 DVD REGION CODES
How does the DVD system work internationally?
The DVD system is a digital one, and is therefore not dependent on the regional television systems found internationally: NTSC in the USA and Japan, PAL in Europe. VHS tapes were/are dependent on these systems. DVD players sold in Europe are designed to connect to a European television set (PAL), whereas DVD players sold in the USA are designed to connect to an NTSC television, but the player itself is in neither.
Most European DVD players can theoretically play an NTSC disc. However this is complicated by the international region codes that are applied to DVDs: this is because most DVDs sold are governed by the strict control of the Hollywood studios which release movies in different countries at different times. Region coding the discs makes it possible for them to block DVD sales in a country until the film has been on general release there.
Some DVD discs are given multi-region coding, and some are coded 0, which means all regions. Code 0 is used on discs that might be regarded as of minority interest: opera and ballet fall into this category, and by issuing the discs in one code only, the distributors have an economical solution to international sales. However, it does mean that all the discs will be burned in one system or the other (PAL or NTSC). If a disc is NTSC and region 0, there should be no problem playing it in Europe.
It is increasingly common for DVD players to be sold as multi-region friendly: the machines are geared to play the local system but can easily be set to play all systems. The seller will generally tell you how to make the adjustment to play all regions when you buy the player.
DVD CODING
[ 0 ] PLAYABLE IN ALL REGIONS.
[ 1 ] BERMUDA, CANADA, UNITED STATES & U.S TERRITORIES.
[ 2 ] THE MIDDLE EAST, WESTERN EUROPE, CENTRAL EUROPE, EGYPT, FRENCH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES, GREENLAND, JAPAN, LESOTHO, SOUTH AFRICA & SWAZILAND.
[ 3 ] SOUTHEAST ASIA, HONG KONG, MACAU, SOUTH KOREA & TAIWAN.
[ 4 ] AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, CENTRAL AMERICA, THE CARIBBEAN, MEXICO, OCEANIA AND SOUTH AMERICA (SANS FRENCH GUYANA).
[ 5 ] THE REST OF AFRICA, FORMER SOVIET UNION, THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT, MONGOLIA AND NORTH KOREA.
[ 6 ] MAINLAND CHINA.
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Alphabetical by Composer
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Carl Nielsen
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Maskarade
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Jaques Offenbach
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La Belle Helene
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La Belle Helene
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Les Contes d'Hoffmann
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Les Contes d'Hoffmann
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Les Contes D'Hoffmann
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Les Contes D'Hoffmann
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Les Contes D'Hoffmann
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Les Contes D'Hoffmann
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Orphee aux Enfers
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Orpheus in the Underworld
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Orpheus in der Unterwelt
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Jacques Offenbach. Cast: Liselotte Pulver, Inge Meysel, Franz Grundheber, Theo ... |
La Vie Parisienne
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Jacques Offenbach Cast: Helene Delavault, Claire Wauthion, Isabelle Mazin, Jean-Yves Chatelais ... |
Giovanni Paisiello
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L'Osteria di Marechiaro
Price: £22.99 (Including VAT) Giovanni Paisiello Cast: Gloria Scalchi, Marilena Laurenza, Angelo Smimmo, Giuseppe Parisi, ... |
Nina o sia La Pazza Per Amore
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Giovanni Paisiello Cast: Cecilia Bartoli, Jonas Kaufmann, Laszlo Polgar, Juliette Galstain, ... |
La Serva Padrona
Price: £16.99 (Including VAT) Giovanni Paisiello. Cast: Tiziano Bracci, Gabriella Colecchia & Gianni Salvo. ... |
Krzysztof Penderecki
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Die Teufel von Loudun
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Krzysztof Penderecki [The Devils of Loudun] Cast: Tatiana Troyanos, Andrzej Hiolski, ... |
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
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Lo frate 'nnamorato
Price: £19.99 (Including VAT) Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Cast: Alessandro Corbelli, Nuccia Focile, Amelia Felle, Bernadette ... |
Francois-André Danican Philidor
