Do Australian DVDs work in UK DVD Players?
Aug 6th 2009, 12:05 pm
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Do Australian DVDs work in UK DVD Players?
Excuse the pathetically stupid question
. I'm such a technophobe...
We have a DVD we'd like to send home to family but not sure if it'll work at the other end in the UK. It's a professionally made DVD copy from partner's work.
Cheers for any insight!
. I'm such a technophobe...We have a DVD we'd like to send home to family but not sure if it'll work at the other end in the UK. It's a professionally made DVD copy from partner's work.
Cheers for any insight!
Aug 6th 2009, 12:41 pm
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Re: Do Australian DVDs work in UK DVD Players?
It will work fine as long as there is no region coding on the disk which is unlikely if it's been done at work. Oz is region 4, U.K is region 2.
Aug 6th 2009, 1:12 pm
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Re: Do Australian DVDs work in UK DVD Players?
it will work if they have a multi region dvd player. if that fails they could try playing it on their computer
Aug 6th 2009, 7:07 pm
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Re: Do Australian DVDs work in UK DVD Players?
Most DVD players are sold with region setting such that they will only play DVD discs that have the correct region encoding. Australia is 4 and the UK is 2. This is something the DVD manufacturers did to try to control the market in DVD sales. Thus, all things being equal, it will not work.
However, if the DVD has been burnt with no region encoding (encoded with region 0 - which means all regions), then it should play in any DVD player regardless of which region setting it has.
If the DVD has been burnt with a specific region encoding, 4 for Australia for example, then it will not play in a UK DVD player that is restricted to region 2 discs.
However, all is not lost. Most DVD players, regardless of which region they are configured for at the factory, can be changed to region 0 so that they can play any DVD regardless of the encoding that's on the disc. All the DVD players in my house, for example, have been reconfigured this way. This is usually done by opening the drive and pressing a certain combination of keys on the remote and then closing the drive again. The exact procedure differs from DVD player to DVD player. Do a search in Google to find the correct code for the DVD player in question. Note that some models, such as Panasonic, require a specific infra-red code to be sent in order to change the region coding. In those cases, you might need to buy a special one-time-use device to change the setting (one of my players is a Panasonic and this is what I had to do). Again, Google is your friened here.
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Aug 6th 2009, 8:39 pm
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Re: Do Australian DVDs work in UK DVD Players?
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks?dv...&Search=Search will help if you do need to de-regionalize.
I have a feeling that the zoning only applies to things like movies and tv shows but if it is promotional material then it is zone free.
I have a feeling that the zoning only applies to things like movies and tv shows but if it is promotional material then it is zone free.
Aug 6th 2009, 9:58 pm
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Re: Do Australian DVDs work in UK DVD Players?
Thanks a million for the replies!
I'm hopeful the disk is region free but at least I know what to do now if there's tech probs.
Sending disk off today,
I'm hopeful the disk is region free but at least I know what to do now if there's tech probs.
Sending disk off today,
Aug 7th 2009, 9:10 am
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Re: Do Australian DVDs work in UK DVD Players?
Actually, the same problem exists for computer DVD players just like it does for the one connected to the TV.
Most DVD players are sold with region setting such that they will only play DVD discs that have the correct region encoding. Australia is 4 and the UK is 2. This is something the DVD manufacturers did to try to control the market in DVD sales. Thus, all things being equal, it will not work.
However, if the DVD has been burnt with no region encoding (encoded with region 0 - which means all regions), then it should play in any DVD player regardless of which region setting it has.
If the DVD has been burnt with a specific region encoding, 4 for Australia for example, then it will not play in a UK DVD player that is restricted to region 2 discs.
However, all is not lost. Most DVD players, regardless of which region they are configured for at the factory, can be changed to region 0 so that they can play any DVD regardless of the encoding that's on the disc. All the DVD players in my house, for example, have been reconfigured this way. This is usually done by opening the drive and pressing a certain combination of keys on the remote and then closing the drive again. The exact procedure differs from DVD player to DVD player. Do a search in Google to find the correct code for the DVD player in question. Note that some models, such as Panasonic, require a specific infra-red code to be sent in order to change the region coding. In those cases, you might need to buy a special one-time-use device to change the setting (one of my players is a Panasonic and this is what I had to do). Again, Google is your friened here.
- CDM
Most DVD players are sold with region setting such that they will only play DVD discs that have the correct region encoding. Australia is 4 and the UK is 2. This is something the DVD manufacturers did to try to control the market in DVD sales. Thus, all things being equal, it will not work.
However, if the DVD has been burnt with no region encoding (encoded with region 0 - which means all regions), then it should play in any DVD player regardless of which region setting it has.
If the DVD has been burnt with a specific region encoding, 4 for Australia for example, then it will not play in a UK DVD player that is restricted to region 2 discs.
However, all is not lost. Most DVD players, regardless of which region they are configured for at the factory, can be changed to region 0 so that they can play any DVD regardless of the encoding that's on the disc. All the DVD players in my house, for example, have been reconfigured this way. This is usually done by opening the drive and pressing a certain combination of keys on the remote and then closing the drive again. The exact procedure differs from DVD player to DVD player. Do a search in Google to find the correct code for the DVD player in question. Note that some models, such as Panasonic, require a specific infra-red code to be sent in order to change the region coding. In those cases, you might need to buy a special one-time-use device to change the setting (one of my players is a Panasonic and this is what I had to do). Again, Google is your friened here.
- CDM
I was told that Panasonic open all imports and make them region zero to comply with a ACCC ruling that the coding is anticonsumer but I don't know if that's true.
