Thinking about buying We Own This City on Blu Ray. It's all over ebay but NOT on places where I know I can return it if it doesn't play. It was an HBO original show and not in the HBO store so that makes me a little apprehensive. Does All Region mean it will play on my BluRay DVD player that is probably fifteen years or older or not? TIA.
What does Blu Ray All Region mean?
- Thread starter NOTSMC
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It should if it is in fact "region free". Region free disc means there is no region coding embedded on the disc so your player doesn't beed to decode anything. A region free player means the player has the ability to decode all of the region coding.
An estimated 70% of Blu-ray discs remain region-free, playing on any player regardless of location. For these discs, you don’t need to worry about regional compatibility issues.
An estimated 70% of Blu-ray discs remain region-free, playing on any player regardless of location. For these discs, you don’t need to worry about regional compatibility issues.
Thank you!
Yes and Region restrictions are a way to limit distribution
| 0 / ALL | Worldwide. These discs have all region-1-through-8 flags set, allowing the discs to be played in all regions. |
|---|---|
| 1 | United States (incl. Puerto Rico), Canada, and Bermuda |
| 2 | Europe (except Belarus, Russia, Ukraine and CIS), Greenland, British Overseas Territories, Overseas France, Turkey, Middle East, Egypt, Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa, and Japan |
| 3 | Southeast Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau |
| 4 | Latin America (except French Guiana and Puerto Rico), Caribbean (except French West Indies), and Oceania (except French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, and Hawaii) |
| 5 | Africa (except Egypt, Lesotho, Eswatini, South Africa, Mayotte and Réunion), Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Central Asia, South Asia, Mongolia, and North Korea |
| 6 | Mainland China |
| 7 | MPAA-related DVDs and "media copies" of pre-releases in Asia |
| 8 | International venues such as aircraft, cruise ships, and spacecraft |
so DVDs can be released in the US while a movie in the theaters in south East Asia