[Year 12 IPM] OT - Region 1 DVDs

[Bricks J. Winzer]

It will play only on a so-called region-free player.  I've seen a few 
players labelled as such which don't work with many (or any) foreign discs.

Australia is Region 4 which corresponds to the PAL format down here; Region 
1 is the USA in NTSC.

Computers with DVD drives can usually play other regions no problem, but it 
depends on the player software.  My friend found that his player would only 
let him change the region a fixed number of times.  Others find they can 
change it at will.

B.J.

Jill Renison wrote:
> Greetings all
> If I buy a DVD from Amazon that is coded Region 1, will I be able to 
> play it here? As far as I know it does not have the extra encoding (have 
> forgotten the name of the technology). It's /The Merchant of Venice/ 
> with Al Pacino, which hasn't been released here as far as I know, but 
> would be really useful for Yr 10 English at our school.
> Cheers
> Jill