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"Judy L" <Judy@home> wrote in message
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> Im not sure if I am addressing the right group - but I would appreciate if
> it anyone would tell me if DVD'S purchased in the states can be played in
> Australia, or whether and adjustment would have to be made, and if so -
> what?
>
> Judy
Unfortunately when DVDs came out the recording industry came up with the
idea of creating regions with the idea that DVDs bought in one region
wouldn't then play in another. Stupid idea, only causes the end user
problems.
DVDs purchased in America will be region 1. DVDs purchased in Europe will be
region 2. Australia I think is region 4.
What this means to you is that unless you have a multi-region player (i.e. a
player which is not locked to a specific region or which you can change the
region) then you won't be able to play your DVDs in Australia. There are
however a large number of hacks available on the internet which will allow
you to change the region of a DVD player and most modern DVD players are
region free or at least can be changed to a different region relatively
easily.
As far as I am aware this applies to both standalone DVD players and ones in
pcs.
Hope this helps.
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Brian Cryer
www.cryer.co.uk/brian