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Tom Jones
Price: £27.99 (Including VAT) Francois-André Danican Philidor. Cast: Sébastien Droy, Sophie Marin-Degor, Marc Barrard, Sibyl ... |
Amilcare Ponchelli
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La Gioconda
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Amilcare Ponchelli Cast: Andrea Gruber, Marco Berti, Alberto Mastromarino, Carlo Colombara, ... |
La Gioconda
Price: £34.99 (Including VAT) Amilcare Ponchelli Cast: Deborah Voigt, Elisabetta Fiorillo, Carlo Colombara, Ewa Podles, ... |
Francis Poulenc
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Carmelites
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Francis Poulenc Cast: Anne-Sophie Schmidt, Hedwig Fassbender, Patricia Petibon, Didier Henry ... |
La Voix Humaine
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Francis Poulenc La Voix Humaine - Anne-Sophie Schmidt. Orchestra OstinatO, Jean-Luc ... |
La Voix Humaine
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Carole Farley in La Voix Humaine. Words by Jean Cocteau, Music ... |
Andre Previn
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A Streetcar Named Desire
Price: £32.99 (Including VAT) Andre Previn Based on the play by Tennessee Williams Cast: Renee ... |
Sergei Prokofiev
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L'Amour des Trois Oranges
Price: £29.99 (Including VAT) Sergei Prokofiev. [The Love of Three Oranges] Cast: Gabriel Bacquier, Jean-Luc ... |
L'Amour des Trois Oranges
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Sergei Prokofiev. [The Love of Three Oranges] Cast: Charles Workman, Barry ... |
The Love for Three Oranges
Price: £34.99 (Including VAT) Sergei Prokofiev. [L'Amour des Trois Oranges] Cast: Alain Vernhes, Martial Defontaine, ... |
The Love of Three Oranges
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Sergei Prokofiev. [L'Amour des trois Oranges] Cast: Alexey Tanovitsky, Andrey Ilyushnikov, ... |
The Fiery Angel
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Sergei Prokofiev The Kirov Opera. Cast: Galina Gorchakova, Sergei Leiferkus. ... |
Der Spieler
Price: £19.99 (Including VAT) Serge Prokofievi [The Gambler] Singers: W.Machow, Irina Poljakowa, G.Troizkii, A.Matjuschina, A.Sokolow, ... |
War and Peace
Price: £34.99 (Including VAT) Sergei Prokofiev Double DVD - Live from the Kirov Opera in ... |
Giacomo Puccini
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Popular Puccini
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Pavarotti - The Italian Opera Collection
Price: £39.99 (Including VAT) Pavarotti at the Met in three of his greatest roles. Giacomo ... |
La Boheme
Price: £22.99 (Including VAT) A Royal Opera House Production Giacomo Puccini Cast: Ileana Cotrubas, Neil ... |
La Boheme
Price: £34.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Inva Mula, Laura Giodano, Aquiles Machado, Fabio Maria ... |
La Boheme
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini From The Director of Moulin Rouge Cast: Cheryl ... |
La Boheme
Price: £19.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Gaetan Laperriere, Neil Wilson, Kenneth Cox, John Avey, ... |
La Boheme
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Sandra Pacetti, Gino Quilico, ... |
La Boheme
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La Boheme
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Renata Scotto, Maralin Niska, Luciano Pavarotti, Ingvar Wixell, ... |
La Boheme
Price: £22.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Mirella Freni, Adriana Martino, Gianni Raimondi, Rolando Panerai, ... |
La Boheme
Price: £19.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Rolando Villazón, Alexia Voulgaridou, Elena de la Merced, ... |
La Fanciulla del West
Price: £22.99 (Including VAT) A Royal Opera House Production. Giacomo Puccini. Cast : Plácido Domingo, ... |
La Fanciulla del West
Price: £19.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Plácido Domingo, Mara Zampieri, Juan Pons, Sergio Bertocchi, ... |
La Fanciulla del West
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Barbara Daniels, Sherrill Milnes, Plácido Domingo, Anthony Laciura, ... |
Gianni Schicchi
Price: £19.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Alessandro Corbelli, Felicity Palmer, Marie McLaughlin, Massimo Giordano, ... |
Madama Butterfly
Price: £22.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Raina Kabaivanska, Nazzareno Antinori, Eleonora Jankovic, Lorenzo Saccomani ... |
Madama Butterfly
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Yasuko Hayashi, Hak-Nam Kim, Peter Dvorsky, Giorgio Zancanaro ... |
Madama Butterfly
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Daniela Dessi, Fabio Armiliato, Juan Pons, Rossana Rinaldi, ... |
Madame Butterfly
