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The all-region (Region 0) DVDs will play on all DVD players worldwide.
Region 1 DVDs also play on DVD players worldwide. There are some exceptions, however. A customer from the U.K. (which is Region 2, PAL), with a Philips DVP520, was unable to play one of our Region 1 DVDs. Studies published on the Internet maintain that better than 90% of all non-North American DVD players are compatible with Region 1 discs. We ourselves have received only the one complaint of incompatibility, however.
DVD Players in Australia You legally cannot buy a DVD player in Australia that will not play Region 1 discs. Australia declared region coding contrary to the best interests of the consumer. Players there either have to be region free or include instructions to make them so.
VHS COMPATIBILITY
NTSC VHS is the video format used in North America, Central America, Japan, South Korea, and to a degree in South America. If you live elsewhere, your VCR may use PAL VHS.
A List of countries and the formats they use is below.
The following localities use NTSC VHS,
the standard in Central and North America and Japan.
Antigua
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Bolivia
Burma
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guam
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Japan
South Korea
Mexico
Montserrat
Netherlands Antilles
Nicaragua
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Saipan
Samoa
Surinam
Taiwan
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Venezuela
Virgin IslandsÂ
The following localities use PALÂ VHS:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Australia
Austria
Azores
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belgium
Botswana
Brunei
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Canary Islands
China
Czech Republic
Denmark
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Faroes Islands
Finland
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greenland
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jordan
Kenya
North Korea
Kuwait
Lesotho
Liberia
Luxembourg
Madeira Islands
Malaysia
Malta
Monaco
Mozambique
Netherlands
New Guinea
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Poland
Polynesia
Portugal
Qatar
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Tanzania
Thailand
Turkey
Uganda
United Kingdom
United Arab Emirates
Yemen (A.R.)
Yemen (P.D.R.)
Yugoslavia
Zambia
Zanzibar
ZimbabweÂ
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