Please be aware that the vast majority of high street DVD players will play only DVDs from your specific region.
All-region DVD players as the name suggests play almost all DVDs and are widely available on the internet.
If you do not have an all-region DVD player or are unsure, please purchase only DVDs that have the proper region encoding!
DVD REGION ENCODING INFO
REGION 0: Region Free DVD - Will play on any device.
REGION 1: USA and Canada (NTSC)
REGION 2: Europe (PAL), Japan (NTSC), South Africa, Middle East
REGION 3: South-East Asia (primarily NTSC)
REGION 4: Central and South America (NTSC), Australia (PAL), New Zealand (PAL)
REGION 5: Former Soviet Union, India, Pakistan, Africa (primarily NTSC)
REGION 6: China (primarily NTSC)
BLU RAY REGION ENCODING INFO
REGION A/1: The Americas, and their dependencies, East Asia (except China and Mongolia), Southeast Asia and Japan.
REGION B/2: Africa, Southwest Asia, Europe (except Belarus, Russia and Ukraine), Oceania, and their dependencies.
REGION C/3: Central Asia, East Asia (China and Mongolia only), South Asia, Eastern Europe, and their dependencies.