Price: £19.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Martin Scorsese presents a Sony Classical Film Cast: Ying ... |
Madama Butterfly
Price: £22.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo, Christa Ludwig, Robert Kerns, ... |
Madame Butterfly
Price: £27.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Anna Moffo, Renato Cioni, Afro Poli, Miti Truccato ... |
Madama Butterfly
Price: £32.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Cheryl Barker, Martin Thompson, Catherine Keen, Richard Stilwell, ... |
Madama Butterfly
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Fiorenza Cedolins, Francesca Franci, Mina Blum, Marcello Giordani, ... |
Manon Lescaut
Price: £22.99 (Including VAT) A Royal Opera House Production Manon Lescaut Cast: Placido Domingo, Kiri ... |
Manon Lescaut
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Miriam Gauci, Antonio Ordonez, Jan Danckaert, Jules Bastin ... |
Manon Lescaut
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Maria Guleghina, Lucio Gallo, Jose Cura, Luigi Roni, ... |
Manon Lescaut
Price: £19.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Renata Scotto, Pablo Elvira, Plácido Domingo, Renato Capecchi, ... |
Manon Lescaut
Price: £19.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini. Glyndebourne Production. Cast: Antonello Palombi, Patrick Denniston, Paolo Montarsolo, ... |
Il Tabarro
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Il Tabarro Cast: Juan Pons, Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, ... |
Tosca
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini A Film by Benoit Jacquot Cast: Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto ... |
Tosca
Price: £9.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Francesca Patane, Jose Cura, Renato Bruson, Giancarlo Tosi, ... |
Tosca
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Maria Guleghina, Salvatore Licitra, Leo Nucci, Giovanni Battista ... |
Tosca
Price: £32.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Daniela Dessi, Fabio Armiliato, Ruggero Raimondi Orchestra del ... |
Tosca
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Renata Tebaldi, Eugene Tobin, George London, Gustav Grefe, ... |
Tosca
Price: £34.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Magda Olivero, Alvinio Misciano, Giulio Fioravanti, Giovanni Foiani, ... |
Tosca
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Floria Tosca: Actor Franca Duval (Voice Maria Caniglia) ... |
Tosca
Price: £22.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Raina Kabaivanska, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Giancarlo Luccardi, ... |
Tosca
Price: £22.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Eva Marton, Giacomo Aragell, Ingvar Wixell, ALfredo Giacomotti, ... |
Tosca
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Production by Franco Zeffirelli Cast: Hildegard Behrens, Plácido Domingo, ... |
Tosca
Price: £22.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini. Cast: Catherine Malfitano, Richard Margison. Bryn Terfel, Mario Luperi. ... |
Tosca
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini. Cast: Fiorenza Cedolins, Marcelo Alvarez, Ruggero Raimondi, Marco Spotti, ... |
Il trittico
Price: £22.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Il Tabarro - Piero Cappuccilli, Nicola Martinucci, Sylvia ... |
Il trittico
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini. Il tabarro - Cast: Alberto Mastromarino, Amarilli Nizza, Rubens ... |
Turandot
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Eva Marton, Dennis Peterson, Michael Sylvester, Craig ... |
Turandot
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Completion of the 3rd act by Luciano Berio Cast: ... |
Turandot
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Eva Marton, Placido Domingo, Leona Mitchell, Paul Plishka ... |
Turandot
Price: £26.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Lucille Udovich, Franco Corelli, Nino del Sole, Plinio ... |
Turandot
Price: £22.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Giovanna Casolla, Aldo Bottion, Carlo Colombara, Sergej Larin, ... |
Turandot
Price: £19.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Ealynn Voss, Amanda Thane, Kenneth Collins, Donald Shanks ... |
Turandot
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini Cast: Luana DeVol, Josep Ruiz, Stefano Palatchi, Franco Farina, ... |
Turandot
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Giacomo Puccini. Cast: Eva Marton, Waldemar Kmentt, John-Paul Bogart, José Carreras, ... |
Henry Purcell
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The Fairy Queen
Price: £24.99 (Including VAT) Henry Purcell Cast: Yvonne Kenny, Thomas Randle, Simon Rice ENO Orchestra, ... |
King Arthur
Price: £34.99 (Including VAT) Henry Purcell Cast: Isabel Rey, Barbara Bonney, Birgit Remmert, Michael Schade, ... |
