2oldman wrote:
What are DVD's from a different region? Interesting post title.
Since they were first introduced to the market, DVD players and the DVDs they play have been encoded with worldwide regional market information. This was done because the movie industry wanted to control when they released movies on different continents. Normally you wouldn't be aware of this since all DVDs sold in the US are for the US market as are all the DVD players, but if you went to Europe and bought a DVD it wouldn't play on a US player.