DVD’s and DVD players are made region locked while they are sold to the region during manufacturing,ie., DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played.In case you buy a DVD in the US and try to play in another country, the DVD player may not play the disc complaining “WRONG DISC” or something similar.

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The Image below shows the Region Lock number for different places, region all/0 discs are not restricted and can be played any where.

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