When the region is locked, you can’t change it anymore, reinstall the computer won’t help. ![]() DVD drives allow you to change the region but have a limited number of times (usually 5) before locking on the final region. Internal & external computer DVD drive is slightly different from DVD player. With the region code restriction, the DVD player you purchase in Region 2 area won’t be able to play a Region-1-only DVD. Film distributors do not want this to happen, that’s why most DVDs contain region codes. For those who are willing to do geographic arbitrage, they can buy genuine DVDs from countries where DVDs are much cheaper. That will reduce the income from the cinema, and make illegal copying and sharing easier. ![]() If the DVD is region-free, people can purchase the DVD from any region and play it on their DVD player. Some regions have already released the movie and the DVDs, and some regions may have not even released the movie yet. In this way, the movie studios have more control over the release date, price, and even contents.Ĭinemas in different countries usually have different release dates for the same film, and DVDs are usually released within a few months of the movie’s release. Most DVD-Video discs & DVD players contain region codes, which are together developed by the eight major movie distributors to prevent the region coded DVD from playing outside the geographical region they are made for.
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