amazon.com, will i be able to play it in sg?
  
  is dvd codes the same as dvd region formats?
  
  
  
• ndmmxiaomayi

  11 Oct 05, 22:06

  Originally posted by kalangkabo:

  now dvds still got differentiate region 1, 2, 3...or not har?
  if I buy a dvd from, say, amazon.com, will i be able to play it in sg?
  
  is dvd codes the same as dvd region formats?
  
  
  

  Read your DVD player manual.
• renorenal

  11 Oct 05, 22:08

  Could someone help explain to me what the regions stand for?
  
  Hmmmm....
• kaobeikaobu

  11 Oct 05, 22:14

  Originally posted by renorenal:

  Could someone help explain to me what the regions stand for?
  
  Hmmmm....

  basically, dvd format codings e.g. US, europe...in short region dvds that are bought in US can only be played on certain dvd players that are capable of reading it.
• f50_vapor

  11 Oct 05, 22:17

  why would they wana do something like that? to earn more money?
• ndmmxiaomayi

  11 Oct 05, 22:21

  Originally posted by renorenal:

  Could someone help explain to me what the regions stand for?
  
  Hmmmm....

  I have once read about it, but I forget le.
• ?????

  11 Oct 05, 22:22

  Originally posted by renorenal:

  Could someone help explain to me what the regions stand for?
  
  Hmmmm....

  region 1= North America
  
  Region 2= Japan
  
  Region 3=Asia
  
  dunno the rest....